Archive of articles - March 2005, page 8

A discovery of huge importance

UNTIL recently, Venezuela's flat-topped mountains (tepuis) were best known for the highest waterfall in the world, the Salto Angel, which reaches an incredible 979 metres. But after exploring the depths of Chimanta-tepui, this region will become famous also for the world's largest sandstone cave, Cueva Charles Brewer, named after its discoverer.

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Opening Chimanta's vast interior

TO BRING discoveries in the world of nature to the general public, Slovak documentary filmmaker Pavol Barabáš has crossed high mountains, polar landscapes, wild rivers, inaccessible jungles and torrid deserts. Until recently, though, he had never delved underground.

Pudding-pop pleasure

A PUDING Pani Elvisovej (PPE) concert attracts a special mix of fans. Punk mohawks pop up out of the crowd next to the twisted visors of hip hop fans while raver kids dance up front with those types you always find jumping around wildly at indie rock concerts.

Renewable energy in selected countries

Slovakia becoming a nation of shoppers

The sun shines stronger in Austria

SOLAR energy is a wasted resource in Slovakia. Austria, which shares the same natural conditions and climate as the Slovak Republic, is a global leader in thermal-solar power, with 30 times the number of solar panels as Slovakia.

Barto: NBS may cut interest rates to 2 percent

Kukan: Visa-waiver should be extended

Gotcha! Inspections are up

THE SLOVAK Trade Inspection agency is waging a war against what it sees as deficiencies in retail chains all over Slovakia.Driving the crusade is a wave of unsatisfied customers, many of whom feel cheated and misled in the aftermath of huge sales that promised significant price reductions.

Who was that masked skier?

ALMOST everybody skis in the central Slovak town of Kremnica. So what better way to welcome spring than having fun in the snow?For the 44th time, Kremnica's ski enthusiasts announced their traditional carnival farewell to winter, the Easter Egg.

Delicate dance conveys nuclear agenda

SLOVAKIA will not seek to change its accession treaty with the European Union in order to modify plans to close one of its nuclear power plants.

Slovakia must do better against corruption

Samsung continues expansion in Galanta

Reader feedback: Plant trees, stop destroying them

Two more investors arrive in Spiš

Rebel students prepare to protest

God's last judgement

WHEN Christ descends to Earth for the second time, the world will end and the dead will rise and sinners will receive their just punishments.

Gašparovič at Holocaust museum opening