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Analyst Mesežnikov victim of hate crime
AN INTOXICATED young man assaulted Grigorij Mesežnikov, president of the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) independent think tank, in downtown Bratislava on February 26.
Mazda 2 named Car of the Year
A JURY of a dozen motor journalists chose the new Mazda 2 as the Car of the Year for Slovakia after evaluating almost 50 cars at the end of last year.
KDH is on the lookout
MARTIN Fronc believes that the Christian Democratic Movement will recover from the departure of four prominent members: Vladimír Palko, František Mikloško, Rudolf Bauer and Pavol Minárik.
Four accused in student's slaying
TWO AND a half years, a plaque and countless promises after the murder of philosophy student Daniel Tupý in November 2005, four people have finally been charged with the crime.
Crown hits new heights
FEBRUARY 25 will go down in the history of the Slovak currency as the day the crown broke its historic high set in March last year.
Palko's Wonderland is the country's hard luck
IT IS one of the oldest stories in Slovakia's political book: ambitious MPs who have failed to ascend party ranks clash with the leadership or are sacked from their plum cabinet post, then break away to found their own petty party.
Spring jazzing
JAZZ lovers will soon have another music festival to look forward to - the Spring Jazz Days.
Carmaking suits Slovakia
BEING on top of the global car producer chart suits Slovakia and in fact encourages new investment to pour into the country. Pessimists have been warning that for a small Central European country such intense concentration on car production might later backfire, but optimists say that the positives far outweigh the eventual risks.
Slovak sports car changes engine supplier
K-1 ENGINEERING, a producer of small sports cars in Devínska Nová Ves near Bratislava, has changed its supplier of engines from an American company to a German one, the Hospodárske Noviny economic daily wrote.
Case of alleged illegal sterilisation of Roma women closed
PROSECUTORS have once and for all closed the much discussed case of the alleged illegal sterilisation of Roma women dating back to 2003.
Qualified labour remains the challenge
ENLARGING the pool of qualified applicants from which the automotive industry can choose suitable labour is one of the most pressing current issues for the industry in Slovakia.
Food processing attracts investors
SHORTLY after the fall of communism, agriculture was a marginal business interest.
In the midst of therapy, insurer boss resigns
THERAPIES that the government has prescribed for the health care sector, and the way some of its treatments have been performed, seem to be deepening the trauma rather than helping to heal.
Fico's Smer still enjoying high popularity
THE RULING coalition party of PM Robert Fico, Smer, tops the political popularity chart in Slovakia. Smer's support has jumped by 1.5 percentage points from January to 45.4 percent. This is an outcome of an opinion pool which the Statistics Office's Public Opinion Poll Institute conducted on a sample of 1,072 responders of over 18 years of age between February 1 and 8.
Warm weather wakes birds and bats
UNUSUALLY warm temperatures were recorded across the country during the last days of February. The mercury rose to 19 degrees in Bratislava on February 25, which beat the record set on the same day in 1989 by 2.1 degrees, the ČTK newswire wrote.
Ball connects nations
SINCE opening its labour market to Slovaks, Great Britain is one of the most popular destinations for Slovaks looking abroad for jobs and adventure. And, with the increasing number of Slovaks living in that country, there is a growing need to introduce the British to Slovak culture, make mutual contacts, and establish a foundation in their new host country.
Mobile services penetration keeps rising in Slovakia
SLOVAK mobile operators reported more than 6 million active clients at the end of 2007. Penetration of mobile phone services in Slovakia increased by almost 17 percentage points year-on-year to 113.44 percent over last year, the SITA newswire wrote.
Opposition has not settled on a presidential candidate
LEADERS of three parliamentary opposition parties failed to agree on whether they will nominate one common presidential candidate in elections next year.
Slovak carmakers upbeat
SLOVAKIA is now firmly on the world map of car production, as home to three major car factories. These have brought significant benefits - attracting a chain of suppliers and additional investments - as well as challenges, not least the need to find skilled labour to fill the new jobs.
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