Archive of articles - July 2003, page 2

President probably vetoed law on abortions

Black market labour robs Slovakia of Sk5 billion annually

State to slash influence of professional organizations

Number of satanic sects increases

EIB to help cover large-scale projects

Ministers one step closer to curing Status Law pains

Corrupt customs officers under arrest

Spy boss promises changes to SIS

Slovakia's jobless rate drops to 14.60 %

Mid-year tax revenues Sk18.5 billion less

New law to enable seizure of illegal assets

SLOVAKS who gained their property illegally may soon lose it to the state if legislators pass a new law recently proposed by the Justice Ministry.A so-called law on proving the origin of property would enable Slovaks to report their neighbours or acquaintances to the police if they have doubts over how individuals have accumulated their assets.To defend police and investigators from a flood of informants police would investigate the suspicions only in cases where the difference between the legal earnings of the person involved and the value of his assets exceeded Sk1.1 million (€26,200).

Tourists love Slovak spas but hate services

Getting lost in Bratislava for a day

THERE ARE days when you have to forget about going to all the proper tourist sites and instead just let the city carry you along with its natural rhythm.If you are stuck for a place to meet your date in Bratislava, then there is no place more apt than Hodžovo Square. However, the locals have their own name for it: Mierové námestie (Peace Square) or simply "Mierko". The name refers to the fountain there with a huge steel globe surrounded by pigeons anddoves. The Slovak president has an office in the Presidential Palace overlooking this fine example of socialist megalomaniac architecture.

Children to have EU lessons

A castle for the price of a soul

"I WANT to build a castle up on that hill, and live there until my very last breath," the old lord, named Ľubovenský, told his sons, when he saw the hill rising above the town now known as Stará Ľubovňa.His sons immediately started building the castle. By the evening, the basement was laid. However, when they woke up next morning, their work was destroyed. So, they started the work all over again. Next morning was the same. The old lord found out that a sorceress who lived in a nearby cave was causing the trouble. He went to ask her to let him finish the castle, so that he could live there.

Israeli president visits Bratislava mausoleum

Who is listening?

MILITARY prosecutors have announced that members of the country's intelligence agency illegally tapped the phones of the editorial staff of the daily SME, one of Slovakia's most widely read newspapers. That revelation, followed by the finding that the prosecutors themselves were illegally monitored during the investigation, has put the stability of Slovakia's democracy into doubt, experts say.The affair started in January of this year when Pavol Rusko, head of the ruling New Citizen's Alliance (ANO), received a tape containing a conversation he had had with a SME reporter.

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