Archive of articles - January 2006, page 4

Miroslav Pikuš appointed new boss of SE

CME completes acquisition of controlling stake in TV Markíza

Masses commemorate victims of plane crash

Severe cold affects public transport

Farkaš does not remember details of crash

Slovakia starts official day of mourning at noon

Black box under examination

Tragedy prompts plans to modernize air fleet

SDKÚ merges with DS

Hope: a new party for Slovakia

Mobile giants interested in Slovakia

Around Slovakia

MP stays quiet on secret tape

Construction firms hit with record fine

IN THE HEAVIEST penalty ever levied by the Slovak economic competition authority, seven construction firms have been hit with fines totalling Sk1.474 billion (€39 million) for what the Slovak Antitrust Office (PMÚ) alleges was a cartel agreement to milk the state of road construction finances.

Pálffy retires after brilliant hockey career

ŽIGMUND Pálffy, one of the most exciting hockey players ever to wear a Slovak jersey, announced his retirement from the sport on January 17, citing a shoulder injury that has hurt his performance.

Police probe airline deal

SLOVAKIA's air transport sector cannot complain of a lack of media and public attention. In addition to the turbulent privatization of Slovakia's two major airports, a police investigation into the covert privatization of national carrier Slovak Airlines by Austrian Airlines has kept the air industry in the news.

PMÚ okays CME stake in Markíza

Visitor rates rise and fall in 2005

Slovak military plane crashes, Slovaks mourn

SLOVAK military airplane that was transporting soldiers from the south Serbian province of Kosovo to eastern Slovakia's Košice crashed into a mountain near to the Slovak-Hungarian border last evening, killing 44 people on Thursday, January 19.