Archive of articles - July 2005, page 8

Roaming could cost dear

Highway tolls: Large trucks to pay almost Sk6 per kilometre

ODA: Slovakia allocated 0.073 percent in 2004

2005 folk festival attracts record numbers

Finance Ministry reduces Slovnaft fine

Hankook case not closed

Gašparovič sends Queen Elizabeth II condolences

Poll: Slovakia unlikely terrorist target

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PM survives no-confidence vote

AS EXPECTED, the parliamentary opposition failed in its bid to topple PM Mikuláš Dzurinda from power in a July 6 no-confidence vote.

KIA contract promise broken

WORRIES about Slovakia's ability to deliver promises it gives to international investors seem to be materializing. It now appears certain that the highway from Bratislava to Žilina, which the state promised to complete by the end of 2006, will not be finished on time.

Slovakia shattered by London drama

THOUGH no Slovaks have been reported killed or wounded in London terrorist attacks that wounded the British capital on July 7, Slovakia was still shattered by the images that media brought to this central European nation from Britain.

Interview with Otto Pichler, Managing Director of Mondi Business Paper SCP

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First wind, now fire

AFTER a windstorm destroyed vast areas of forest in the Tatras last November, the popular Slovak mountain range now faces another threat: forest fires.

Parliament passes new theatre plan

Rosier times for population

AFTER three years of negative population trends, Slovakia experienced a natural growth in population in 2004, when more babies were born than people died.

Higher fuel prices spark debate

RISING oil prices will not spare the Slovak fuel market and consumers will have to reach deeper into their pockets to pay for their petrol.

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