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Father Winter keeps his hold on the mountains
THE END of March is almost here, but looking through the ski window one can see still more and more snowy precipitation. Father Winter keeps holding the situation safely in his hands and it seems that during this ski season there has not been a more ideal time for skiing than now.
TELECOMS PENETRATION IN SLOVAKIA
Mobile phone penetration
Moldova’s press battles Russian influence
CHISINAU, TIRASPOL – With parliamentary elections only a fortnight away, Moldova’s younger generation is still struggling to rid the country of its communist heritage.
'Investment continues' says ST chief
MIROSLAV Majoroš believes that one day people will talk to the holographic image of their friends projected onto their palms. However, even then, landlines will be still around just as ancient Rome’s earliest and most strategic road, the Via Appia, still exists though surrounded by modern highways, says the president of Slovakia’s largest telecommunications company, Slovak Telekom (ST). He is confident that the current economic downturn should not deter firms from their drive to innovate: on the contrary innovations gain even more importance in this environment.
Rádio Expres campaign changes infant placement rules
THE SLOVAK media, specifically Rádio Expres and its journalist Alena Taranová, initiated a campaign that has succeeded in reducing the time that infants given up by their mothers will spend in public institutions, the Sme daily reported.
Will the crisis destroy CSR?
FOR THE FIRST time in history, if the International Labour Organisation’s predictions hold, the current economic crisis will bring the total number of unemployed people to more than 210 million.
Security chief was communist-era informer
IF František Blanárik, the head of the National Security Office (NBÚ), needed a security clearance from his own institution today, he would not qualify for one. According to documents found recently in the archives of the communist-era Czechoslovak military intelligence service, Blanárik was an informer – a fact which would now disqualify him from having access to classified information. But instead of being dismissed from his post, Blanárik, a nominee of the ruling coalition HZDS party, continues to enjoy government support. The coalition has said it has no intention of investigating the findings.
Nay to go mobile
NAY, a leading white and brown goods retailer in Slovakia is pondering an entry into the Slovak mobile market. According to Peter Zálešák, chairman of Nay’s board of directors, the company plans to operate as a mobile virtual operator by offering telecommunications services under its own trademark using the network of existing operators, the Trend weekly wrote in late February.
Quote of the week
"The fight for the recall of Janušek is the fight for the good name of Slovakia."
Separated by the Danube, united by the Danubiana
THE WELL-KNOWN Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, located a few kilometres from the Slovak-Hungarian border, is these days a little closer to Hungary. Not because of some inexplicable movement of the Eurasian tectonic plate, but thanks to a unique cross-border exhibition within its premises since the middle of March.
BASIC INFORMATION FOR TELECOMS
Country code: 421Telephone directory: http://en.zlatestranky.sk/
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIABratislavaMARATHON:THE CITY of Bratislava for the fourth time will host the popular Bratislava Marathon. Hundreds of runners are expected to fill the streets of the city centre and surrounding areas for a series of runs from March 27 to 29. A number of accompanying free events have been prepared by the organisers, including concerts by Dominika Mirgová, Martina Schindlerová and Gladiator, as well as different workshops and competitions for children. Admission fees for those who wish to take part in one of the seven different races during the marathon are between €5 and €35. More information can be found by calling 02/5556-8172 or at www.bratislavamarathon.com.
TELECOMS COMPANIES IN SLOVAKIA
Slovak Telekom - www.slovaktelekom.skOrange Slovensko – www.orange.skT-Mobile Slovensko – www.t-mobile.skTelefónica O2 Slovakia – www.sk.o2.comUPC Broadband Slovakia – www.upc.skSwan – www.swan.skSlovanet – www.slovanet.skGTS Slovakia – www.gts.skDigi Slovakia – www.digislovakia.skVizada Networks – www.vizada.comEnergotel – www.energotel.skDial Telecom – www.dial.skSatro - www.satro.skŽelezničné telekomunikácie – www.zt.sk
Some anniversaries tear off the soft scabs of history
ANNIVERSARIES, especially the ones which have the potential to tear the still-soft scabs from historical wounds, are far too easy to abuse. Historical anniversaries far too often produce a whole army of self-made historical experts who gather at squares to share their versions of history, with no other role than to provide a licence to hate, humiliate and attack.
Amendment to improve use of Slovak
A REVISION to the state language law, which introduces tougher government control over the proper use of the Slovak language along with fines of up to €5,000, was approved by the cabinet on March 11 and its final form will soon be decided by parliament, the TASR newswire reported.
Special Court taken to court
THE CALVARY of Slovakia’s Special Court, which hears cases of high-ranking state corruption and organised crime, goes on, as a group of parliamentary deputies continue to pursue its dissolution claiming that its existence contradicts some provisions of the country’s constitution.
Škodoradosť
ENGLISH may be a much richer language than Slovak, but the only word it has to describe the endless joy obtained from the suffering of others is the German “Schadenfreude”.
WWII state celebrated
THE ANIVERSARY of the emergence of the first Slovak state, a totalitarian satellite of Nazi Germany, remains a day of celebration for some Slovaks. Each year, as the date nears of the establishment of the state, under which about 70,000 Slovak Jews were deported to German concentration camps, sympathisers of the first Slovak Republic gather to demonstrate their connection to this period in Slovakia’s history.
INSTITUTIONS FOR THE TELECOMS SECTOR IN SLOVAKIA
The Ministry of Transport, Postal Services and TelecommunicationsMinister Ľubomír Vážny
Police raids hit people-smuggling gang
ON MARCH 18, based on a European warrant for people smuggling, Slovak police officers detained a Slovak citizen who will be extradited to Italy for criminal prosecution, Vladimíra Hrebeňáková of the Interior Ministry told the SITA newswire.
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