Archive of articles - February 2006

PM threatens to sack culture minister

Prices up 4.1 percent in January

Foreigners buying houses in southern Slovakia

Switzerland to give Slovakia Sk1.6 billion

Commemorative book on Bush-Putin summit published

Patience pays off for Gemer and Novohrad

Analysts expect central bank to raise interest rates

Dzurinda wants to talk visas with Bush

Culture Minister keeps seat

Demand for poultry falls

KDH chooses stork for election campaign

Court overturns political bribery verdict

Slovakia to spend more on euro campaign

Cabinet freezes privatization as of February 22

THE SLOVAK cabinet said it would take no privatization decisions after February 22, more than a month earlier than the Dzurinda administration had originally suggested.

Cheaper, faster, safer

THE BEST transportation is no transportation, economists say. This is, of course, impracticable in a globalising world where trends are moving people in the opposite direction.

55 top musicians return with guests

WHEN folk ensemble Lúčnica threw a grandiose celebration for its 55th anniversary in 2003, 36 current and former members of its orchestra gathered to play for the show. Seeing these fine musicians, many of whom are soloists with the country's top ensembles, including the Slovak Philharmonic, reunited gave birth to a new idea: the 55-member Golden Violin orchestra.

Lipšic to tighten rules for prosecutors

Olympic medal hopes doused by Czechs

THE CZECH national hockey team beat Slovakia 3-1 in a quarterfinal match at the Turin Winter Olympics on February 22, abruptly ending Slovakia's hopes of taking home its historic first medal from the hockey competition.

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