Archive of articles - May 2006, page 9

EVENTS COUNTRYWIDE

Labour mobility remains low

COMPLAINTS from foreign investors and human resources experts about labour mobility in Slovakia continue. Most of them believe that people in Slovakia are still not willing enough to change their place of living because of a new job.

Soga auctions modern art for the fourth time

ART auctions are most flooded with bids for works by impressionists and the hot Russian artist of the day, but contemporary art is catching up fast. The SOGA auction house in Bratislava knows it.

Town furious as car investor pulls up stakes

IN AN UNEXPECTED move, a German car components producer that was close to signing an investment contract in Slovakia announced on May 10 it was going to Romania instead.

Podolínec

PODOLÍNEC is a northeastern town that lies close to the border with Poland. That proximity became a liability in 1412, when the indebted King Sigismund of Luxembourg ceded Podolínec, along with 14 other towns, to Polish King Vladislav Jagelonský (Ladislaus Jagiellon).

Dzurinda: May 8th a victory over evil

Replacing paper

CURRENTLY, many companies are trying to solve the problem of the circulation of information involving human resources management.

General Štefánik remembered

Reader feedback: Don't sensationalise the koruna

HZDS presents lion mascot, priorities

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Slovak economy makes believer of EC

WHILE Slovaks living in the country's poorer reasons remain unconvinced of the vigour of the economy, the European Commission continues to have great faith in Slovakia's growth potential.

Contemporary dance becomes tradition

FOR one week each year, Bratislava becomes the focus of the best and newest in local and foreign contemporary dance. Acclaimed dancers arrive with their latest performances, ideas are shared at workshops and spontaneous creative projects supplement the programme, part of which also runs in October.

Election wagers? You bet!

THIS year, for the first time, Slovaks will be able to bet on the results of the general elections.Stanislav Žiačik, the director of the Tipos betting agency, announced on May 9 that the Finance Ministry had approved the holding of election betting.

Third conference on social responsibility

An nyoung ha se yo

ESTABLISHING a company in a foreign country is not always easy. Foreign managers have to face not only different languages and a different legislative environment but the unfamiliar customs and habits of their workers as well.

Slovakia calls for longer UN mission in E. Timor

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Do people really not want more than they are getting?

JOURNALISTS are hunting high and low for the election programmes of political parties barely a month before the country holds general elections, and are clearly more nervous about the absence of elaborate political plans than the parties themselves. The more optimistic newsfolk are still clinging to the belief that the parties have a plan for bringing the nation to Elysium at a cost that will not dismay the taxpayer.