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Kofola buys Vinea
SOFT drink producer and distributor Kofola has bought the rights to the popular soft drink Vinea from Slovak wine producer Vitis Pezinok.
New Slovak textbook for foreigners
THE CENTRE Studia Academica Slovaca (SAS) introduced in Bratislava on February 15 a new textbook for foreigners learning Slovak.
Central bank keeps key interest rates on hold again
THE KEY interest rate remained unchanged in February. Conclusions from the meeting of the central bank's board on February 27 show that deviations in macroeconomic development from predictions of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) were caused by cost or one-time factors. Thus, the NBS had no reason to change its current monetary policy setting, the SITA newswire wrote.
An Oriental Night's Dream
SOME THINGS in life are so universal they don't need a translation. Dance is one of them.
Illegal cigarette workshop shut down
SLOVAK police uncovered an illegal cigarette production in Moravský Svätý Ján, in western Slovakia. During a search of a former agriculture cooperative on February 15, customs officers and police detained nine Vietnamese workers operating illegal lines, the SITA newswire wrote.
Kia and Hyundai to sell each other parts
AS PART of an agreement between the two companies, the new Kia plant near Žilina will start producing Hyundai engines and the Hyundai plant near Nošovice, Czech Republic will produce Kia's gearboxes, the ČTK newswire wrote.
Slovaks buying more used cars
MANY remember the 1970s and 80s, when families saved up for a car for more than 10 years and then used their vehicle for another full decade.
Internet mega merger starts
INTERNET portals Centrum.sk and Atlas.sk are to have a single owner. Their parent companies NetCentrum.cz and Atlas.cz officially announced on February 26 that the Dutch company Centrum.cz Holding controlled by US fund Warburg Pincus has acquired both, the Hospodárske Noviny daily wrote.
Licence fee troubles remain
SLOVAKIA has been hard pressed to find an effective way to collect the broadcast licence fees that television and radio owners pay monthly for public broadcasters. Though observers agree that there is a need for an effective system, they say so far the search has come up empty.
Palko envisions new party
HE LEFT the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) with visions of a new conservative party that could break up the Slovak National Party's (SNS) monopoly on patriotism.
Slovaks did not believe promises of a "brighter tomorrow"
ONLY one third of Slovaks believed communists 60 years ago who promised a bright future after the coup in February 1948. Most perceived the coup with distrust, misgivings or disgust.
Jablonové (railway station)
THE RAILWAY that starts in Bratislava and goes through Devínska Nová Ves and Zohor to Skalica was built in 1891. It also connected the Záhorie region with Austria, as one of its routes went directly to Vienna.
Free guided tours attract thousands
ABOUT 2,000 people attended free tours held in Slovak towns on February 23 in honour of International Tourist Guide Day.
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