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Political survival dearer than fragile coalition unions
NEITHER Mikuláš Dzurinda nor Pavol Hrušovský has insisted on resuscitating the fragile union of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) before general elections now scheduled for June 17.
Crisis leaves buyers in privatization limbo
THE DOWNFALL of Slovakia's ruling coalition has left the fate of several privatization projects in limbo, spelling nervous times both for potential buyers and state sellers.After being abandoned by his coalition partner, the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Prime Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda announced on February 7 that henceforth no privatization project would be discussed by the cabinet.
No genius pill, just creative help
EVERY marketing manager is proud of his creativity and original ideas. However, the majority of his work can and in some cases even must be supported by modern software tools.Such software does not make marketing specialists any less creative. On the contrary, thanks to such tools they find they have more time for thinking up ideas and putting them into practice.
Tragedies that unleash talents
IN 1939, her first son died. A decade later, she suffered several bouts of depression and her legs had to be amputated because of severe diabetes. Then, at the age of 52, she started drawing. Anna Zemánková, who was of Moravian origin, got up every morning in her Prague apartment at 4:00 and drew until 7:00. Slowly, her world filled with drawings of flowers and plants.
Ski portals SKI.sk and YETI.sk merge
OPERATORS of ski portals SKI.sk and YETI.sk have merged their domains to create a new Internet web page, www.ski.sk.
Interview with Helena Töröková, Head of Business Solutions, S&T Slovakia
S&T Slovakia is a 100% subsidiary of the multinational company S&T System Integration & Technology Distribution AG Vienna. Since 1993, when S&T AG was established, it has concentrated mainly on the new markets of Central and Eastern Europe, providing IT to mid-sized and large companies, including service support and medical monitoring and testing systems.
Ex-SDĽ member among Devín banka accused
A POLICE investigator with the Organized Crime Bureau charged six people with fraud on February 7 - including several with ties to a former government party - alleging they had stripped almost Sk1 billion (€30million) in assets from the failed financial institution Devín banka from 1998 to 2001.
Slovak crown recovers from brief slip
THE POLITICAL turbulence and the subsequent collapse of the ruling coalition earlier in February shocked the forex market and took a toll on the Slovak currency, which after hitting record strengths last year started to roll downhill.
New movie theatre operator at Polus City Center
ISTROPOLIS Cinema took over the Multikino Metropolis movie theatre in the Polus City Center last November from Ster Century and changed the theatre's name to Istropolis Cinema Center.
Cabinet gains new faces
ONE DAY after three ministers from the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) resigned from the cabinet triggering the collapse of the ruling coalition, President Ivan Gašparovič named their replacements.
Bishops condemn intolerance of Islamic cartoons
FOLLOWING the publication of caricatures of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, the chairman of the Slovak Bishops' Conference, František Tondra, denounced all similar manifestations of what he termed "intolerance and insults".
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