Archive of articles - July 2005

Orange boosts year-on-year revenues

Controversy over old debts beleaguers Rusko

Smokers face 15 percent price hike

In football: Artmedia smashes Celtic

Minister unveils draft budget; education tops expenditures

MP calls for new anti-terrorism law

Spanish company invests in Central Slovakia

Slovakia to borrow hefty sum abroad

Slovakia sees massive broadband growth

Peugeot Citroën starts production in Trnava

Army steps up recruitment campaign

President ready to sign EU constitution

Hobby manufacturer could expand in Slovakia

Slovaks favor capital punishment

Castle guards folk treasure

BRATISLAVA castle's historical role as guardian of the crown jewels is the inspiration behind the creators of the Summer of Culture's new cycle - Folklore Jewels. The dominating fortification will now watch over the country's traditional dance and music gems.

Pohoda has it all

ONCE again it proved hard to choose just what to see at this year's Pohoda festival, even more so with the inclusion of additional genres. To limit the description of Pohoda to "music festival" is to do the event a disservice; it now far surpasses that label.

EU reluctant to free money for flats

Mega-concert for Bach

ON THE ANNIVERSARY of Johann Sebastian Bach's death, July 28, Slovakia will resound with his music. Organists in churches and concert halls around the country will perform choral preludes of Bach's Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (If You Will Only Let God Guide You) and other original works, including arrangements influenced by the composer. Several events will cross the country's borders.

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