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Škola volá
IT’S time to park the pedal boats, pick a few more mushrooms, and drink the last of the holiday Kofola. September is here and school is calling (škola volá).
Smer youth wing criticises PM
MEMBERS of the Young Social Democrats (MSD), the youth wing of the opposition Smer party, have launched a campaign against Prime Minister Iveta Radičová. MSD is using a billboard ad to target Radičová’s silence over the controversial rental of a building for tax offices in Košice, the TASR newswire reported.
Should I stay or should I go?
SLOVAKIA might not be the first-choice destination for students seeking an international experience during their studies but nevertheless a fair number of students from all parts of the world are living, studying, and sometimes also staying to work in one of Slovakia’s cities.
Hundreds protest in Komárno against citizenship law
Several hundred people gathered in the southern Slovak town of Komárno on Thursday, September 1, to protest against Slovakia's law banning multiple citizenship. The law stipulates that Slovak citizens who voluntarily accept the citizenship of another country will automatically lose their Slovak passport. A member of the petition committee, Oliver Boldoghy, said, as quoted by the Sme daily, that they want it to be possible again to live with dual citizenship in the Slovak Republic, as was the case before the law was introduced last year.
Slovak Labour Code changes come into effect
The amended Labour Code that came into effect on September 1 makes laying off employees more effective and simpler, the Sme daily wrote on Friday, September 2.
Low turnout for teachers' protest 'a tragedy', says organiser
Instead of the large numbers expected, only a few dozen teachers arrived in the streets of regional cities across Slovakia on Thursday, September 1, wearing a symbolic light blue ribbon to express their dissatisfaction with conditions in the education sector.
Slovakia need immigrants, but only as 'guests', says interior minister
An influx of qualified workers from abroad should help the Slovak labour market as well as the social security system, according to a newly adopted government policy. "Management of economic migration has to firmly respond to the challenges of the global competition for talent, in particular by actively searching for them and creating conditions for their arrival to Slovakia," reads the draft Migration Policy until 2020 elaborated by the Interior Ministry, which the cabinet approved on Wednesday, August 31.
Don’t go looking for a bridge across the Váh under Strečno (video included)
The best way to cross the river is by the ferry, which provides a convenient shortcut on the way from Martin to Terchová. In the past this was powered manually; today, the pilot will offer to take a picture of visitors wearing sailors’ hats, with Strečno Castle in the background.
Mayor of Bratislava visits Moscow
For the first time since the fall of the communist regime in 1989, a mayor of Bratislava is visiting Moscow.
TIS launches website listing sports and culture subsidies
Transparency International Slovensko (TIS), an NGO dedicated to openness in public life, officially launched a website providing information about state subsidies to sports and culture on Wednesday, August 31. The site’s address is granty.transparency.sk. The site allows people to browse more than 30,000 grants or contributions worth almost €350 million allocated by the Ministries of Education and Culture, the Audiovisual Fund and the Cabinet Office between 2004 and 2010.
Slovakia celebrates Constitution Day
Slovakia commemorates the adoption of its modern constitution with a public holiday today, September 1. On this day in 1992, the parliament of Slovakia – then part of federal Czecho-Slovakia – voted to adopt a national constitution. It was ceremonially signed on September 3, 1992, at Bratislava Castle by the then speaker of parliament Ivan Gašparovič – the current president – and the then prime minister Vladimír Mečiar. Slovakia came into being as an independent country on January 1, 1993.
Transport Ministry agrees to prolong transit ticketing system until end of 2011
Foreign road hauliers will be able to continue using transit tickets instead of paying electronic tolls until the end of 2011. A Transport Ministry regulation prolonging the validity of so-called transit ticketing from September until December 31, 2011, will shortly come into force, the SITA newswire reported.
ZMOS attacks Hlina over ‘settlement’ stunt
An illegal settlement that was set up by businessman and civil activist Alojz Hlina in the vicinity of the Agriculture Ministry and Slovakia's Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) headquarters in Bratislava on Tuesday, August 30, is only a tool for his self-promotion, ZMOS said on Wednesday. August 31. "We view the establishment of the provisional settlement as a dangerous misuse of socially challenged people for the personal promotion of Mr. Hlina, who is deliberately twisting facts and misinterpreting discussions," ZMOS spokesman Michal Kaliňák said, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
Dzurinda and Westerwelle to open school year at German school in Bratislava
Slovak Foreign Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda and his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle will open the new school year at a German school in Bratislava on Friday, September 2. The opening will take place during an official visit to Slovakia by Westerwelle, the TASR newswire reported, citing the Slovak ministry's press department. The educational facility is described in Slovakia’s list of schools as a private school with an international focus.
Teachers organise petition for higher salaries
Slovak teachers will be able to join a petition drive to express their discontent with the current situation in the sphere of education on Thursday, September 1, Ľudovít Sebeledi, one of the organisers, said on Wednesday, the TASR newswire reported.
Tostmann: Volkswagen will make 400,000 cars in Slovakia in 2012
Volkswagen Slovakia is planning to make 400,000 cars next year, said the chairman of the company's board of directors, Andreas Tostmann, after meeting Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič on Wednesday, August 31.
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