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Trade links with China intensifying
SLOVAKIA’s exports to the People's Republic of China have grown in the past three years. Slovakia's Economy Ministry reported that in the January-October period of 2009, the volume of mutual trade was €2.2 billion, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovak Interior Minister says real explosives no longer used for trainings
Slovak police are continuing with the practice of holding sniffer-dog trainings, however the procedure where an actual explosive sample is put into travellers' luggage has been banned, said Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák at a press conference in Bratislava on February 4, the TASR newswire reported.
Slovak MP proposes mobile courts to prosecute rowdy fans
An MP from the Movement for Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) Katarina Tothova, has proposed establishing so-called mobile courts to deal with vandalism cases at sport venues, and parliament passed her proposal to second reading on February 4, the TASR newswire reported.
Slovak Defence Minister Baška leaves for informal NATO summit
A Slovak delegation, headed by Defence Minister Jaroslav Baška, left for an informal meeting of NATO defence ministers in Istanbul on Thursday, February 4, the SITA newswire wrote.
Employer assocation says business environment worsens in Slovakia
Business conditions in Slovakia have taken a sharp turn for the worse due to dysfunctional anti-crisis policies, low-quality legislation and limited social dialogue, said the president of the Republican Union of Employers (RÚZ), Marián Jusko, on February 4, the TASR newswire reported.
Chinese Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs visits Slovakia
Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Minister, Miroslav Lajčák, met with Zhang Zhijun, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China during his visit to Bratislava on February 4, the TASR newswire reported.
Slovak cabinet says country will not lose EU funds
The Slovak government is to hold an extraordinary session on Friday, February 5, to deal with amendments to the law on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) following the directive of the European Commission (EC), Braňo Ondruš, head of the Government Office press department, said after the government session on February 4, the TASR newswire wrote.
General Prosecutor says ruling on SDKÚ donors’ case to be released
Prosecutor-General Dobroslav Trnka said on February 3 that his office will reveal details concerning its decision to halt criminal proceedings in the case of alleged fictitious donors to the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) party in 2006, the TASR newswire wrote.
Resigning Trenčín university rector is elected faculty dean
The departing rector of Alexander Dubček University in Trenčín, Miroslav Mečár, will return to a dean’s seat as the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Socio-Economic Relations elected him as its new dean. The University Senate has questioned this choice, the SITA newswire reported.
Slovak parliament votes down KDH bill on disclosure of the origin of property
Parliament’s constitutional committee chairman, Mojmír Mamojka (Smer), asked parliament on February 3 to stop deliberations on a bill proposed by MP Daniel Lipšic (KDH) on Disclosing the Origin of Property and lawmakers complied by rejecting Lipšic’s initiative in the first reading, the TASR newswire reported.
UNAS stops strike but its truckers remain on strike alert
The Union of Slovak Road Transporters (UNAS) has decided to stop its strike due to a nation-wide police intervention against the truck drivers, Jaroslav Polaček from UNAS said in a written statement addressed to media on February 3, as reported by the TASR newswire.
Slovak parliament approves new guard unit for Afghanistan
Slovakia will deploy a new 57-member guard unit to the ISAF operation in Afghanistan, parliament decided on Wednesday, February 3, the TASR newswire wrote.
Slovak environment minister seeks proof from Interblue Group (Europe)
Slovak Environment Minister Jozef Medveď sent a letter to the manager of Interblue Group (Europe), Jana Lutken, on February 2 in which he reminded her of the firm’s failure to keep to an agreement made in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 20 to provide evidence of the company’s business rights to Slovakia’s emission quotas that the country sold to Interblue Group, a former US-based company, ministry spokesperson Jana Kaplanová told the TASR newswire on February 3. The US-based Interblue Group, which bought 15 million tonnes of CO2 emissions from Slovakia in 2008, has not submitted relevant documents proving that the transfer of the company's business rights to Swiss company Interblue Group Europe was legal. The documents were not provided at the meeting in Zurich and the company was asked to deliver them by January 31.
Paška and Sulík exchange barbs over referendum proposal
The Speaker of Slovak Parliament, Pavol Paška from Smer party, strongly rejected statements made by Richard Sulík, chairman of the non-parliamentary Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party, who last week accused Paška of putting his own party interests above those of the people by describing SaS’s initiative for a referendum as a “political adventure” and an “attempt to attract attention”, the TASR newswire wrote.
SDKÚ vice-chair Radičová ready to run for party head
Iveta Radičová, vice-chair of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), has stated that she’s ready to run for the first spot on the party’s candidate list in the parliamentary elections in June, the TASR newswire reported.
Retail sales fall 10.3% in 2009
The Slovak Statistics Office has reported a 9.2% year-over-year decrease in retail sales for December 2009, closing the year with a total drop of 10.3% as compared to 2008, the SITA newswire wrote.
General Prosecutor Trnka announces investigation into SDKÚ funding
General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka said on February 2 that his office will formally begin investigations into the funding of the opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) within the next month, the SITA newswire reported.
Referendum 2009 organizers accuse Paška of preferring party over people
The recently-founded Freedom and Solidarity party (SaS) has accused Speaker of Parliament Pavol Paška (Smer) of putting party interests before those of normal citizens, wrote the TASR newswire.
The Little Stranger
THERE are only a handful of characters in Sarah Waters’ The Little Stranger, and none are more impressive, oppressive and depressing than Hundreds Hall, the decaying manor house at the story’s heart. The sprawling estates of the English countryside have long provided the backdrop for works in all fictional genres, but once the houses slip into disrepair and grandeur fades into neglect, ghosts tend to move in and imbue the buildings with lives of their own.
Former national bank governor Šramko takes up post as Ambassador to OECD
On Monday February 1, Ivan Šramko, the former Governor of the Slovak Central Bank (Národná Banka Slovenska, NBS) assumed the post of Slovakia's Ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD) seated in Paris, the SITA newswire wrote.
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