Archive of articles - January 2007, page 3

Twin City to uplift bus station

THE BUS station on the border between the Old Town and Ružinov districts in the Slovak capital is to receive a massive Sk17 billion facelift by the year 2011 in the largest real estate project launched in post-1989 Slovakia.

ÚPN: Ján Langoš did not lose Široký file

PARLIAMENT is due to vote on a new director for the Nation's Memory Institute on February 1, but even if it manages to select a name seven months after former head Ján Langoš was killed in a car crash, doubts over the future of the Institute are unlikely to go away.

Big Brother on the rise

It was a symptom of something very dangerous that the recent report of the parliamentary Defense and Security Committee, which had just heard a digest of surveillance conducted in Slovakia in the second half of 2006, urged politicians to widen the powers of the institutions that use surveillance equipment.

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BBC's radio license yanked for use of English

THE THOUSANDS of Slovaks and foreigners who listen to the BBC's world radio service received a rude awakening on January 23, Rather than their beloved beeb, they found a local commercial station called Rádio Lumen at 93.8 MHz on their FM dials.

Slovakia a paradise for expat buyers?

THE GATES of the Slovak residential real estate market were flung open to foreigners after Slovakia joined the EU in May 2004. Interest in Slovakia has been growing since then, especially in Bratislava and especially among British and Irish investors.

Štúrovo

THIS POSTCARD from 1915 shows two towns: Štúrovo, which lies along the border with Hungary; and, in the background, a cathedral in the Hungarian town of Esztergom.

Bratislava's mayors lay out real estate plans

FOLLOWING December 2 municipal elections, almost every borough of Bratislava has a new mayor with new development plans. Most are firmly opposed to residential crowding and intense development, and plan to continue work on the city's zoning system to conserve green spaces and open channels of communication with the public. Here is a breakdown of what some Bratislava boroughs mayors are planning.

Constitutional Court with skeleton staff

Police investigating major army tender

World Bank encourages Slovakia to make further reforms

Court closes Sme reporter and ANO leader wiretapping case

HB Reavis Group announces major project in Bratislava

Cabinet wants to limit investment opportunities for pension funds

Slovakia to sue European Commission over emission quotas

EC: Slovakia on its way to correcting excessive public finance deficit

State pays empty ministry posts

Fico would not permit US base in Slovakia