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Loyal voters will decide
THE TRADITIONALLY low interest by Slovaks in the country’s regional elections influences the political map of Slovakia - but only at the regional level. Observers expect that no more than one in every five voters will arrive at polling stations on November 14, which could principally help those political parties with the most loyal supporters.
Who is the real enemy?
IF THERE was no other political party in Slovakia, the Slovak National Party (SNS) would still have the potential to keep the country’s investigative reporters busy digging through the heap of dubious deals that Ján Slota’s protégés have piled up over the past three years or so.
Regional polls round out a year of elections
THE SERIES of elections held in Slovakia in 2009, starting with the presidential election in spring and the European Parliament elections in summer, will come to its end in late autumn with elections in the country’s eight regions. Even though political dogfights have started well before the official election campaigning can begin, political observers don’t expect long queues at the polling stations on election day – quite the contrary.
Trojlístok
THE FATE of Slovakia’s double cross was in the hands of the shamrock last week. The Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty will have an enormous impact on the future of Slovakia. One can hardly think of a better symbol to epitomise the event than the shamrock, or “trojlístok”, literally meaning “three-leaf”.
Bat lovers gathered in Jasov cave
THE MUSEUM of Eastern Slovakia in Košice (VSM) has organised an event to help people get to know more about bats, and thus help protect them.
Foreign investors say they plan to stay
ONLY 1 percent of foreign investors running businesses in Slovakia are considering moving their operations out of the country. That was one of the key findings of a survey of foreign investors in Slovakia conducted earlier this year by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia (AmCham) and presented to high-level business representatives, representatives of ministries, members of the Slovak parliament, ambassadors, representatives of academia, leaders of NGOs and foreign experts who attended the Foreign Investors Summit organised by the chamber on September 28.
Weiss regrets Saturday's disappointment, but Slovakia eye second chance
The flags have been folded away and the face-paint washed clean — but on Wednesday it might all make its way out again.
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Roma women are proud martyrs
DENISA Gáborová, a community assistant for medical education, is 35 years old and has four children. She was married at 17 and spent many years since then on maternity leave; but after giving birth to her last child she returned to school and has been studying and working as a medical assistant.
Despite current caution logistics developers see a bright future
THE CURRENT financial and economic crisis has halted several speculative logistics and warehouse projects which developers had begun without any pre-leasing or other firm commitments from tenants.
Deciding which drugs to pay for - and how much
BEGINNING October 1, more prescription drugs that are fully or partially reimbursed from compulsory health insurance are now available to Slovak patients. This is a result of a regular process called categorisation undertaken every three months by a body of the Health Ministry. Prescription medications now covered number 5,040.
Did family ties help win state grants?
WHEN Cesta životom (Path of Life), a nonprofit organisation set up in eastern Slovakia’s Humenné to help recovering drug addicts, won a €35,000 grant from the Labour Ministry earlier this year, the award attracted little attention. Last month, however, it was reported that the non-profit was founded by Jana Vaľová, an MP for the ruling Smer party, and had its headquarters at her home address.
Migration is not a 'problem to be solved'
IN TODAY’s world of economic recession, lost jobs and ever greater burdens on health care and other public services, migration has become a hotly debated issue in many of the countries to which migrants go. Unfortunately, much of that debate focuses on the apparent burden migrants bring to troubled economies. The minority who have irregular status become the centre of attention. Fear and xenophobia can come to the fore. Lost in this debate are the largely positive outcomes of migration for the majority of people concerned.
Speculative logistics projects are now history
THE SITUATION in the logistics and warehousing market has more or less stabilised in Slovakia, mimicking developments in neighbouring countries, where the business has been operating for longer than in Slovakia. The financial and economic crisis has increased competition, pushing rentals down to record lows.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA Bratislava CONCERT: POP-ROCK fans from all around Slovakia can look forward to hearing some of the best-known hits by singer-songwriter Richard Müller, who only recently announced his comeback after several years of retirement, as he is touring the country between October 14 and 27. Within his 2009 Best Of Tour, the 48-year-old musician, former member of the Banket band, performs singles such as Milovanie v daždi (Making Love in the Rain), Tlaková níž (Cyclone) or Nebude to ľahké (It Won’t Be So Easy). This week the singer will perform in Bratislava, Levice and Ružomberok, and later in October, seven more towns will host his concerts. Tickets cost between €12.90 and €17. Further information can be found at www.muller.sk.
Ukraine seeks to avoid gas crisis
UKRAINE will do everything possible so that Europe receives the natural gas it needs, said acting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy after he met with his Slovak counterpart Miroslav Lajčák on October 5. However, he added that not only his country but also the country that is the gas supplier should guarantee gas supplies, as reported by the SITA newswire.
Slovak airports seek to boost goods traffic
AIR TRANSPORT of goods is defined by its high reliability, security and speed. In principle it is used mainly to transport goods with high added value and low weight, and fast moving consumer goods. But it has also found a niche in just-in-time transport and for transportation of new goods to new markets, where it can avoid the necessity to build buffer stores and where turnover of capital is higher.
EC examines Slovak budget deficit
IN VIEW of planned budget deficits of more than 3 percent in 2009 in many EU countries, the European Commission has adopted reports for Slovakia and nine other countries under the corrective arm of the Stability and Growth Pact. The reports examine whether the deficits planned for 2009 are close to the reference value of 3 percent and whether the higher deficits are exceptional and temporary.
Slovakia and Enel finalise purchase
THE ITALIAN energy giant Enel is satisfied with the outcome of talks with the Slovak government on the final price of the 66-percent stake in Slovakia’s dominant electric energy producer, Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), the spokesman of the Italian company confirmed to the SITA newswire on October 5.
SMK to hold confidence vote on Csáky
THE ETHNIC Hungarian SMK party's 's national executive board has voted to grant party chairman Pál Csáky’s wish for a confidence vote in his leadership at a convention later this month in Rimavská Sobota, the TASR newswire reported.
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