Archive of articles - May 2004, page 4

Market defies expectations

The Slovak Spectator talked to Zeno Kezman, vice president of the National Association of Real Estate Offices of Slovakia, about the prospects of Slovakia's market.The Slovak Spectator (TSS): What are the main factors that influence the Slovak real estate market?

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Potencial investor requires state guarantee

Parliament elects head special prosecutor

Some want to take the Roma to school

UNLIKE the EU, which rebuked Eric van der Linden, its ambassador to Slovakia, for saying that Roma children should be educated in boarding schools, Roma leaders in Slovakia are embracing the idea.In a May 1 interview on Dutch television, van der Linden said: "It may sound simplistic, but we may have to, I'll say it in quotation marks, 'force' the Roma children to stay in some kind of boarding schools, from Monday morning until Friday afternoon, where they will be continuously subjected to the system of values that is dominant in our society."

Doprastav reports Sk1.6 billion output

Poll predicts EP turnout at 29 percent

Jobless rate drops to 15.25 percent in April

Renowned artist Zmeták passes on

ONE of Slovakia's foremost modernist artists, painter and graphic artist Ernest Zmeták, passed away on May 13 at the age of 85 after battling a long-term disease.Zmeták, who was born in 1919 in the southern Slovak town of Nové Zámky, devoted his entire life to art.He studied the legacy of 14th century Italian painting in Budapest in the class of Vilmos Aba-Novák, and in Slovakia he joined the modernist movement of Ľudovít Fulla. As a graphic artist, Zmeták illustrated several books.

Panasonic facility damaged by fire

Norway and Iceland should join EU

THE HUNGARIAN Coalition Party has nominated Deputy Foreign Minister József Berényi to run as number two on its ballot in the June 13 elections to the European Parliament (EP). The Slovak Spectator met with Berényi to discuss key aspects of European integration and his plans as an MEP.The Slovak Spectator (TSS): You started your career as a liberal politician, yet if you are elected to the EP, you will be involved in the conservative European People's Party (PPE). Why?

Slovakia represented at Cannes festival

FOR THE FIRST time in its history, Slovakia will be represented at the Cannes Film Festival at a joint pavilion of three states: Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Poland.The Slovak mission is organised and financed by the Slovak Association of Producers and Audio-visuals (SAPA) in cooperation with the Slovak Film Institute and the Culture Ministry.

Chapter one of a legend

IMT Smileklik-klakPublished by: Závodský publishersAvailable at: most music storesCost: Sk199IF YOU want to talk about legendary Slovak bands, IMT Smile is a prime candidate.With a history dating back to the early 1990s and four official albums under their belt, they are usually the first name on the lips of local people when they ask if you have ever heard Slovak popular music.

To sell or not to sell SE?

ONLY several weeks before the deadline for final bids on the sale of a majority stake in the state-run Slovenské elektrárne (SE), Economy Minister Pavol Rusko implied that there might be some new solutions to the privatisation of the country's major power producer.So far two alternatives - the sale of a 66 percent share of all SE property and the sale of a 66 percent share of SE's non-nuclear facilities are being considered.

Almost 11,000 farmers apply for aid

Philharmonic choir sings in Brno

THE SLOVAK Philharmonic Choir, led by Jan Rozehnal, will perform in the Czech town of Brno on May 27.The choir, along with the State Philharmonic Brno and foreign soloists - soprano Alexandra Coku, alto Bernarda Fink, tenor Marjan Trček, and bass Marcos Fink - will perform Requiem Op 89 by Antonín Dvořák under the baton of Czech conductor Petr Altrichter.

State gives billion to victims of communism

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Philharmonic orchestra performs in Germany

THE ORCHESTRA of the Slovak Philharmonic, conducted by the Czech Leoš Svárovský, will tour three German cities with works by Slovak composers.