Archive of articles - May 2004, page 11

Miklos refutes criticism on "tax and social dumping"

Fair Play Alliance says party sponsors gain extensive state orders

Personal income tax to go to regions and municipalities

Swedish and Finnish embassies open in Bratislava

Police vice president sees organised crime in parliament

Left plans to unite

SPP posted Sk20.5 billion net profit in 2003

Slovaks EU pessimists

Transpetrol's net profit Sk347 million

Reader feedback: He set the stage but missed the after-party

The new benefits and costs of membership

CHEAPER French wine and more expensive Asian rice, ID cards in place of passports, the free movement of persons and goods - these are just some of the changes that Slovaks face in the European Union.With a blaze of fireworks and street celebrations, the EU threw open its gates to 10 new members, including Slovakia, on May 1.

HZDS denies internal crisis

Slovakia met 98% of EU requirements

New local traditions travel to Vienna

FOURTEEN Slovak designers, artists, and craftspeople whose works are regularly exhibited at the Centre of Folk Art Production (ÚĽUV) Design Studio in Bratislava, which specialises in presenting new approaches to traditional folk art, will be introduced to the Austrian public.

Cabinet agrees to increase 2005 deficit

Mednyánszky - The European artist of Slovakia and Hungary

PAINTER Ladislav Mednyánszky was born in 1852 to an aristocratic family in Beckov, at that time a part of upper Hungary under the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, today a town in the western corner of Slovakia. Neither obviously Slovak nor Hungarian, Mednyánszky's origin can be considered as European as his work.The two nations have recently had the chance to get to know the entire spectrum of his work.

Slovakia must push on

ALTHOUGH Slovakia entered the European Union on May 1, the quality of life and the living standard are still far from those of the EU15, the countries that were already in the union prior to this year.Analysts predict that it might take Slovakia, along with other new member countries, more than 20 years to reach the "old EU" level.

Around Slovakia

Country celebrates EU entryBoy found stabbed to deathMan tries to cheat train system, failsApprentice uses his tools for illRacing to find homes for petsThieves take cue from Spider ManMan robbed to the skinRobbing graves to recycle

Danube race joins two capitals

WELCOMING the enlargement of the European Union through sport is the idea behind a new event starting May 15 on the section of the Danube between Bratislava and Vienna.Eight-person rowing shells from surrounding countries will compete at the Ferdinand Martinengo Memorial, named after the founder of the first rowing club in Bratislava.