Archive of articles - February 2004, page 7

Slovakia to open new embassies

Cabinet fails to support ban of journalists working for intelligence services

Slovak firms might participate in pipeline construction in Iran

Corruption charges against Mečiar-era privatisation minister dropped

19 percent tax voted liberal deed of year 2003

Canadian Rockport Homes to built construction plants in Slovakia

Whirlpool to invest Sk3.5 billion in Slovakia over 12 years

British ambassador confirms open labour market for Slovaks

Slovnaft to invest over Sk8 billion

Arcelor in Euro Valley

Štastný to lead SDKÚ eurolist

Canadian Rockport to build four plants in Slovakia

ANO for women

No US military bases in Slovakia

Anti-discrimination bill passed

Bratislava in the golden triangle

THE BRATISLAVA region, which consists of the Slovak capital, Bratislava, and its surroundings, has a special economic and social climate. Its GDP per inhabitant is almost equal to the average in the European Union, it does not suffer from high unemployment, and it has a higher living standard than the rest of the country. Sometimes it seems as if Bratislava is closer to foreign countries than to other Slovak regions.

Kusturica nominates Slovak filmmaker

WIDELY regarded as one of the most innovative filmmakers of his generation, Serbian director Emir Kusturica nominated Slovak Zdenka Zvarová for the main prize at the One Minute Shorts Festival of 2003 in Amsterdam.The festival takes place annually and those interested in submitting to the 2004 festival can send their shorts, which can be anything from a video-clip to computer animation, until autumn this year. The event is open to professionals as well as amateurs.

Too few cars in Slovakia

Students open purses

AMID protests from school unions and student organisations, the Slovak cabinet approved on February 10 the introduction of tuition fees for all university students in Slovakia.The fees are part of the cabinet's reform agenda and the new law, if approved by MPs, would make Slovakia the first country of the Visegrad Four (including the post-communist Czech republic, Hungary, and Poland) to abandon free university education.