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A third of Slovaks say living standards have improved since 1989
SEVENTEEN years after the events of November 1989 that led to the fall of communism, less than a third of Slovaks feel that their standard of living has improved, while some 40 percent say it has worsened, according to a poll carried out by the Statistics Bureau on a sample of 1,300 adults at the beginning of November.
Christmas markets open for holiday season
CHRISTMAS is less than a month away. The warm weather, however, is failing to remind us that the holiday season is just around the corner.
Dzurinda calls for opposition party pact
THE FORMER ruling Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) re-elected Mikuláš Dzurinda as its unchallenged chairman for the next four years at a party congress on November 17, a date conspicuously chosen as the anniversary of the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia.
Transpetrol nominations are outrageous
THE APPOINTMENT to the Transpetrol firm of Július Rezeš and the rest of the gang from the heydays of asset stripping at the VSŽ steel mill has been rightly criticized as unlikely to improve supervision of the firm's state assets.
Nováky mine cave-in claims four lives
THE BODIES of three out of the four miners killed in a cave-in in a mine in west-central Slovakia's Nováky on November 16 remain buried some 200 metres underground, despite the efforts of rescuers over the weekend.
Nižňanský: Culture lacking
Viktor Nižňanský, Slovakia's former cabinet appointee for public administration reform, spoke to The Slovak Spectator about the coalition's planned changes to state posts on November 22.
Looking for something to do on New Year's?
EVERYONE knows that irritating feeling - New Year's is approaching, and you haven't got a clue how you're going to spend the evening.You resent the cultural obligation of having to do something special, but at the same time wish you had an answer to the question all your friends are asking: What are you doing for New Year's?
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