Archive of articles - June 2007, page 5

Schengen evaluation committee inspects Slovak-Ukrainian border

V4 PMs don’t want to delay Schengen zone enlargement

Diesel likely to rise by 30 hellers per litre on June 19

Fico to hand over presidency of the Visigrad Four to Topolánek

Gyurcsany meets with representatives of the SMK in Bratislava

Gašparovič worried about doubts cast on Slovak justice by the EP

Hrušovský re-elected KDH chairman

Fine dancing, and a view of country life

FAMED FOLK dance troupe Lúčnica performed their Slovenský Triptych at Istropolis on June 2 to a sold-out crowd.The show featured three panels - Na Holiach (On the Hill), Gazdovia (Farmers), and Majstri Remeselníci (Master Craftsmen) - that varied in topic from work with livestock to a celebration of the harvest to a portrait of craftsmen at play (which was apparently any time the boss had his back turned).

Baroque site among world's "most endangered"

CONSERVATIONISTS have listed a complex of Baroque churches and chapels in the central Slovak town of Banská Štiavnica as being among the world's most endangered historical sites.

As the school year finishes in Slovakia, summer job season starts in the UK

Migrant workers' total contribution to the UK's economy comes to an extra four pence a week for every British citizen, says the Migrationwatch UK think-tank.

Report: Democracy in danger

Reform fatigue and political polarization are contributing to an emerging governance crisis in Central Europe, a major study released today by democracy watchdog Freedom House shows.

Official stance on EU constitution approved

Fronc: The KDH is not a one-man party

FORMER education minister Martin Fronc, who says a politician should be capable of self-reflection, was the most popular Christian Democrat at the meeting of the national council of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), which met prior to the party congress last week.

Love blossoms over the internet

THE INTERNET is not used only to look things up and gather information. The world wide web is also providing opportunities for Slovaks to make contacts and find a partner.

Tomanová: No changes to pension system

Like a plague

JÁN Slota is a problem. Basically, a decent newspaper should really not talk to him. His politics are based on hatred, aggression and primitivism. Nonetheless, Slota is a member of parliament and Prime Minister Robert Fico made him one of the leaders of the ruling coalition.

Slovakia's payment discipline among worst

European Year of Equal Opportunities for All 2007 projects in Slovakia

EU cash rebuilds Slovak cities

FOR SOME Slovak towns, yellowing manuscripts are their only reminder that they once enjoyed royal privileges and served as important centres of commerce, culture and religion. However, with the arrival of EU funding, some of these slumbering Slovak towns have found a way to get back on the map.