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Donovaly holds big air Skočsy event
THE END of February is near and winter is coming to an end as well, even though one could say that it never completely arrived in the country.
Tax and levy collection likely higher than expected
THE TAX and Customs Directorate should bring in Sk5.9 billion. more this year than expected.
Jazz goes to schools
TO ACQUAINT secondary school students with jazz, Slovak singer Lucia Lužinská and her band All Time Jazz toured Slovakia with an interactive concert called Jazz Goes to School. Between February 11 and 19, they performed in Banská Bystrica, Košice and Bratislava for about 1,500 students, project organisers wrote in a press release.
A country of millionaires?
PEOPLE who are far from being millionaires will have to pay the "millionaire tax" on last year's income for the first time in Slovakia's colourful tax history.
Kláštorisko
DURING the Ottoman invasion in 1241, people tried taking refuge in stone castles, but there weren't very many, so they hid in forests.
The great euro challenge
SLOVAK businesses have been working out to get in shape for the day when the EU currency finally arrives. Companies agree that the greatest burden during the home stretch to the euro will fall on the firms' accounting systems.
Mikolaj to spend Sk11 billion on new computers
EDUCATION Minister Ján Mikolaj wants to make modern European institutions of Slovak elementary and high schools. He plans to spend almost Sk11 billion (Ř333 million) on computers, broadband internet access and a Data Centre school database by 2011, of which Sk7 billion should be covered from EU funds. The minister unveiled the four-year modernisation plan on February 19, the SITA newswire wrote.
British pedophile faces charges in Slovakia
BRITISH authorities extradited Chris Denning, a former music producer, to Slovakia on February 12 to face charges of producing child pornography, the ČTK newswire wrote.
International outlook boosts UPJŠ
WHEN the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice (UPJŠ) opened its Faculty of Arts last year, the institution confirmed itself as one growing in reputation and popularity.
Lawyer Partner's motions flood Constitutional Court
THOUSANDS of motions have flooded the Constitutional Court. From February 6 to February 11, the company Lawyer Partners filed 14,595 nearly identical complaints with the court, the SITA newswire wrote.
Far more than a research project
THE BEAUTY of Slovakia's landscape, the richness of its history and politics, the liveliness of a walkable city such as Bratislava, the warmth and generousity of the Slovak people and especially bryndzové halušky.
Tax, customs and levies to undergo extensive reform
SLOVAK tax and customs administration will undergo an extensive reform in the near future, Marek Lendacký, general manager of the Department of Strategy of the Slovak Finance Ministry, said at an American Chamber of Commerce tutorial called Paying Taxes 2008, according to the SITA newswire.
Slovakia's low taxes prove difficult to pay
SLOVAKIA has one of the most attractive tax systems in Europe when it comes to rates and transparency, but obstacles remain in paying taxes, filing forms and navigating the bureaucracy. Two recently released studies on global tax systems examined the situation.
Carelessness costs policemen their badges
THE POLICEMEN who lost track of alleged bank robber Roman Červenka a month ago have lost their jobs. On February 15, Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák finally signed the order for their dismissal from the police corps, the Pravda daily wrote. Their subordinate was demoted, but remains with the police.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Road gets bumpy for PPP tenders
ONE of the largest tenders in Slovak history is rolling forward, but the road ahead seems much bumpier than the government had planned.
Ikores wins another deal
THE IKORES firm, whose owner sponsored the ruling Smer party and built a flat for Prime Minister Robert Fico's mother, has won hundreds of millions of crowns in state contracts since 2006 elections, most recently a Sk100 million order to build a new departure ramp at Bratislava airport.
Three more fired over inflated tenders
TENDERS for mowing lawns, snow removal and cleaning offices will cost three more senior ministry officials their jobs. Defence Minister Jaroslav Baška announced on February 15 that he would dismiss section heads by March 15, the SITA newswire wrote.
Parliament upholds monopoly of Slovenská Pošta
THE SLOVAK postal service company Slovenská Pošta will keep its monopoly for letters up to 50 grams. On February 15, the Slovak parliament adopted a revision to the law on postal services safeguarding its monopoly in this segment. For instance, bills from telecommunications operators fall in this group, the SITA newswire wrote.
Electronic signature becoming more common
AS OF October 31, 2007, the Tax Office registered 16,834 documents with a qualified electronic signature (QES), the SITA newswire wrote.
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