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Attractions and public transport in Bratislava free next weekend
Many organisations in the Slovak capital will offer entry free of charge, with public transport also free on Saturday and Sunday (April 26 and 27), Bratislava City Hall announced on April 21.
Fronc: Mikolaj gave in to SMK for support on Lisbon Treaty
The scrapping of an obligation to allocate equal teaching hours to the Slovak language and ethnic-minority languages in minority schools, as originally included in a draft of the Education Act, is an obvious concession to the demands of the ethnic-Hungarian SMK party, opposition Christian Democrat (KDH) vice-chairman Martin Fronc said on April 21.
EU Membership to bring changes to waste disposal in Slovakia
Slovak legislation on waste disposal is set to be changed due to the country's membership in the European Union, the Environment Ministry announced on April 21.
Slovaks less interested in working abroad
Slovaks have become less interested in working abroad during the past two years, according to data taken from the Profesia.sk website on April 21.
Special Court hand downs 8.5-year sentence in AGW case
At a public hearing on April 21, the Senate of the Special Court agreed to a second plea bargain in the case of Matúš Grega, the former sole owner of non-licensed deposit company AGW.
More than 22,000 receive unemployment benefits in Q1
The average number of people on unemployment benefits in Slovakia was 22,700 in the first quarter of this year, which is an increase of 2,100 compared with the last quarter of 2007, the SITA newswire wrote.
New coalition law aims to protect young adults
A new bill sponsored mostly by MPs from the ruling coalition would ban young people from spending all night in bars and clubs, the SITA newswire wrote.
Canadians to mine in Rožňava
On April 21, the Hospodárske noviny financial daily wrote that Vancouver-based Global Minerals Slovakia is planning to resume work on the flooded Maria mine near Rožňava, in eastern Slovakia.
Restitution impasse continues
THE FINANCE Ministry is proposing a new solution to a problem which has long kept two groups in Slovak society deadlocked: the owners of property returned under the post-communism restitution laws, and the tenants who still live in their property.
Csáky denies deals over treaty
THE LEADER of the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), Pál Csáky, denies that any deals lay behind his party's decision to switch sides and back the government in a crucial recent vote in parliament. The decision left the opposition's strategy to block the controversial new Press Code in tatters, and has led to recriminations between the SMK and its former opposition partners. In an interview with The Slovak Spectator, Csáky also suggests that the new Press Code's so-called right of reply, which has attracted international criticism, will not be widely used.
Brhlovce rocks as dwellings open their doors
THE UNIQUE rock dwellings in Brhlovce threw open their doors to the public on April 11, attracting around 200 visitors to this historic reservation for folk architecture. The tourists were greeted by expert guides, an exhibition about the village's past and present, and a local museum, the SITA newswire wrote.
Medieval bards bow to Slovak filmmakers
ALTHOUGH the medieval Slavonic minstrels, igrics, would hardly understand what a film is, they would probably be pleased to see that their golden miniatures have become symbols of great success in Slovak cinematography.
Huge investments anticipated in Piešťany
AFTER multi-billion crown investments here by carmakers and electronics manufacturers, the Slovak tourism industry can now look forward to some hefty injections.
SPP Foundation: Hlavička Scholarship Programme
THE SPP Foundation has assigned Sk4 million to support university students. Scholarships will be granted for foreign study stays, summer schools, internships and research stays anywhere in Europe. The deadline for the second round of applications is May 5, 2008. In the second round, Sk2 million will be granted to students for projects in the winter 2008/2009 semester. One of the requirements is to introduce a project of research, professional or practical character that the student wants to carry out.
STV gets a new boss
THE PUBLIC service television broadcaster Slovak Television (STV) has a new general manager: Štefan Nižňanský. Nižňanský is STV's fourteenth general manager since 1989. He was the second director appointed by the STV Council, the authority which is elected by parliament to oversee the public broadcaster.
Nationalist MP caught out over Swiss disability pension
JOZEF Rydlo, a member of parliament for one of the junior coalition parties, the Slovak National Party (SNS), misled the Swiss authorities, who paid him a monthly disability pension of about Sk30,000 per month for several years. As a result the Social Security Office in Bern has cancelled Rydlo's pension, the Pravda daily wrote on April 12. The SNS is overlooking its deputy's blunder.
Construction of Žilina Aupark restarted
THE CONSTRUCTION of the Aupark shopping mall at Štúrovo Square in downtown Žilina has started again, three weeks after a town court ordered the work be brought to a halt. That decision was overturned by the Žilina Regional Construction Office, with which the investor had filed an appeal, the Pravda daily wrote.
Trouble around land restitutions
MARTA Hykaníková, a 76-year-old retiree living in the small town of Nové Mesto nad Váhom in western Slovakia, has proven to be a boon for current and former Slovak politicians looking to buy land restituted from the Slovak Land Fund.
New town to spring up near Nitra
FOUR hundred and thirty-five hectares of land between the Nitra river and northern bypass will be developed over the next 10 to 40 years into Párovské Lúky, a new "town" that will house 30,000-35,000 inhabitants, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovakia becomes warehouse superpower
REAL estate services provider CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) found in a recent survey that an increasing number of developers are choosing to place their logistic centres in eastern Slovakia. The developers site favourable land and labour prices in the east, as well as an expectation that a highway connecting the east with the west will soon be completed, the Hospodárske Noviny economic daily wrote.
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