Archive of articles - August 2005, page 7

Meciar: SDKÚ prefers HZDS to Smer

Slovnaft's profits increase but oil refiner unhappy

Prosecutor halts bank fraud case

Austrian firm wants stake in Bratislava Airport

Many young Slovaks unemployed

New US ambassador arrives in Slovakia

Slovaks use tax credit to benefit NGOs

The tax man cometh

THE PRICE of smoking is about to go up. The Finance Ministry intends to increase excise taxes on cigarettes, pushing up carton prices by at least 15 percent starting January 2006.

Martin gears up for a double header

MARTIN's Slovak National Museum is putting on a display of classic motorcycles dating from 1920 to 1970 through the end of August.

Total smoking ban fails

Despite a growing European trend to ban smoking in public, the Slovak health minister failed to push through a legislative amendment that would have required bar and restaurant owners to provide their patrons with a smoke-free environment.

EVENTS COUNTRYWIDE

Apollo bridge ready to open

Cabinet might gain power to deploy troops

Variety defines art in Europe

ARTISTS from 15 European countries are heading to Banská Štiavnica for the third annual Cap a l'Est, or Road to the East, a festival of poetry, theatre, and music.

Reader feedback: Blushes not spared

Justice in KIA land deal?

A NEW, though feeble hope is burning in landowners who, in order to make way for a new KIA manufacturing plant, sold their property to the government at below market rates.

Culture Shorts

HZDS targets party loyalists

THE MOVEMENT for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) has decided to take a different approach to the upcoming national elections in 2006. Hoping to avoid the big losses it suffered in 2002, the opposition party will restrict its nominations to long-term party loyalists.

Kicking the habit reveals lifestyle shift

A SURVEY published in the daily SME revealed that a majority of smokers support restrictions on smoking. Some 80 percent of respondents, all of them smokers, are willing to subject themselves to restrictions.Another survey, this one conducted by the Slovak Statistics Office, showed that seven out of 10 adult smokers are willing to kick the habit.