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Thieves steal mail
ABOUT 800 international parcels were stolen when thieves broke into a sorting office in Bratislava on March 2, the SITA newswire reported.
New owner for Carrefour retail chain in Slovakia
THE FRANCHISE to operate the Carrefour retail chain in Slovakia changed hands on March 1, according to the SITA newswire. The hypermarket chain is now run by a consortium of companies comprising ECM Group and ICS. Its four hypermarkets will continue under the Carrefour brand, based on a franchising agreement. The companies did not reveal the value of the transaction.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Tiso's gravestone vandalised
VANDALS spray-painted the gravestone of Slovakia's wartime president, Jozef Tiso, in the Martinský cemetery in Bratislava, the Nový Cas daily reported on February 27. They painted a Star of David on the gravestone, along with the slogan 'Stop Fascism'.
Arsonist torches paper warehouse
A BLAZE destroyed several warehouses at Metsä Tissue's paper mill in Žilina on March 2, causing tens of millions of crowns-worth of damage, according to the SITA newswire.
Slovaks were born on skis
MANY of my Slovak friends tell me they were still in diapers when they first stood on synthetic planks and braved the slopes of the High Tatras. Now they glide down the snowy hills so fearlessly and gracefully, it makes me want to exclaim, "Wow, it's as if you were born on skis!" And the truth is, they almost were.
New internet rating system to start
ON APRIL 1, IT company TNS SK will introduce iMeter, a new programme for recording internet activity.
Education system to get IT overhaul
A MODERNISATION plan approved by the Government in February will pour Sk11 billion (€340 million) into elementary and secondary schools over the next four years. The money, two thirds of which will be made up of European Union funds, will be used for purchasing computers, internet connections, training seminars and other items that will make the education system a pillar of the knowledge-based economy, Trend magazine wrote.
Electronic signature comes slowly but surely
THE SLOVAK government passed a law on electronic signatures five years ago, but technology's swift progress and the growing number of people signing with their computers rather than their pens means the legislation needs to be revised.
Sociálna Poisťovňa director won't receive jumbo bonus
THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the social security provider Sociálna Poisťovňa (SP) Ivan Bernátek had been on course for a tidy bonus this year. In February SP's supervisory board had proposed to pay him a bonus of almost Sk788,000. However, government spokesperson Silvia Glendová has now said that Prime Minister Robert Fico will block the payment, according to the Hospodárske Noviny financial daily. Bonus payments to SP directors are subject to approval by the government.
Nováky - one year later
A FEW dozen inhabitants of Nováky gathered in a park on March 2 to mark the first anniversary of the explosion at the town's Military Maintenance Plant that killed eight people and injured dozens.
Models walk on water
ŠTRBSKÉ Pleso hosted a Sk6 million fashion show by the world famous Prague-based Cuban designer Osmany Laffita on March 2, the Košický Korzár daily reported.
A film festival of Italian charm
SLOVAKS are appreciating more aspects of Italian culture than just spaghetti and Ferraris.
Culture Ministry setting up an online vendor
THE CULTURE Ministry has budgeted Sk22 million (€680,000), excluding VAT, for the design of a new website that will sell tickets to artistic events at state institutions, the Sme daily wrote. It hopes to have the site up and running as early as this year.
New books offer a view of Slovakia's beauties
IF THERE were any doubt that Slovakia is a country rich in natural and cultural heritage, the latest books by the Dajama publishing house put an end to it.
UK: stipend for scholarly study of the classical tradition
THE WARBURG Institute is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the classical tradition - in the sense ofthose elements in European thought, art and institutions that have evolved out of the cultures of the ancient world.
Press freedom on trial
SLOVAKIA is about to act out its own version of the 1970s legal drama over the Pentagon Papers, which ultimately strengthened the freedom of the press in the United States.
Quote of the Week:
"This government, unlike the previous one, fully supports the coal mining that maintains this region's economic development and the standard of living of its inhabitants. "
Slovakia gets rosy outlook
INVESTORS have been given another reason to trust in Slovakia's economic vigour and the country's prospects for euro adoption in 2009.
Hook-up causes shake-up
THE SLOVAK internet market may have just witnessed the birth of a new leader with the recent merger of two top-ten internet portals.
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