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Hockey Guide: Bratislava historical centre
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Hockey Guide: Košice - Nightlife and Shopping
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Hockey Guide: Language
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Hockey Guide: Overview of Bratislava
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Hockey Guide: Countryside outside Košice
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Hockey Guide: Gastronomy in the Bratislava region
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Hockey Guide: Around Bratislava
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Hockey Guide: 28. 4. – 8. 5. Košice: Events
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Hockey Guide: Castles and fortresses outside Bratislava
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Hockey Guide: Tokaj
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Hockey Guide: Basic facts for tourists
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Hockey Guide: Cities outside Košice
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Insurance fraud trending higher
THE INSURANCE sector has reported an upward trend in fraudulent activities by policyholders. Slovakia’s largest insurer, Allianz-Slovenská Poisťovňa reported an almost one-third increase in the number of claims examined based on suspicions of fraudulent behaviour in 2010 compared to 2009. Other insurance companies reported similar experiences and insurers said that last year’s floods are particularly behind the trend as many people attempted to purchase an insurance policy only after their property had been damaged.
Concerns about insuring state assets
A STATEMENT by the Finance Ministry that it is not necessary for the state to have commercial insurance policies over the long term and that some state institutions and bodies should terminate their policies was met with disagreement from many of these organisations, the SITA newswire wrote in late February.
Glass layered with eight beers sets a Slovak record
A CURIOUS record was set in the western Slovak town of Senica on March 9 when eight different beers were layered in one glass: Master, Birell, Pilsner Urquell, Šariš, Velkopopovický Kozel, Šariš Red, Gambrinus and Topvar. The record setters, eight brewers from Topvar, layered the glass by colour by using four light beers, one half-dark beer and three dark beers, five of which were draught beers joined by three bottled beers.
Popularity of online insurance rises
FORGOTTEN to buy travel insurance and have already left? No problem. All a forgetful traveller has to do is pick up the phone or go to the website of an insurance company offering online insurance products and buy one. This avoids the need to visit the offices of an insurance company and means insurance can be bought at any time of the day or night. Insurance companies see sales channels such as this as having great potential, and plan to extend the scope of the products they sell online and by phone much further. Travel, accident and compulsory car liability insurance are the most popular insurance products currently sold online or by phone in Slovakia. On the other hand, the law prohibits some insurance policies from being agreed remotely, in particular those for life insurance.
EU funds history route for Spišská Belá
A PROJECT called Historical Journey through the Town of Spišská Belá will be launched in May. The local government received financing from the EU’s Operational Programme for Cross-Border Cooperation, Poland-Slovakia, for the period 2007 – 2013. The total cost of the project will be more than €54,000, with 5 percent co-financed by the town, 10 percent from the state budget and the remainder coming from the EU.
Weighing her words
THE HEADLINE and the lead paragraph of the story about the boss of Slovakia’s Tax Directorate, Miroslav Mikulčík, and the controversial €6.6-million office leasing deal that he approved for a firm co-owned by a regional official of the ruling Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), changed dramatically in the run-up to Easter.
Partners inch towards a revised Labour Code
THE TUG-OF-WAR over the future form of Slovakia’s labour legislation is not over yet, even though Labour Minister Jozef Mihál expressed total satisfaction with the course of tripartite talks held on April 19 between the government, employers and unions.
Len a len
“I EMPHASISE that while I’m finance minister, it will be only and only (len a len) the minister who makes personnel decisions within this department,” said Ivan Mikloš on Monday, in reaction to Prime Minister Iveta Radičová’s demand that Tax Directorate head Miroslav Mikulčík leave his post.
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- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Convicted of multiple murders, Slovakia’s mafia boss seeks release from prison
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- Last Week: Slovakia’s central bank governor still faces bribery case verdict
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
- Show me your moves! Slovak hockey stars share their best pick-up lines
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- He designed Gatwick. But this is his masterpiece
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The compass points to Kúty, and people are starting to follow
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
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