Archive of articles - May 2004, page 10

Young Slovak art travels to Berlin

CHECK Slovakia!, a project that brings into the spotlight the identity of a young European country, recently opened at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein in Berlin. Organised in cooperation with the Ján Koniarek Gallery, the exhibition will run until June 27.

Diplomats need to eat too

SHARING traditional dishes, the foods that come from our hometowns, regions, or countries, is a way of sharing ourselves. I have been to countless potluck dinners where each of us brought something special - something made the way we made it at home. And those were some of the best evenings I have ever spent. The food was not only delicious, but it was a conversation starter: "How did you make this?", "Where did you get this ingredient?", "Can I have the recipe?"

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Hockey wins no medal

THE US overwhelmed the Slovak hockey team in a match for the bronze medal of the World Championships on May 9 in Prague, leaving many fans and players in tears. Yet the team was welcomed as if victorious by nearly 1,000 jubilant fans in Bratislava."Nevermind", and "thank you" roared in the city's SNP square in the early morning hours of May 10, welcoming the Slovak team led by captain Miroslav Šatan of the Buffalo Sabres and coach František Hossa.

What keeps EP interest low

THE EUROPEAN Parliament's (EP) inability to live up to handling the everyday problems of Europeans destines the June elections for low turnout across the continent. Slovakia can hardly be expected to be among the better-performing countries.The new parliament, which will serve until 2009, will be elected in all 25 member countries between June 10 and 13. Voter turnout has dropped since the first direct elections took place in 1979.That first vote was attended by over 65 percent of eligible citizens in the nine countries that then held elections. By 1999 that figure was down to 52.9 percent. In the United Kingdom, only 24 percent of voters used their right five years ago.

Slovaks campaign-weary

IT WOULD be good for Slovakia, immediately after its entry to the EU, to demonstrate that its citizens are interested in EU affairs and that they are sending their best representatives to Brussels, said Deputy Prime Minister Pál Csáky in an interview with The Slovak Spectator.The Slovak Spectator (TSS): The chairman of the Office of the European Parliament (EP) in Bratislava, Azelio Fulmini, expressed concerns about the potentially low turnout in the elections to the EP. Do you share his concerns? Do you think that citizens are aware of the importance of these elections?

Borders join modern dancers

THE HISTORIC removal of the borders between Slovakia and Austria on May 1 is the main theme of the project that opens this year's Bratislava in Movement festival, which will run from May 22 to 30.Begun on May 10, the Austrian-Slovak project Borders aims to fuel long-term cooperation between the artistic communities of the two countries' capitals. It draws from the past and present relationship between the two cities.

Schuster says Slovak companies can arm NATO countries

EC has no comment on van der Linden's Roma statements

MPs pass Slovenská pošta transformation

Cabinet approves revision of retail chains law

EIB loan for Slovak highways

Samsung Electronics Slovakia invests big

Parliament elects head special prosecutor

EP election turnout polls at 29 percent

Rusko takes Markiza celebrities to China