Archive of articles - February 2004, page 5

The wrinkled part of rural Slovakia

PORTRAITS of elderly village people, whose lives have been embedded in their faces, are being exhibited at Pezinok's Cultural House..

Special court opening postponed

ANO for women

NOW PLAYING IN CINEMAS

Flat tax voted liberal act of 2003

Slovaks, please behave

THE SLOVAK police are making impressive leaps in the fight against bribery, one of the greatest nuisances troubling society today, according to official statistics. The Slovak Spectator met with Vladimír Palko, interior minister and vice-chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement, to discuss not only corruption, but also the power of the mafia, the rights of homosexuals, and the war in Iraq.The Slovak Spectator (TSS): What would make Slovaks stop giving bribes?

Trade gets over the past

MUTUAL feelings of national friendship, celebrating victory in the second world war, and two-way business cooperation - Russian ambassador to Slovakia Alexey Borodavkin is enthusiastic about relations between the two countries now and after EU entry. He shared a few of his reasons in an interview with The Slovak Spectator.

Slovak cars run on low quality petrol

Hyperrealism in SPP Gallery

PAINTER Ivona Žirková, one of the most successful central European followers of the American hyperrealist movement of the 1960s, currently has an exhibition at the Bratislava SPP Gallery at Drevená 4 until February 29.

British ambassador says market is open

Russian talk trendy

SLOVAK interest in Russian culture and Russian language is now experiencing a rebirth, but not on the massive scale that it was during the country's communist past. It is more natural and sincere.The extreme feelings that appeared immediately after the Velvet Revolution, when Slovak society quickly switched from Eastern-orientated education to a more Western one, have now been stabilised."The culture in Europe and in Slovakia is starting to have a broader, more European character and, in this context, the Russian culture is perceived as a part of the European one. There has always been a close relationship to Russian culture in Slovakia, and this is coming back," Mária Kusá, an adjunct professor of Russian language and literature at the Commenius University in Bratislava, told The Slovak Spectator.

Rockport to build four plants in Slovakia

SF may turn to Constitutional Court

Roma protest poverty

A modern art gallery made of billboards

THOSE walking the Bratislava street of Šancová these days might spot some strange billboards. One offers sweets in the shape of bombs and the other advertises a new washing powder for quickly removing terrorists. Both are non-commercial works by the Czech multimedia artist Milan Mikuláštik, one of the participants in the international project Billboart Gallery Europe, which is coordinated by the civic association of the same name based in the Slovak capital.

Smoking them out

JUST ONE day after Health Minister Rudolf Zajac appealed to the country's smokers to quit their bad habit, the cabinet approved a new law to better shield non-smokers from Slovakia's smoking population, estimated to be 34 percent strong.The new non-smokers' protection law updates the country's legislation, which was approved for the fist time in 1997 but was difficult to enforce, according to the Health Ministry.The new law extends smoking bans by areas such as bus stations, elementary and secondary schools, healthcare facilities, and waiting rooms, and increases penalties for breaking the rules.

Defence Ministry must ensure safety

Cabinet makes no decision on SIS draft

US investor to Kechnec