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NGOs contribute to Slovak success story
FOR A LONG TIME Miroslav Beblavý thought that he would study anything but economics. But after finishing high school, he chose it as a safe option while studying theatre at the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava, from which he received a BA.
Ruthenian Institute supports and reaches out
DESPITE both forced and natural assimilation throughout the history of Slovakia, the Ruthenian (or Rusyn) minority in the north-eastern region of the country has preserved its traditions.
Slovakia faces a power deficit
SLOVAKIA is the first country in the European Union to face a chronic power deficit.
ČEZ to build power station at U.S. Steel Košice
CZECH-based energy producer ČEZ and the U.S. Steel Košice (USSK) steelwork have signed a Memorandum of Understanding stating their commitment to construct a power station on the grounds of the USSK complex.
Solidarity march for Cuban opposition
ABOUT 50 Bratislavans joined a march in solidarity with the Ladies in White Cuban opposition movement in the capital on March 17. Priests Anton Srholec and Daniel Pastirčák, and politicians Vladimír Palko, František Mikloško and Ján Čarnogurský attended the march organised by the Pontis Foundation and the NGO People in Peril. Former Cuban political prisoner Osvaldo Alfonso Valdes also marched in Bratislava, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovakia looks for tax-dodgers in Liechtenstein
SLOVAKIA has joined a list of countries which have asked Germany for information from a list of Liechtenstein foundations and funds which are allegedly hiding about €200 million in untaxed funds. Iveta Adamíková, the spokesperson for the Slovak tax directorate, confirmed this to the ČTK newswire on March 12. It is alleged that Slovak companies and entrepreneurs have used financial institutions in Liechtenstein for tax evasion.
The wooden church of Leštiny
THIS beautiful Protestant church in Leštiny, a village in the Orava region, was built between 1688 and 1689. It was originally constructed exclusively from wood because that's what Protestants were constrained to using under a list of laws called the articula. Therefore, this style of church eventually became known as artikulárne (articular).
Trick saves a life
ON THE morning of March 13, police raced to an apartment building in Žilina upon notification that a young man was about to jump from an 11th-floor window.
First Grand Lodge founded in Slovakia
SLOVAK FREEMASONS finally have a head office to call their own.
Recycling making progress in some spheres
ABOUT one fifth of Slovakia's nearly 3,000 villages still do not separate their waste for recycling.
Gas price rises will equalise V4
GAS prices will start taking a bigger bite out of consumers' wallets in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland as of April.
Four submit bids in electronic road toll tender
FOUR of the five consortia invited to tender for an electronic road toll collection contract submitted bids by the deadline of March 13. The National Highway Company (NDS) confirmed to the SITA newswire that the Satways consortium led by the Slovak Telekom withdrew from the tender.
Quote of the Week:
"I don't see any point in stuffing state money into private dailies that have been lashing out left and right at the government and its strategic goal to adopt the euro."
Wooden church aims for UNESCO list
SLOVAKIA is proposing that UNESCO recognises its precious wooden churches by including the most significant of them on its World Heritage List. Nine churches, in the east of the country, are being put forward and include the oldest wooden church in Slovakia, in Hervartov.
Lasica and Jablonický receive literature award
THE DOMINIK Tatarka Literature Award for 2007 has been awarded to Milan Lasica and Jozef Jablonický.
Korea: 2008 Korean government scholarship
THE KOREAN government is offering two scholarships to Slovaks for an entire bachelor programme starting in the 2008/2009 academic year.
New excise tax on energy
STARTING July 1, an excise tax of two hellers per kilowatt-hour (kWh) will be charged for electricity, coal and natural gas.
Ireland: Public servants master of economic science
THE IRISH government is offering scholarships for public servants from the new EU countries and candidate countries for a postgraduate study programme titled "Master of Economic Science in European Economic and Public Affairs" (MEconSc) at the USD School of Politics and International Relations in Dublin.
Mikloš: "They paid the price"Party vice-chairman explains leadership's stance on rebels
ON THE DAY the SDKÚ party leadership decided to abolish the 32 local party organisations making up the Bratislava region wing, The Slovak Spectator spoke with SDKÚ No. 2 Ivan Mikloš about the political and economic background to the party's internal dispute. Mikloš, in a relaxed mood at party headquarters, gave no indication of the radical step he and his colleagues were about to take against the rebel Bratislava group.
Political backchat clouds euro campaign
THE EURO has spent March squarely in the spotlight. The official hearts-and-minds campaign to win Slovaks over to the delights of eurozone membership kicked off in early March, 300 days ahead of the planned switch-over date. The first stage of the wide-ranging campaign, valued at Sk180 million, defines the milestones on the road to adoption that the country faces in 2008 and talks about the benefits of the new currency.
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- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
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- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Convicted of multiple murders, Slovakia’s mafia boss seeks release from prison
- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
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- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- The disinformation scene has become a tool of media capture
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- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
- He designed Gatwick. But this is his masterpiece
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- The compass points to Kúty, and people are starting to follow
- 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
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
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