Archive of articles - May 2005, page 11

Symphony made from junk

BROOMSTICK bristles swish, balls bounce, garbage cans clang, and oil drums boom. Even newspapers rustle. Sound and rhythm is lying dormant in everything around us. It just needs the right person using the item in the right way to awaken it.

Reader feedback: Do the maths

2004: Public debt 3.3 percent of GDP

Reader feedback: Unfair to repeat tests

New law to clean up gambling

Reader feedback: Advanced skills deserve more pay

New website fills info gap

SLOVAK leaders and important public figures will gather under one virtual roof this summer thanks to an online encyclopaedia project called Leaders.sk. A joint venture between Slovak publishing houses Petit Press and Trend Holding, Leaders.sk will give the public an up close and personal look at the Slovaks who shape our everyday lives.

Karol Plicka's lyrical vision

The Spiš Museum in Levoča, in cooperation with the Slovak National Museum in Martin and the Slovak Film Institute in Bratislava, presents an exhibition lyrically entitled Karol Plicka, The Poet of the Picture.

€740 million invested in past six months

Vienna shows off Slovak design

FOR Slovak hockey fans in the Austrian capital for the Word Championship, a visit to the Looshaus in central Vienna offers a chance to take in another Slovak success story: its design.

Proof that pimping ain't easy

IT'S certainly not news that Hollywood has embraced MTV. Today's mainstream movies sit comfortably alongside the programming of the famed music channel - particularly because they frequently amount to little more than pretty people moving to a soundtrack of the latest pop hits. What's surprising about XXX 2, though, is that it feels less like a music video and more like an episode of the network's highly successful (and imaginatively named) series Pimp My Ride.

Shots heard near Schuster's house

Spa industry sweats it out

REFORMS in the country's healthcare sector have reduced the number of patients seeking treatment at Slovak spas. The result is that spas are starting to focus on a different clientele - visitors from home and abroad interested in relaxation and wellness stays.

Jobless rate still very high

Quote of the Week:

Half of Slovak unemployed suffer poverty

Slovakia advances from top spot

TEAM Slovakia clinched first place in its basic group at the World Ice Hockey Championship on May 4 with a powerful 8-1 victory over home side Austria.

SURVIVING Slovakia

If my husband and I retire to Slovakia and buy a home there, what would happen to the property if one or both of us die? Would our children in the UK automatically inherit the property? Are there taxes imposed on transferring ownership of property?

Slovaks celebrate EU entry, Labour Day