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Referendum 2009 committee seeks simultaneous vote with parliamentary elections
The petition committee for the Referendum 2009 initiative is shooting to hold its desired referendum along with either the parliamentary or municipal elections scheduled for 2010 and have written to Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič on January 25 to that effect, the TASR newswire wrote.
Transport Minister offers to meet truckers to further discuss toll system
Transport Minister Ľubomír Vážny wants to meet representatives of the Union of Slovak Road Carriers UNAS) after receiving a letter stating the demands of the disgruntled truckers last week, said Transport Ministry spokesman Stanislav Jurikovič, the TASR newswire reported.
Slovak Chamber of Commerce expects modest economic recovery in 2010
The Slovak economy this year should continue in the trend of stabilisation and experience the first signs of recovery in the second half of the year, the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SOPK) states in its document on basic macroeconomic indicators, the SITA newswire reported.
HZDS leader talks about ruling coalition relations and upcoming parliamentary elections
According to the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Vladimír Mečiar, talks among the three leaders of the government coalition are not held in the presence of all three partners. He meets with the head of Smer, Prime Minister Robert Fico, alone, without the head of the Slovak National Party (SNS), Ján Slota.
Opposition parties and activists hold protest against government
Six opposition party chairmen and hundreds of other people gathered on Bratislava's SNP Square on to take part in a protest held under the slogan: 'We Like This Country, We Don't Like This Government', the TASR newswire wrote.
Memorial plaque to Holocaust victims unveiled in Komárno
A memorial plaque was unveiled on the wall of the former synagogue in Komárno on January 24 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, the TASR newswire reported.
Poll shows new SaS party would place third in national elections
If parliamentary elections in Slovakia were held in January, the new Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party would finish third. This is based on the results of a January opinion poll carried out by MVK agency, the SITA newswire reported.
Quality of Slovak democracy still falling
THE QUALITY of democracy in Slovakia worsened last year, says a report entitled IVO Barometer prepared by the Public Affairs Institute (IVO), an NGO think tank, the SITA newswire wrote.
Indian institutions in Slovakia
Embassy of India
Axe to fall on two ministries
THE TRIMMING of state administration bureaucracy has started, heralds the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico. The government plans to close up the stand-alone Ministries of Environment, and Construction and Regional Development, merge the former with the Ministry of Agriculture, then toss in the regional development duties from the latter and create a new Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Regional Development.
Trimming state bureaucracy
TRIMMING a burgeoning state bureaucracy is in its very essence a commendable political act – but only if the state’s leaders both talk the talk and walk the walk. The promise of narrowing the waistline of Slovakia’s bloated state administration has always been one of the favourite enticements in politicians’ candy box of sweet-talk meant to comfort taxpayers that their money isn’t being wasted on regiments of redundant bureaucrats.
Fascinated by India
INDIA, though thousands of kilometres from Slovakia, has the power to cast spells over Slovaks. Those who visit this exotic country return fascinated by its nature, history, diversity, attitude towards life and even its poverty that are so different from that found in central Europe. This applies to Ladislav Volko, the president of Slovakia’s India Club, whose fascination with India has even led him to serve as Slovakia’s Ambassador to India.
Minister yields to truckers again
ROAD TRANSPORT operators unhappy with the new electronic highway toll system have sent a letter containing new demands to Transport Minister Ľubomír Vážny, the SITA newswire reported.
EP grilling fails to singe Šefčovič
DESPITE the fact that the recent European Parliament (EP) hearing for Slovakia’s European Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič belonged among the most-heated ones, he passed his trial-by-fire and was eventually endorsed for the post of Vice-President of the European Commission (EC) for Inter-Institutional Relations and Administration.
Slovakia helps in Haitian rescue efforts
SEVERAL rescue teams from Slovakia will take part in rescue efforts in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated its residents and caused severe damage to the island’s infrastructure in mid-January.
January and its snow anomaly
THIS winter’s strange anomaly continues. While Bratislava saw 13 centimetres of snow falling on its city streets, the mountains of central and eastern Slovakia managed just 5 centimetres, so most skiing continues only on machine-made snow. Fortunately, temperatures have remained low enough for resort operators to keep using their snow-making equipment and even additional, new slopes are gradually being opened.
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Meteorological column unveiled in Kremnica
A HISTORICAL meteorological column that was disassembled and taken away from the upper part of Štefánikovo Square, Kremnica’s main square, in the second half of the 20th century can now be admired again. “Now that it is possible to draw financial resources from the funds of the European Commission the meteorological column has been reconstructed, and the original machines repaired, by employees of the Slovak Hydrometeorology Institute (SHMÚ),” the press secretary to the town of Kremnica, Silver Jurtinus, told the TASR newswire.
Judge accused of neglect
SUPREME Court President Štefan Harabin initiated disciplinary proceedings in September 2009 against Judge Jozef Kandera for allegedly neglecting four cases, the Sme daily reported.
Trenčín University rector resigns
THE RECTOR of the University of Alexander Dubček in Trenčín (TnUAD), Miroslav Mečár, submitted his resignation to Education Minister Ján Mikolaj on January 19, several months after a scandal over questionable diplomas awarded by the university hit media headlines.
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