State threatens price regulation

FINANCE Minister Ivan Mikloš could choose price regulation as a tool to discipline Slovnaft for its price policies, putting the cost of fuel directly into state hands.The Finance Ministry says that the oil refinery continues to abuse its dominant position on the market, a gambit that critics say has spiked prices at the pump.

Be sure to "Park" elsewhere

Wicker ParkStarring: Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne, Jessica PareDirected by: Paul McGuiganRunning time: 114 min Rating: 3 out of 10OBSESSION has a long relationship with the movies. What other art form can so accurately capture the voyeurism and fetishism that we are capable of? It's certainly no accident that Alfred Hitchcock, probably our greatest chronicler of obsession, chose film as his medium.

Jonathan Knapp

Slovakia's rich Jewish heritage

THE MUSEUM of Jewish Culture is a branch of the Slovak National Museum and is a prominent state-sponsored institution dedicated to preserving and promoting Jewish culture and art in Slovakia.The museum was established at the birth of the Slovak Republic in 1993 together with several other specialized museums of national minorities living in this country.

Šátek: I was inconvenient for many people

A TOP POLICE investigator fired last week says the reasons given by Interior Minister Vladimír Palko for his dismissal are "absolutely untrue", and claims there is a parallel with his sacking over a politically explosive investigation 10 years ago.Jozef Šátek, who until January 18 was the head of the highly regarded Anti-Corruption Bureau at police headquarters, was accused by Palko of creating conflicts within the police corps through his "intrigues".

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