Archive of articles - November 2002, page 4

EU candidates to phase in payments

State to increase stake in airline

Review: Food for contemporary knights

TEMPLARS is one of the few Bratislava restaurants that, rather than specialising in a national cuisine, bases its menu and decoration on a specific theme. Located in a downtown cellar, the owners have created a medieval atmosphere reminiscent of a castle.The walls are embellished with knightly tunics, swords and replicas of torches instead of lamps. The menu is written in a style that resembles old Slovak, with archaic words and amusing phrases, which unfortunately do not translate well into English. The menu is very simple, offering a daily set menu for Sk99 and a reasonable selection of meat dishes with a few vegetarian options. The prices are similar to those found in other city-centre restaurants, with main dishes from Sk150 to Sk200.

Slovak police assist in arrest of UK terror suspect

ONE of three men linked to a possible cyanide attack on the London Underground may have planned his terror attack in Slovakia, according to documents seized by police in Bratislava.Interior Minister Vladimír Palko said Rabah Kadre, 35, one of three suspects in the alleged terror attack plot, arrived in Slovakia in November 2001 and had been closely watched by Slovak police for about a year.At a press briefing November 18 the minister said that although the local police had kept an eye on Kadre, they had not been able to gather enough information to arrest him.

Symbolic return to one's nest

SOME 500 metres from London's Victoria Station stands Westminster Cathedral and its little chapel that houses the Triptych of the Holy Rosary. Carved into Perspex, it was created by Bratislava native Arthur Fleischmann, who was married there in 1955.The world-renowned sculptor died in January 1990 at the age of 93, just two months after the anticommunist revolution opened the country's borders to the West and when the artist's dream to visit his birthplace could have finally come true.During his nearly-70-year career, Fleischmann worked in more than six countries. However, he never managed to make it back to where he grew up - Bratislava. Fleischmann, who originally trained and worked as a doctor, left central Europe before the second world war. Fearing for his life because he was a Jew, he travelled to South Africa as the doctor for a Vienna-based ice-hockey team. The communists, who took over in 1948, made it impossible for him to return.

Alleged Irish pub murderer freed

OECD gives conditional Slovak blessing

Nato invites Slovakia to join

Banka Slovakia sold

Gazprom to bypass transit countries

Nato decisions today

Jobless rate falls again

EP supports European expansion

More Roma come home

Referendum would attract EU supporters

New help for border controls

Lending rates drop

MEP accuses Slovakia of looting funds

IMF sympathy for central bank