Archive of articles - May 2007, page 8

Museums and galleries open till midnight

SLOVAK museums and galleries in Bratislava will stay open late into the night on the International Day of Museums on May 19. As the event becomes more and more popular in Slovakia, a larger number of museums and galleries are joining in and preparing programmes for all ages.

764 more ŠtB officers outed

THE NATION'S Memory Institute has published another list of former members of the ŠtB Communist secret police, this time of the counter-intelligence corps for Slovakia, the feared "XII Division".

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Russian firm could acquire 49% stake in Transpetrol

AFTER almost a year of trying to regain ownership of an all-important 49 percent stake in Transpetrol, the only oil pipeline operator in Slovakia, the Robert Fico government is now saying it will not stand in the way if a Russian firm is interested in buying the shares.

Tourism in the High Tatras

TOURISTS did not always have the stylish outfits they do today. This photo from 1923 shows travelers below the peaks of the High Tatras in hiking gear of the time. Ladies usually wore skirts, or even dresses, and men were sometimes in suits with a tie.

Slovaks are satisfied with EU membership

MOST SLOVAKS think membership in the European Union is a good thing for the country.Seven out of ten Slovak citizens expressed this opinion in a survey conducted by the TNS SK company in April of this year, on a sample of 1,010 respondents.

Superstitions of the stage and the field

DO YOU carry a rabbit's foot in your pocket? Would you ever refuse to work in an office because its walls were painted blue? And do you make it a point never to take the same route to work twice?

Government's negotiations over petrol prices continue

Qualified labour force wanted

A GROUP of companies at an industrial park in the town of Žiar nad Hronom (Banská Bystrica Region) have decided to take matters into their own hands and deal with the lack of qualified labour by building their own training and education centre.

Recipients of unemployment benefits decrease

Talking to my neighbour

WE GOT a call the other day that our neighbour was piling junk into a stream on our property to make it overflow. Since we moved to a village near Bratislava a few years ago, this neighbour has been a constant hair-shirt, but recently it's been getting out of hand.

Cabinet tightens belt for 2007

THE FICO government has agreed to spend less than it anticipated next year, under pressure from the European Commission, but the prime minister says he is not happy about the restrictions on his social spending plans.At a cabinet meeting on May 9, the government agreed to cut Sk1.5 billion from planned spending next year and to reduce the public finance deficit from 2.4 percent of GDP to 2.3 percent.

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War between Slovak judges

Several dozen Slovak judges have apparently suffered serious mental trauma, at least judging from a lawsuit in which they demand compensation from the state for setting up the Special Court. The litigating judges say it is in conflict with equal treatment, because their colleagues on the Special Court have higher salaries.

SKDÚ does not support draft law on higher education

Slovakia committed to nuclear energy

Exhibition of Slovak euro coins opens in Žilina

ÚPN publishes names of the members of the XII Division on its website

Cabinet passes 2008-2010 budget draft