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Lučenec
THIS postcard shows how the centre of Lučenec, the biggest and only genuine town of the Novohrad region, looked in 1921. Towns were much smaller than nowadays, and Lučenec had attained that status by the 18th century, with just 2,711 inhabitants.
The Slovak Mardi Gras
FAŠIANGY, or Shrovetide, is the carnival period between the Epiphany (January 6) and Ash Wednesday (February 21 this year).
KDH and Smer MPs critical of US missile shield plans
BORIS Zala, a ruling Smer party MP and the head of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee, says he thinks that the military "pressure" exerted by the United States on Russia is inappropriate, and is provoking Russia into a response.
Online shopping catching on
FROM A HOLIDAY in Thailand to a new Toyota to traditional Slovak garb to a cocktail set, the selection at Slovakia's online shops is increasing every year - along with the number of Slovakia's online shoppers.
Martiners get free internet
THE CENTRAL Slovak town of Martin has started offering free unlimited internet access to all its inhabitants.Martin residents who apply for the service will be granted unlimited internet access and will also be given a complimentary phone line from which they can make free local calls.
Central Slovak towns' third bid for cooperation
BANSKÁ BYSTRICA - Banská Bystrica and Zvolen have announced plans to form a central Slovak metropolitan area that would be able to hold its own in the battle for European and state funding.
László Nagy is joking
Opposition SMK party chairman Béla Bugár's statement that the party will not take any action against MP László Nagy, who is ensnared in a Sk18 million bribery scandal, tells us nothing we didn't already know, given that Nagy no longer holds a senior post in the SMK, and the party is not allowed to take his mandate.
To believe or not believe the evidence?
Lawyer Mária Mešencová was asked to take a bribe to convince her client not to testify against another lawyer's client. Mešencová became a police agent to help to expose this corruption, and the Bar Association, claiming lawyers cannot be agents because it would violate the bond of trust with their clients, expelled her.
Prosecutor: Lexa never got justice
FORMER Bratislava Region prosecutor Michal Serbin maintains to this day that Ivan Lexa, the former director of the Slovak intelligence service (SIS) from 1995 to 1998, was guilty as charged.
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