Archive of articles - August 2005, page 4

Analysts say proposed payroll tax cuts are cosmetic

Dzurinda: August 1968 an important era in Slovak history

Slovakia no "dream country"

Kukan meets new US Ambassador to Slovakia, Rodolphe M. Vallee

Slovaks inspire fight against dictatorship

House of clay

THE COUNTRY lane leading through the tiny village of Beladice near the southern town of Nitra is like Swiss cheese. You must watch carefully where you drive or risk losing your muffler.

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SND sites hit the market

THE CULTURE Ministry is selling two old buildings belonging to the Slovak National Theatre (SND) to finance the completion of the new SND complex, which still requires Sk900 million (€23.3 million).

Rare Jewish relics on display

A WINDOW on Bratislava's Židovská street, part of the Museum of Jewish Culture, is displaying Jewish antiquities from the Roman times. One of them, an ancient menorah, provides historical evidence that supports the theory that Jews were brought to the Slovak territory some 2,000 years ago as slaves.

Reader feedback: Subtitle: If you build it, they will come

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Court halts work on KIA plant site

NO TRESPASSING allowed. Such is a district court's verdict involving 23,960 square metres of private land that the state is in the process of buying to make way for a future KIA manufacturing plant.

One million join second pension pillar

Cabinet stability threatened

A FINANCIAL matter involving Economy Minister Pavol Rusko has escalated into a full-blown coalition crisis that is threatening cabinet stability. The issue started when Slovak tabloid Plus 7 dní published copies of bills of exchange that Rusko signed pledging money to a now-deceased businessman.

Reader feedback: Public money should stay in public schools

Three firms bid on Bratislava airport

Reader feedback: Dumb them down?

Capital gets another daily dose