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Boards to improve orientation
INFORMATION boards will appear in 60 locations across the Western, High, and Belianske Tatras over the next few years. Two boards are already in position in Predné Solisko, in the High Tatras, after members of the Tatry-EU-Vrcholy (Tatras-EU-Peaks) civic association installed them there on October 3, the SITA newswire wrote.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA BratislavaCONCERT:FOR THE FIRST time ever, Bratislava will host Alicia Keys, the American singer and songwriter who has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. The 27-year-old "Princess of Soul“, whose voice spans three octaves, is probably best known for her single "Fallin'“, which won three Grammy awards in 2002. The concert will take place at the Incheba Expo Arena (Viedenská cesta 3-7) on October 13 at 20:00. Tickets cost between Sk1,590 (€52.78) and Sk1,790 (€59.42). For more information, call 055/2850-020 or go to www.infinitimedia.sk
Big telecoms operators have problems with dual pricing
THE BIGGEST telecommunication operators are having problems displaying dual prices in the run up to the introduction of the euro. When checking the sales and customer sites of companies or their business representatives, the Telecommunications Office found out that firms have not made accessible, in visible places, the value of the conversion rate by which all crown items will be calculated in euros from January 2009; or they have incorrectly rounded them, the ČTK newswire wrote on September 29.
Hungarian schools return textbooks
SCHOOLS in Slovakia which teach in the Hungarian language have begun returning new geography textbooks to the Education Ministry.
The Golden Age of Gelnica
THE HISTORICAL Spiš region is full of beautiful monuments that recall its past. Gelnica, an ancient mining town, is undoubtedly among the most interesting.
Mečiar and Slota least-trusted, says poll
THE LEADERS of two of the governing coalition parties ranked highest in a recent survey of which politicians in Slovakia are trusted the least.
Slovanet buys Brezno internet provider
SLOVANET, Slovakia’s main alternative high-speed internet provider, has continued its recent series of acquisitions. The latest purchase was the biggest local provider of internet services in Brezno and the surrounding area, BrNET, the SITA newswire reported in mid September.
Slovak peacekeeper dies in Cyprus
A 30 YEAR-OLD Slovak peacekeeper, Alexander S., died while scuba diving in Cyprus on October 6, the SITA newswire reported.
A hometown race in Košice
"WE have won" were the final words uttered by Pheidippides, the Ancient Greek soldier who ran dozens of kilometres from Marathon to Athens, before collapsing.On October 5, just under 2,500 years later, the Košice Marathon took place under more peaceful circumstances, but with the same objective: run for dear life to bring your family at home (well, OK, up in the stands) a message announcing your victory.
Blind Loves to compete at Oscars
THE SLOVAK Film Academy has sent Slepé Lásky (Blind Loves), a successful documentary by Juraj Lehotský, to compete for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Slovak student honoured
THE EUROPEAN Commission has named Martin Tkáč the best young scientist in the European Union.
Slovakia slips in world ranking
SLOVAKIA has been ranked 46th among 134 countries evaluated in the 2008-2009 Global Competitiveness Report compiled by the World Economic Forum. The position represents a fall of four places from last year and was the country’s second successive shift downward, said Robert Kičina, the executive director of the Slovak Business Alliance (PAS). The PAS is an official Slovak partner of the World Economic Forum, the SITA newswire wrote.
Thousands buy an iPhone, some not for long
THE GLOBAL mobile hit, the iPhone, is also proving popular in Slovakia, though not quite as much as in other countries. About ten thousand Slovaks have bought the “intelligent” phone, which apart from voice calls also allows users to browse the web, listen to music, take pictures or watch TV, in a little more than a month since it was launched in the country, the Pravda daily wrote.
Aeroplane crashes in backyard
A SMALL passenger plane crashed into the yard of a family house in the village of Ostrovany on October 1, shocking its owner, Pavlína Červová, 77, out of the prayers she was quietly reciting at the time.
TV will go digital; tender launched
MANY European countries are aiming to achieve full digital television coverage by 2010. In Slovakia, digital video broadcasting should fully replace the existing analogue television system no later than 2012, according to the Telecommunications Office. To meet this deadline, the office has already initiated a tender to select an operator for the first and second Digital Video Broadcasting – Terrestrial (DVB-T) multiplexes. DVB-T is an internationally accepted standard for digital television.
Quote of the Week:
“I didn’t have any orders concerning what to say or how to say it.”
Crisis spreads: all bank deposits to be secured
FINANCIAL giants around the world are being forced to rely on infusions of government cash; central banks are trimming interest rates; stock exchanges are staggering from day to day; each of them watching warily for the next horror to emerge from the global financial crisis.
Not lost in translation
UNLIKE the inhabitants of Babylon, European Union citizens have not been overwhelmed by the dizzying linguistic diversity on their continent, and keep communicating with the assistance of translators and interpreters.
Tycoons who helped Mečiar given jobs, land
IN PAST weeks, Margita Mečiarová, wife of three-time former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar, has been the target of jokes about her alleged stock-market smarts. Mečiarová, it was discovered earlier this month, sold a 10-percent stake in the Trend Tatry company for Sk60 million in 2005, only months after having bought it for its nominal value of Sk1 million. The windfall helped her husband pay off the Sk48 million he owed on his mansion, known as Elektra. But it appears that Mečiar owes more to the generosity of the original seller of the shares, entrepreneur Július Rezeš, than to his wife’s acumen.
SFA deems Bathory not Slovak enough
BATHORY, the hugely popular film by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko, will not compete for Best Foreign Language Film at next year's Oscars in Los Angeles. In fact, the Slovak Film Academy (SFA) did not even nominate the film for competition because, according to the academy, not enough of the crew and talent who worked on it were Slovak, the ČTK newswire wrote.
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