Archive of articles - January 2006
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Aupark adds shopping space
THE AUPARK shopping centre, located on the Petržalka bank of the Danube River in Bratislava, is one of the most-visited of such centres in the Slovak capital. Because of the popularity of centre, developer HB Reavis has decided to extend it.
T-Mobile launches 3G services.
YOU can now see your partner, watch TV and video clips, and browse Internet pages through your mobile phone. On January 25, the mobile operator T-Mobile Slovensko launched its Universal Mobile Telephone Service (UMTS) network and services operation, sometimes referred to as third generation (3G) services.
Homeless finally come in from the cold
BREATH pluming from their mouths, a line of about 40 men swung their arms and stamped their feet in the painful January cold.
The grand age of political simulation
POST-MODERNIST philoso-phers say we that live in a time of "simulation," an era of facsimiles of things rather than the things themselves, of ideas and political concepts that no longer spring from an original reality.
Slovakia has failed to answer question of CIA prisons
SLOVAKIA has still not answered a request from Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly member Dick Marty to provide information on the possible existence of secret CIA prisons on its territory.
Airport tender takes new, bizarre twists
AS MUCH as the cabinet by now probably wishes the privatization of Slovakia's two biggest airports would just go away, the troubled sale continues to make embarrassing headlines with bizarre twists.
Crash scene left rescuers at loss for words
BORSÓ hill used to be known as a stop on a medieval north-south trade route linking Hungary and Poland. The name means "wine-salt," after the commodities that were exchanged.
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- Slovakia clings to its gas transit dream, even as pipelines burn
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Strange romance: Slovak leaders’ affection for Russia has yo-yoed
- What abides: Giving a shit
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- Volkswagen Slovakia posts strong 2024 results despite tariff threat
- Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, otherwise no one would buy them
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- Číž spa water once even sent to USA
- A diplomat who thrives on building bridges…and making things happen
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, otherwise no one would buy them
- Strange romance: Slovak leaders’ affection for Russia has yo-yoed
- What abides: Giving a shit
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- We are partners, friends and Allies
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Then … Now
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- Slovakia clings to its gas transit dream, even as pipelines burn
- Volkswagen Slovakia posts strong 2024 results despite tariff threat
- Syrian about to finally finish hotel in Bratislava started 17 years ago
- Číž spa water once even sent to USA
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Strange romance: Slovak leaders’ affection for Russia has yo-yoed
- What abides: Giving a shit
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