Archive of articles - March 2004, page 6

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Bútora: My past is flawless

WITH only a 3.4 percent of the public's support, Martin Bútora is one of the less probable winners of the presidential elections. Although a civil candidate, he was hoping to get the endorsement of the Hungarian Coalition Party. The Béla Bugár-led party, however, has recently decided to support the official candidate of the Christian Democrats, František Mikloško.Following the Soviet occupation he was persecuted by the communist regime. For 11 years he worked as a therapist at a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics.

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2003 average wage is Sk14,315

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PHOTOGRAPHER Igor Grossmann, born between the two world wars in 1924, grew up in the northern Slovak town of Žilina. He later moved to the nearby rural town of Rajec surrounded by hills and fields, where he got a job as a pharmacist."I suddenly found myself in the centre of an ethnographic happening. I was astonished to see people wearing folk costumes, working in fields, and old grannies going to church.

Former ambassador denies deal

FREE Forum (SF) party representatives have denied rumours of an agreement to secure stability for the ruling coalition in parliament by replacing presidential hopeful Eduard Kukan, the country's Foreign Minister, with another presidential prospect, Martin Bútora, should the former win the presidential race.Kukan is a member of PM Mikuláš Dzurinda's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) while Bútora is a non-affiliated candidate for whom Ivan Šimko's SF expressed support in the presidential elections.

Juggler aims for his skyscraper

ALMOST every day after work, Milan Roskopf can be seen running up the 31 storeys of the Pressburgercentrum while juggling three, one-kilo balls and carrying 20 kilos on his shoulders. Repeating the whole procedure three times in a row, he is preparing to conquer the 103 floors of the world's second tallest building, the Sears Tower in Chicago, USA."It's my life-long dream to climb something really high," said Roskopf, who has been training for the stunt for almost a year.

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DVD boom hits Slovakia

THE MARKET for DVDs is on the increase around the world and Slovakia is no exception. Last year, the Slovak market reached a breaking point by selling 254,898 DVDs, which is more than the number of all DVDs sold during the previous six years. However, the country is still behind the trends in western Europe and North America, mainly due to the high prices of DVDs and DVD players.

Mikloš survives vote

THOUGH opposition parties failed to oust Slovak Finance Minister Ivan Mikloš from his post on March 17, the main inventor of the country's economic reforms lacks the support of the whole ruling coalition.The opposition holds Mikloš responsible for the most reform-related aches of the country's population.Deputies of the Hungarian Coalition Party and two deputies of the New Citizen's Alliance waved a warning finger by not helping the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), and the Christian Democrats hold a safety net under Mikloš.

Pop and Nausea

No NameSlová do tmyPublished by: Universal MusicPrice: Sk320Available at:most music retailersSINGLES that consistently reach the top 10 charts, and sales of more than 40,000 copies of their four albums define No Name as one of Slovakia's supergroups.What are they doing right? Pick up their latest album, Slová do tmy (Words to the Dark), or its special tour version with bonus tracks, and you will find the same kind of sentimental pop-rock that one expects to grace the tops of charts.