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Beer is guarded by a flock of hawks
FOR four years, the brewery in Veľký Šariš has had an airborne security detail consiting of pairs of red-tailed hawks, which guard the barley from other birds and rodents, the Pravda daily wrote.
UK: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foudation is awarding Eastern-Central European Research Fellows in the Humanities 2008 - 2009.
Still no answers in currency fraud case
FIFTEEN years after the fledgling Czech and Slovak republics abandoned the Czechoslovak crown - a currency they had used under their federal state - an attempt in 1993 to swindle the new Bratislava government out of millions of crowns on the monetary switch is still inching its way through the court system.
Print theatre tickets at home
THEATRE goers no longer have to leave home to get tickets to the Slovak National Theatre (SND). In mid January, the SND, in cooperation with the TicketPortal vendor, launched a new service that allows tickets to be ordered, paid for and printed at home.
Skiers sick and tired of warm weather
WINTER has yet to show its real power. Many skiers and ski resorts are sick and tired of this winter weather, which often does not even look like winter at all. Temperatures vary at around zero, and the snow layer stays at the same level, or gets even slimmer.
Hong Kong: Lignan University scholarship
LIGNAN University will award the LIU Lit Mo Overseas Student Scholarship to 10 international students in the 2008/2009 academic year.
Lisbon Treaty stuck in political deadlock
AFTER fiery debates between the ruling coalition and opposition parties, the fate of the Lisbon Treaty remains in limbo. Though the parties met on February 6 to iron out discrepancies between the two camps, Speaker of Parliament Pavol Paška finally postponed the vote to an unspecified future date.
Mayor says 'no' to Indians
JOZEF Konkoly, mayor of the village of Kechnec, situated on the line connecting Košice and Hungary, thanked the leadership of the Indian rubber-making giant Apollo Tyres for their offer earlier this year. The company had intended to produce tyres in the local industrial park, with an investment of €150 million and about 1,500 new jobs, but the mayor said he had reason enough to discontinue negotiations. The Kechnec locality was recommended to the Indians by the SARIO government agency, which is suggesting the park in Šaľa as a substitute site, the Sme daily wrote.
A lasting memory of regret
Atonement (Pokánie)
Mountain rescue service trains avalanche dogs
BARKS and commands by dog handlers echoed in the High Tatras in early February as part of the International Cynologic Seminary in Popradské Pleso, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovak uni goes international
THE MATEJ Bel University in Banská Bystrica (UMB) was granted the Prize of the Mayor of Banská Bystrica in January in recognition of its significant contribution to the social and economic development of Banská Bystrica, and for the good rating it has attained on national and European levels, the UMB website said.
Old schools undergo facelifts
THE BRATISLAVA Region plans to use some of its Sk717 million (€21.5 million) in investment funds to reconstruct a dilapidated high school at Grösslingova Street and the conservatory in the capital.
Slovaks drink more beer
SLOVAK breweries managed to halt the downward trend in the beer consumption in Slovakia last year.
Estonia: PhD scholarships for non-residents
THE ESTONIAN government has launched strategic initiatives to internationalise the country's higher education and research institutions.
Brussels: Internships with Slovak MEPs
PETER Šťastný, a Slovak Member of the European Parliament (MEP), is offering a summer internship in his office in Brussels from May 6, 2008 - July 17, 2008 and Miroslav Mikolášik is offering a summer internship from May 13, 2008 - July 18, 2008. The internships are meant for university students or graduates. In selecting the winning applicants, the MEPs will work with the Bernardo Group, a civic association that trains young leaders. For more information, visit www.bernardogroup.org. Source: Bernardo Group
USA: Health care, education and environment
THE AMERICAN Fund for Czech and Slovak Leadership Studies is financing short-term executive training programmes for young Czech and Slovak leaders in the areas of health care, education and environmental protection.
Poorest region has grand plans
PREŠOV is one of the ten poorest regions of the European Union. Slovakia's eastern region isn't happy about such a "badge of honour" and has been working on reversing these trends.
U. S. Steel Košice in it for the long-term
FOR MORE than 40 years, steelmaking has been an inseparable part of the image of not only Košice, but all of eastern Slovakia.
No escape from the second pillar
SO FAR 4,904 clients quit the second pension pillar of the old-age pension scheme. If this trend continues, the Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and the Family predicts that about 30,000 people will have quit the capitalisation pillar by June, the Hospodárske Noviny economic daily wrote.
EU Report criticises progress in reform process
Slovakia is one of many European countries that failed to exploit their high economic growth last year to make sufficient cuts in their deficits, concludes the European Reform Barometer, a comprehensive overview of progress in structural reforms in EU countries. With this in mind, the Slovak Employers' Union and others have called for European bodies and national governments to continue the reform process.
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- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Liberal MP's boxing challenge backfires as far-right MEP seizes the moment
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- The law changed. Our family papers were ready. Now my kids are Slovak citizens
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
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- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- From eight to thousands of runners. How Košice marathon rose to prominence Photo
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- Iconic Slovak barn still draws crowds. Without donors, it might have been lost Photo
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- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
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- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
- The law changed. Our family papers were ready. Now my kids are Slovak citizens
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
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- Legendary captain Zdeno Chára inducted into IIHF Hall of Fame Video
- Liberal MP's boxing challenge backfires as far-right MEP seizes the moment
- The law changed. Our family papers were ready. Now my kids are Slovak citizens
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
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