Archive of articles - August 2005

None of the airlines blacklisted by France and Belgium fly to Slovakia

SME support agency robbed of data

PM Dzurinda says Croatia meets criteria for starting EU accession talks

Slovakia to be selected as UN Security Council member

Interest in Slovak airport privatization mounting

Public opinion poll: majority say investors help

Fascists march through Zvolen

Slovak national bank holds interest rates

Blatnica sword in powerful hands

AFTER the recent summit negotiations in Bratislava between the US and Russian heads of state, the visiting presidents left Slovakia's capital a little bit heavier. In their suitcases were replicas of one of the most valuable swords ever made in ancient Europe: the Blatnica sword.

Reader feedback: Enjoyable bureaucracy

Rusko dismissed

PAVOL Rusko is no longer the Economy Minister. President Ivan Gašparovič recalled him from his post on August 24 based on a formal request by Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda.

Tourist revenues up 42 percent

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Ministry seeks to protect bank clients

School ranking slows to halt

SLOVAK universities are still waiting to be categorized. A so-called complex accreditation process that was supposed to start in 2004 has not yet begun.

All the world's a stage

IF YOU enjoy live theatre, consider heading to Martin on August 30. For five days, the town is hosting the 83rd annual Scénická žatva (Theatre Harvest), the oldest and biggest amateur theatre festival in Europe.

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Interview with David Lohr, president of U. S. Steel Košice

Is it a new millennium in education?

PARLIAMENTARY elections are creeping closer. What better way to reach the masses than by appealing to students? Education, after all, not only impacts young people but also their parents - who by and large pay the bills.