Archive of articles - March 2005, page 4

Červený Kameň castle's rifles

THEORIES of ballistics have come a long way since the Middle Ages. In 1522, for example, people believed that gunpowder was a devilish product and that bullets were impelled through the air by a small demon riding astride them. Weapons have come a long way as well. One look at the baroque rifle collection at Červený Kameň castle shows how much things have changed.

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Slovaks behind the curve in e-government

PAYING fines, sending in tax returns, registering for social insurance. Slovaks will have to wait before they can do such routine, yet very important tasks with ease via the Internet. E-government and online public services are terms still unknown to most state administration offices, and to the Slovak public at large as well.

EC limits toy with Slovak steel

THE STUNNING growth of the Chinese economy has given impetus to a swirl of changes on the global steel market. The most populous nation on the planet is consuming all the steel it can make or get, and even that barely satisfies its voracious hunger for industrial commodities.

Steeling an opportunity

THE LARGEST US investor in Slovakia intends to strengthen its presence on the Slovak market. Košice-based US Steel will open a new production link, effectively increasing its staff by a hundred people.An announcement made by company headquarters, situated in Pittsburgh, USA, said that the company would build a new hot dip galvanizing (HDG) facility at its steelmaking operation in Košice.

Flesh made art

"VERY odd, I have never seen anything like this," a visitor to an exhibition by Miloš Boďa at the Bratislava City Gallery commented. The astounded viewer turned and asked a nearby guard, "Aren't you scared of working amongst these monsters?"

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Count Pálffy's tears?

"WHEREVER I die, my corpse is to be brought to Bojnice and buried in a simple black robe in the crypt directly beneath the main altar of the castle."Such was Count Ján František Pálffy's wish in 1889. Over the following 22 years he set about having the whole castle, not just the crypt, rebuilt. By the time the Romantic neo-gothic reconstruction of Bojnice was completed, the count was dead.

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SKI WINDOW: the SPECTATOR's regular ski update

AFTER a brief period of rain and snow at the beginning of the week, the weather in the mountains should stay clear until Friday, when rain will return, along with warmer temperatures. Temperatures in the mountains will range from -6 at night to 4 from Tuesday to Thursday under partly cloudy skies.