Archive of articles - September 2002, page 13

Judge asks for more time to decide Lexa custody case

Gang members released on technicality

New regional investment offices opened

Profinet misses payment deadline

Rusko accuses Broadcast Council of censorship

Fish die in chemical spill

E.ON gets go-ahead for ZSE buy

SE makes Sk800 mil. loss

Council of Europe warns Hungary on Status Law

Budget deficit at 60% of target

Schools open under reluctant local administration

New Commercial Code takes effect

Judge released from custody

Can ST fulfill its promises?

Christian Democrats insist on 'pure' right-wing government

THE UNCOMPROMISING approach of the conservative Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) to co-operation with parties emerging from late September general elections threatens to derail efforts to form a largely right-wing cabinet.With all major Slovak political parties having rejected post-election co-operation with Vladimír Mečiar and his opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) party, political analysts have widely predicted that the country's next government will be anchored by an alliance of smaller right-wing parties and the second-running leftist Smer party led by Robert Fico.Although the HZDS narrowly leads popularity polls, other Slovak parties have apparently heeded warnings from western diplomats that the country might not be invited to join Nato and the European Union if the authoritarian HZDS returns to power.

Profinet flirts with mobile license withdrawal

PROFINET, Slovakia's start-up third mobile telecom operator, failed to meet a mid-August payment deadline for its recently awarded state licences, leading to threats from the market regulating Telecoms Office (TÚ) that the firm risked losing the permits.After being awarded licences to operate GSM and 'third-generation' UMTS mobile telecom networks in July, Profinet was obliged to pay the Sk1.5 billion ($33 million) fee in two instalments - Sk500 million due on August 14, and the remaining Sk1 billion on December 2."Non-payment of any instalment to the licence office will be considered a serious violation of licence conditions, which, if not adjusted according to written notification within 10 days of receipt, will result in the immediate revocation of the licence," said TÚ spokesman Roman Vavro, adding that the company had until August 30 to pay up.

Beer sales up for 1H02

SKo rejects offers for bad loans

Majský still to face police interview