Archive of articles - May 2006, page 3

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Bratislava wearies of stag tourism

A PACK OF noisy English-speaking tourists knocked over one of Bratislava's best-known attractions, the Schöner Nazi statue near the Main Square, in the early morning hours of May 22. The hooligans destroyed the figure's left hand, which holds his trademark tophat, its right hand and its footstall, with the damage estimated at Sk100,000.

Firms hoarding HR tasks

HUMAN resources departments still spend a significant part of their working time on administrative functions at the expense of higher added value activities such as consultancy. Few companies have learned to outsource activities that do not bring strategic value to other departments or the company's management.

Smer approves election programme

SIS in hot water over security scam

THE SLOVAK secret service has again come under fire after police sources confirmed they were investigating top intelligence officers for using security clearance certificates to extort money.

Jača: Communism will return

WHEN, for the first time since the Velvet Revolution, the Slovak Communist Party (KSS) in 2002 won seats in parliament, it was regarded as one of the main surprises of the election that year. After all, since the fall of the communist regime in the former Czechoslovakia, Slovak communists had deserted the party en masse, some leaving politics for good and others defecting to socialist parties such as the Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ).

Genius da Vinci takes over Bratislava

THE WHOLE world best knows Leonardo da Vinci as a great Renaissance artist, though he created only 26 paintings during his entire life and only 17 of them have been preserved until the day.

Software piracy slightly down last year

Employment projects create 9,300 new jobs

EBRD stops supporting new EU members

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Slovakia to host hockey Worlds

Audits can expose EU aid weaknesses

SLOVAKIA has often been reproached in the past for shortcomings in drawing money from EU funds. The country has had particular problems, for example, in designing successful projects, and in using all of the money it was entitled to.

Kukan discusses visa with US Ambassador

Slovakia still in game for Transpetrol buyback

Dzurinda says no to cooperation with Mečiar, Fico

Moody's upgrades Slovakia's foreign-currency bond rating

Transfer of phone number possible as of May 29

Last session of parliament today