Archive of articles - February 2006, page 2

Around Slovakia

Parliamentary elections to last one day

No more dead babies

FIVE healthy babies and one dead boy were found in the first fourteen months in Slovakia after the first baby rescue station Hniezdo záchrany (Lifesaving Nests) opened in Slovakia.

Another 11 Slovak food producers allowed

Expats and émigrés on the move in Slovakia

INTERNATIONAL movers operating in Slovakia report that demand for their services has increased since Slovakia became a member of EU. Staff with foreign investors and Slovaks returning home from abroad form the bulk of their clients.

FNM: No further privatisation decision

SKI UPDATE: Chill returns to the country

AFTER a short break, Lady Winter will return in full strength. Expect an extremely cold week, the kind of chill that reminds you of January.

Clock ticking on EU labour barriers

IN MAY 2006 Slovakia will not only celebrate its second year in the European Union, it will also hear which of the original EU 15 will let Slovak citizens work in their countries without restrictions.

PSA Peugeot Citroen launches trial run

Culture Shorts

Political Coliseum opens its gates

Tax plan moves collection under one roof

SLOVAKS could find themselves paying all their taxes and their insurance fund dues to a single institution after 2009 if the country's next government follows through on a tax collection plan tabled by the ministries of finance and labour.

Police nails alcohol gang

Reader feedback: Encouragement for young Slovak lawyers

Russians considering silicone plant in Jelšava

Some freedom for EU service providers better than none at all

IT MAY take longer to erase the lines of division between the older European Union members and the newcomers than Slovakia anticipated in May 2004 when it joined the EU.

Iranian diplomat hears concerns

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Danube River transport resumes

SHIPPING on the Danube River between Bratislava and Komárno resumed on February 20 after almost a month's break. Shipping had officially been halted since January 24 because of ice and low water levels.