Archive of articles - August 2004, page 11

Slovakia to release annual arms trading report early

Agriculture Ministry to reopen church property restitution

Erste agrees with disclosure of SLSP contract

First top communist official jailed for crimes of 1968

July consumer prices up 0.3 percent month-on-month

Close to 10 percent of the economy is grey

KOZ against cabinet's draft bill on social dialogue

Bratislava police close in on first bank robbery this year

NSO boss wants to centralise intelligence services

Slovakia is more than Bratislava

VISITORS arriving in Svidník (pop. 12,800) in northeast Slovakia might think they had stepped into a time warp. The original town was destroyed by heavy fighting in 1944. In the 1950s, a new town with wide streets and Soviet style buildings was built on the site of the old town. One street is called Street of the Soviet Heroes, in honour of the Soviet troops that helped liberate the town in 1944.

Great Escapes: Hiking the Low Tatras

Čertovica (1,238 m) - Chata Chata gen. Štefánika (1,741 m) - Ďumbier (2,043 m) - Chopok (2,024 m) - Demänovská dolina - Záhradky (1,025 m).Surface: forest trail, rocky above the tree level, comfortable rock magisterial between Ďumbier and Chopok. Difficulty: medium, difficult in spots, but feasible for anyone.Time: nine hours, including two long breaks at the huts.

Ministry to legalise anonymous births

Slovaks are unemployed the longest

Vegum group's 2003 sales at Sk1.3 billion

Bach receives a festival

ORGANISERS of the beneficial concert Hommage a Bach, which took place in the Big Evangelical Church in Bratislava on July 21, ceremonially announced a new festival for Johann Sebastian Bach, which will run in towns and villages across the country for the whole of 2005.

Zimmermann prints nature

ONE of the last pressmen to print graphic works by hand, Ernst August Zimmermann is currently exhibiting his artistic natural prints at the Slovak National Museum (SNM) in Bratislava under the title Metamorphoses."Through his works, inspired by the beauty of nature which he converts into natural self-prints, he presents his ability to understand nature, his exaltation of the print medium, and his love towards people," said Rastislav Fiľo from the Museum of the Carpathian Germans Culture - SNM.

A liberal party for Slovakia?

DESPITE the liberal orientation of many Slovak voters, the current political landscape in the country is marked by an absence of a truly liberal party.Throughout recent history, a number of different parties have tried to be the champion of liberals. However, a new party at each election seems to have been the rule for the non-conservative, non-nationalist, non-communist and non-clerical voter.

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Plan to overthrow the cabinet failed