Archive of articles - July 2004, page 7

Young Slovak art in The Hague

FOLLOWING the enlargement of the European Union, The Hague, in the Netherlands, opened an exhibition of contemporary art entitled Breakthrough. Around 40 young artists from 10 countries will exhibit their works until August 29 at the Grote Kerk Church, the daily SME wrote.

The summer crusades

HZDS deputy on trial

MP GABRIEL Karlin and the high-standing municipal official Milan Mráz, office head of the Banská Bystrica regional government, both of whom are charged with bribery, made their initial pleas in the first Slovak corruption court trial ever to include an active MP.The main court proceedings took place on July 8 in the Banská Bystrica District Court where both Karlin, an MP for the opposition party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), and Mráz pleaded not guilty.

Smer tops OMV poll

Janík reveals his jewels in Žilina

INTERNATIONALLY successful jeweller Peter Janík, from Kysucké Nové Mesto, is exhibiting his unique work in Žilina at the Československá obchodná banka and Piano Café on Kuzmányho Street until the end of July. Entitled the Fourth Dimension of the Jewel, the display maps the young artist's 12-year career.Janík first introduced the best of his life-long work at the end of last year in Berlin, Germany. The collection features his most successful prototype jewels, which have received prestigious international awards in the US, Japan, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and other places.

SURVIVING Slovakia

- My husband's family immigrated to the USA in the 1900s and we are attempting to locate relatives in Slovakia. Where or whom can we contact to obtain this information?You have two options. First of all you can do it by yourself, according to the information you have from the birth certificates of your parents and by contacting municipal authorities in Slovakia - this process will most likely be very lengthy and also very complicated if you do not speak Slovak.

$2.5 billion spent on Visa in year's time

Performance anxiety, superhero-style

Spider-Man 2Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, JK SimmonsDirected by: Sam RaimRunning time: 127 minRating: 7 out of 10IT'S A HARD life, that of a superhero. Sure, they have incredible strength and heightened senses. They bask in the glory of saving the world and rescue beautiful damsels in distress. But superheroes have alter egos - normal people with normal lives. And normal life is complicated. Just ask Peter Parker.

Topoľčianky gets new sculptures

A COLLECTION of new sculptures made from Bulgarian marble was permanently mounted in the castle park of the town of Topoľčianky near Zlaté Moravce. The sculptures are the work of artists who participated in the second International Sculpture Symposium Topoľčianky 2004, the daily Pravda reported."In the past there was the Ružbachy symposium and the Sculpture of Piešťany Parks project in Slovakia.

Furniture triggers the mind

FURNITURE artist Michal Moravčík, who won this year's Oskár Čepan Award for young Slovak artists on June 23, is exhibiting part of his work along with that of three other finalists of the competition organised by the Centre of Contemporary Art Foundation at Bratislava's Pálffy Palace until September 5.

Slovaks get new passports in 2005

Kuenz-SK plans a third local factory

Around Slovakia

Doberman bites officerLegionnaire statue wanted after 40 years171 pigs stolenEiffel and Pisa towers in one gardenRaging pig bites manHomeless man bursts into flames

Cartoon

President meets Czech counterpart

Nitra hosts vintage cars

FANS of classic cars are in for a treat at the car show and driving contest to be held in Nitra between July 23 and 25. Organised by the Veteran Car Club of Nitra, this is the 13th year of the convention, and the fifth year for the simultaneous convention of three-wheelers.The event will start on Friday evening at 21:00, when the classic cars and motorbikes will gather in front of the Olympia Hotel before taking an evening drive around the town

SAD Bratislava sold

President gets new spokesman

Winton's bravery still inspires filmmakers

SLOVAK director Matej Mináč remains faithful to the story of Nicholas Winton from Great Britain, a man who helped save hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia before the second world war broke out. In cooperation with screenwriter Jiří Hubač he is working on another film based on this theme, the Czech newswire ČTK reported."So far it's called the English Rhapsody. It really is a free continuation [of the previous All My Loved Ones]," Mináč told ČTK. It will be a story of a child genius that, thanks to Winston, makes it to Britain.