Archive of articles - August 2002, page 5

Prosecutor wants Lexa back in jail

Parliament passes laws spurned by Schuster, rejects others

Istrokapitál could be interested in Poštová stake

Lexa released from jail

Highway spending must be increased - Ministry

Parliament meets for last time

Markíza again fined for Ano promotion

Flood danger passes

Final privatisations being readied

Universities defy no-fees rule by requiring 'gifts' from students

PART-TIME study may be a thing of the past at Slovak universities unless a recent change to the country's Universities Law is overturned, say university presidents.Amendments made to the law in April, pushed through by former Education Minister Milan Ftáčnik, outlawed the practice of charging part-time university students fees. The change, the minister said, was in line with Slovakia's guarantee of free university education for every student admitted.The authors of the law reasoned that a university student can cost his or her family as much as Sk4,000 ($90) a month to support, money which poorer families can already ill afford without the added burden of fees.

Love of footie one of few Slovak-Malaysia ties

MANISA GUY is the new member coordinator for the International Women's Club of Bratislava. She comes from Malaysia and has been living in Slovakia for almost two-and-a-half years. Her husband, Walt Guy, is the general manager of the ON Semiconductor firm.

In search of Slovak literature

A NEW ANTHOLOGY of Slovak short stories, elegantly translated into English, offers foreigners a peek at some of the country's best literary talents and will give Slovak culture a global audience, say the book's backers.In Search of Homo Sapiens, an anthology containing 23 short stories by contemporary Slovak writers, was published recently in Slovakia by the Slovak Writers Society (SSS), while the English version was issued in the US by an Illinois-based firm.

Watchdog claims SPP broke laws

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SPaP share sale investigated

Floods a reminder of the universal

FLOODS are curious events, both real and surreal, a misery for some and an exciting diversion for others whose homes aren't under water.On Bratislava's Šafárikovo Square near midnight August 14, hundreds of Slovaks were still gaping over police lines at flood waters from the surging Danube that had submerged a university parking lot. A group of soldiers who had been packing and stacking sandbags all day passed plastic cups of beer around behind the incongruous barricade.Others stood on the nearby Old Bridge to stare at the angry river beating against the brick stanchions, and to feel the 50-year-old structure vibrate from the torrent. The mood was neither festive nor dismal, just thoughtful.

Educator tries hand at politics

FERDINAND Devínsky, president of the country's largest and oldest university, is fighting a running battle with academic opponents who say his entry into politics this year has less to do with public service than with strengthening his academic clout.Running at number 10 on a list of candidates fielded by the ruling Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) party for September elections, Devinský since 1997 has held the influential top job at Bratislava's Comenius University.Devínsky received close media attention last year as an anti-corruption advocate in connection with an alleged scandal at the university's Management Faculty. In the affair, Jozef Komorník, the faculty's dean, was accused of manipulating entrance exams in favour of some applicants, including the son of high-ranking SDKÚ candidate Roman Vavrík.

Another SIS case shelved

Ano: Leave health care to us