Archive of articles - February 2006, page 5

Info safeguards now crucial

COMPUTERS and the Internet have changed the way we work, learn, communicate and entertain. Communication is now faster and more effective and a large volume of information is at our fingertips.

Banks lift role in terrorism fight

MONEY laundering is an elusive organized crime that law enforcement throughout the world battles against every day. No one ever knows exactly how many dollars are cleaned in this deal and how many will be cleaned in the next. But stricter measures are being adopted as countries work hard to fight this new method for financing terrorism.

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Reader feedback: American spouses hold them back

Too many lawyers in Slovakia

EVENTS COUNTRYWIDE

Hockey campaign off to flying start

CONVINCING wins over Russia and Latvia, and some dazzling play by speedy winger Marián Gáborík and team captain Pavol Demitra, saw the Slovak men's ice hockey team off to a fast start in the qualifying round of the Turin Winter Olympics, with games against Kazakhstan, Sweden and the US still to be played as The Slovak Spectator went to print.

McDonald's sales up 16.5 percent in 2005

Parties scramble to meet early election deadlines

SLOVAK political parties now have three months less than they were expecting to prepare for general elections following a decision by parliament to move the ballot from September to June 17.

Reader feedback: Torn over conscientious objection

2005 foreign trade deficit soars

Handtmann investing Sk1 bn in Kechnec

Elections no threat if reforms top agenda

THE PROSPECT of early elections on June 17 has met with an eerie phlegmatism around Slovakia. The Slovak crown has returned to its usual strength after a brief wobble, the most attractive billboard space has already been sold out, and politicians have agreed to sideline the most controversial issues of the day and get on with preparations for the ballot.

Ski Update: Warmer on the slopes, rainy in the streets

WINTER has had us firmly in its grip until now, but the cold continental air that supported it has recently been replaced by warmer, moister weather from the West.

Another judge gets hefty damages in media suit

ANOTHER whopping sum awarded in newspaper libel damages to a Slovak judge has drawn claims of intimidation from the local media community, and promises to seek international recourse.

Culture Shorts

Slovak tax burden third lowest in EU

No defects revealed by AN-24 back box

Nothing more than a gory horror