Archive of articles - March 2004, page 13

NATO entry on April 2

Producers will be obliged to recycle appliances from 2005

FROM AUGUST 2005, distributors and producers of home appliances in Slovakia will have to ensure that 75 percent of their no-longer functional products are recycled.This commitment derives from the European Union directive on electric and electrotechnical waste.Producers are obliged to fulfil this commitment with their own organisation and finances.

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Transpetrol teaches Russians

THE PIPELINE system in Slovakia crosses precious natural territories protected by the state. Approximately 25 kilometres of the Druzhba pipeline run through a sensitive area of one of the most beautiful and often-visited landscapes in Slovakia - Silická planina plateau in Slovenský kras (the Slovak karst).This creates especially high requirements for investment in safety measures for the operation of the pipeline.

Schuster: I do not wish for early elections

THE FIVE-year election term of Rudolf Schuster, Slovakia's first directly elected president, is quickly nearing its end. The question is whether this election term will be remembered as his first, or as his only.In June 1999, Schuster was sworn in after the seat had been vacant for over one year, the result of a parliamentary deadlock.

Officials unruffled

SLOVAK officials remained unruffled when commenting on the annual country report on human rights released by the US State Department last week, which massively criticises discrimination against the Roma, mentioning concrete cases of reported mistreatment.Problem areas targeted in the report include police brutality, racially motivated attacks by citizens, anti-Semitism, and the trafficking of women.However, the report also acknowledges the government's steps in addressing some problems.

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Best films keep on invading

THE LAST part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy predictably led the 76th Annual Academy Awards by winning the largest number of Oscars. It won in all 11 categories it was nominated, including the event's most prestigious award: Best Picture. The crew behind the Best Foreign Language Film, Les invasions barbares (The Barbarian Invasions), thus could only happily conclude that The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King did not qualify in this category, as well.

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Britcham helps ill children

S&P improves Slovakia's rating

Two-month state budget report

The spoils of Kia victory

SOUTH Korean carmaker Kia Motors, part of the Hyundai Automotive Group, announced on March 2 that it had chosen Slovakia over Poland as the site for its plant in central Europe. The Slovak Spectator asked leading financial analysts about the potential impacts this most-desired investment might have on the country's economy.The Slovak Spectator (TSS): What will be the major benefit of the Hyundai investment for Slovakia's economy, and its major impacts?

Former MP accused of illegal arms trading

AI files motion against Slovak police

Hospitals can apply for EU money

Canadian writer in Bratislava

TO COMMEMORATE the Slovak translation of his book The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches, on March 11, Canadian writer Gaétan Soucy comes to Bratislava.

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