Archive of articles - March 2007, page 12

Crowne Plaza awarded as top business hotel

Fewer people reporting corruption, police say

In the desert and in the rainforest

The observation of a media analyst that the Sme daily's reporting on PM Fico's recent trip to Libya was "overblown" gives us serious pause for thought. After all, journalists should use an appropriate tone and language to faithfully record what happened.

Corrupt mayor's sentence confirmed

Supreme Court chief justice complains

Business environment worsening

THE BUSINESS Alliance of Slovakia (PAS) has said that since the Fico government took power last year, doing business in the Slovak Republic has been becoming more and more difficult.

Tabloid Nový Čas most popular daily

ACCORDING to an opinion poll carried out by the Market & Media & Lifestyle-TGI agency on a sample of 2,059 respondents between August 14-December 3, 2006, Slovakia's most popular daily newspaper remains the Nový Čas tabloid.

Ministry blocks objections to health insurance draft

THE DRAFT Act on Health Insurance, in requiring about 60 percent of the population to register with state-owned health insurance companies, could be against the Constitution and Slovakia's international commitments, according to private health insurers.

Buying koruna will pay off

Mayors: Shifting Roma solves nothing

THE MAYORS of three eastern Slovak villages have written an open letter to Prime Minister Robert Fico protesting the construction of a Roma housing estate that is being built next to the road leading to the Slovenský Raj national park just a few kilometres away.

Fighting insurance fraud

WHEN people find themselves deep in debt and simply cannot pay the high interest, sometimes they have no other choice but to do as their debtor says and cut their own thumbs off.

Ždiar

FOLK COSTUMES are an important aspect of regional folklore. Every region, sometimes each village, has worn something distinctive.

Polygraph absolves Cervanová accused

LIE detector tests administered to four of the six men sentenced to jail in 1982 for the murder of medical student Ľudmila Cervanová have shown that none of them had anything to do with the crime.

Culture shorts

Gays and lesbians seek recognition

A PUBLICITY campaign has been launched by Slovakia's homosexual umbrella group Inakosť (Otherness) to help raise awareness of the country's gay and lesbian community.

Confusion in the legal process

Archbishop on ŠtB secret police payroll

SNS wants fewer VÚCs

Minister hopes US visa regime will be cancelled within a couple years