Archive of articles - December 2004

Slovak tourists back from Sri Lanka

Slovak crown again reaches new high against dollar

No Slovak rescue teams for South Asia

Slovakia suffers no losses in tsunami

Regions opposed to selling hospitals

State versus Slovnaft

Central bank foresees strong economic growth

Bush plans five day Europe visit

Bush and Putin to meet in Bratislava

Rusko caught speeding in Austria

Penta looms large in health sector

Slovnaft facing Sk1.3 billion fine

Slovaks dreaming of a TV Christmas

New rules for asylum seekers

Crown hits all-time high

Slovakia integrates

THE YEAR 2004 marked the culmination of the many years of Slovakia's efforts to integrate. Having fulfilled the requirements for joining both the European Union and NATO, Slovakia formally became a member of both organizations in the first quarter of the year.Slovak military, civil and political representatives started working in these institutions. As a fully-fledged EU-member, Slovakia had to integrate EU legislation into its own, but soon became one of the best prepared new members.

India urges joint Slovak business ventures

N M Kejriwal, chairman of the Kejriwal Group of Companies, is the head of the India-Slovak Joint Business Council, established a decade ago to build business bridges between the countries. With Slavic business connections going back four decades, N M Kejriwal has experience and insight into the economic possibilities between Slovakia and India.In an interview with The Slovak Spectator, N M Kejriwal describes what he sees as the primary business opportunities between the two nations, and urges specific Slovak sectors to take advantage of India's wealth of resources.

Nine Slovaks die on Czech roads

Commissioner at work

"I'VE asked myself many times whether I'm in the right place, whether this is really my life and career, whether I'm not just thinking I'm doing good things while the reality is quite different," then Deputy Foreign Minister Ján Figeľ told The Slovak Spectator. [He had just won the weekly's 2001 Man of the Year award.] Back then, Figeľ said, "There's nothing wrong with self-evaluation, the occasional quo vadis."