Archive of articles - February 2006, page 6

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Customs seizes 12 million smokes

Art treasures vanishing for want of protection

THEFTS of art from Slovak galleries and museums have risen significantly over the last several years, police say, due almost entirely to shoddy security or the complete absence of protection.

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Tipos lottery sales up 30 percent last year

Report: Slovakia has too many hospitals

SLOVAKIA has 33 more hospitals and 25 percent more beds than it needs, according to a study by the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) think tank.

Telling the right story

COUNTRY music legend Johnny Cash didn't have a great voice. Neither was he a fashion trendsetter (he invariably wore black throughout most of his career). But, as a good southern boy raised on a tradition of hymnals and sermons, he was a masterful storyteller.

Veľký Slavkov

WINTERS can be harsh under the Tatras, but summers are completely different. Just look at the romantically idyllic scene beaming from this postcard of Veľký Slavkov from the 1930s.

Health minister beats ouster attempt

US slasher film horrifies Slovaks

SLOVAKS are appalled by Hostel, the new smash-hit Hollywood horror film that they believe gives them a bad name. Though the film does not open in Slovakia until February 23, the local media have already been spreading the word of its nightmarish portrayal of the country, leaving Slovaks repulsed.

Minister presents bill to increase pensions

Slovaks learning to live with debt

WHILE living on credit has long been the norm in Western countries, it has taken people in post-communist nations 15 years to get used to the idea of spending more than they earn. But recent lending figures suggest that Slovaks are finally getting comfortable with the concept of debt.

That EU feeling revised

"WHERE do you come from?"This simple question has always had immense power to evoke a certain feeling in people who come from the former Soviet bloc, a feeling that may never be experienced by people born in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom or even China, India or Japan.

IT subsidy dismissed as "band-aid"

TWO months before early elections, the Slovak government plans to take its first steps towards increasing the number of broadband Internet users in the country by introducing a subsidy programme for young people.

Reader feedback: Thoughts germinate at a computer company class

Dzurinda: Cabinet to privatize no more

Mary of Hungary revisits Bratislava

AFTER almost five hundred years, Queen Mary of Hungary (1505-1558) returns to Bratislava. Not personally, but via portraits, paintings, medals, graphic prints, books, illuminated documents and historical prints on display at the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava.

Elderly doctor buys hospital

Cameras cut down on Bratislava city crime

THE CAMERA system that the Bratislava Metropolitan Police installed in the Slovak capital in December 1999 has been a significant help in preventing crime, police say.