Archive of articles - July 2005, page 12

Letter of the editor

FDI tide rises in first quarter of 2005

Slovaks shoot Iraqi civilian dead

Activists win case against police

Art grows in the diplomatic garden

NORMALLY a diplomat tries to promote the art of his or her land in a host country. Scott Thayer, US charge d'affaires and his artist wife Nena, have been doing just that for more than two years. But this summer, before they leave Bratislava, they decided to do things the other way around.

Firms lack Internet safety

Seeing through Štefánik's eyes

VISITORS to Bratislava castle can see a replica of a Caproni Ca-33, the plane in which General Milan Rastislav Štefánik crashed in 1919. The replica is part of the newly installed exhibition, which presents the little known photographs of the significant politician, diplomat and astronomer.

Large animated woodcarving completed

THE HANDMADE woodcarving imported from Slovakia depicting folk life, as it has existed there for centuries, is now complete. Believed to be the largest animated wood carving in North America, this unique display is 17 feet wide, six feet deep and eight feet tall and features 82 life-like, moving figures.

USSK bids to supply car factories

SLOVAKIA's surging auto industry is not only drawing would-be parts suppliers from abroad - it is also driving a $160-million (€132 million) investment by one of the country's oldest concerns, US Steel Košice, which is bidding to become the "preferred supplier" of high-quality steel to the huge car factories due to come on line by 2007.

New industrial park started in Poprad

Remaking tourism

DESPITE the increasing number of travellers crossing Slovak border, only a fraction of them are sleeping over.According to statistics released by the Economy Ministry, 26 million visitors crossed into Slovakia in 2004. Of that number, only 1.5 million spent at least one night in the country.

SARIO signs agreement with Tokyo

Just 36 percent happy with jobs

More births than deaths in 2004

Sacked employees win suit against Mondi

LABOURER Jozef Daniš and four of his co-workers won a lower court verdict in a wrongful dismissal case against their former employer, the international paper firm Mondi Business Paper SCP of Ružomberok.

Interview with Vladimír Masár chairman of Deloitte

The Slovak Spectator (TSS): Deloitte did a survey last year that found that 81% of the top companies surveyed in Western and Eastern Europe predicted that the new member states of the EU would become more attractive for investors following enlargement. Has this prediction come true?

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