Archive of articles - February 2005

HZDS calls for early elections

Yukos denies plans to sell Transpetrol

Leasing market up 4 percent in 2004

Gathering for freedom

TWO guards stationed outside the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Bratislava directed a motley crew to an adjoining congress hall the morning of February 23. Convened to kick off a special international conference on democracy, panelists and audience members ranged from freedom fighters from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to career diplomats and leading experts from the US and Western Europe.

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Brunovský gets longer run

BRATISLAVA City Gallery (GMB) as decided to prolong the retrospective of one of Slovakia's leading 20th century graphic artists and painters, Albín Brunovský, until March 6.

Bush offers road map

"MR PRESIDENT Bush, allow me to introduce you to my fellow countrymen, who came to this square to welcome you," Slovak Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda said, facing thousands of Slovaks who had come to Hviezdoslavovo square to hear the American president speak.

Dexia administers emissions gas register

SKI WINDOW

WE have already seen record snowfall in Slovakia and the snow just keeps coming. Donovaly, for example, is reporting 110 cms of snow. This week's forecast calls for continued cold weather with temperatures ranging from -15 to -3 Celsius in most mountain areas.

A 10-year media scrapbook

The many languages of art

ONCE the workday is through, adults eager to follow their artistic interests often face several limitations. Outside the typical folk-art offerings, few fine arts classes are offered to adults. While children can pick and choose from a wide range of media - from oil painting to watercolours to charcoal - adults in Slovakia are not so lucky.

Pezinok

.THE SMALL-Carpathian town of Pezinok is over 700 years old and has a long tradition of winemaking and gold mining.This picture shows the town's main square as it was in the 1920s.

Trash makes beautiful art

BULGARIA is known for its remarkable and controversial artists. Most notably, Christo is currently in the spotlight with the blooming of 7,500 fabric panels in New York's Central Park with his installation, The Gates.

Around Slovakia

Man survives two days in forestBuilding collapses, killing driverUniversity to train African studentsPet hospital openedThieves cause water outageLawyer and his wife attacked4,500 litres of home-made hooch discovered

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The verdict is in

Pavol Demeš, head of the Central and Eastern European Branch of the German Marshal Fund of the US, and well-known civic activist: "The address by President Bush at Hviezdoslavovo Square will definitely belong to one of the most important moments of his European tour

Slovakia hails Spanish "Si"

Side-by-side as strangers

HIGH school dropout, respected university professor or renowned author? It turns out that Professor Ian Hancock is all three.

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