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New terminal to open by mid June
THE NEW arrivals terminal at Bratislava’s M. R. Štefánik Airport should be completed by the middle of June this year, the TASR newswire reported on March 1. Construction of the arrivals terminal is the second phase of a project to replace most of the airport’s passenger facilities.
Permanent exhibition honours Slovak painter Dominik Skutecký
THE CENTRAL Slovak Gallery in Banská Bystrica has opened a permanent exhibition of works and artefacts by famous Slovak painter Dominik Skutecký in the house where he used to live on Horná Street to mark his birth on February 14, 1849.
KIA launches production of new model
KIA MOTORS Slovakia, located in Teplička nad Váhom near Žilina, has launched full production of the second generation of its Cee’d model. Moreover, its plant has begun operating at full capacity, with three shifts a day, the TASR newswire reported.
Dunajská Streda’s Batman
THE STORY of Zoltán Kohári, dubbed the Slovak Batman, has been widely publicised in global media, including Der Spiegel, the Chicago Tribune and the Reuter’s newswire, with internet hits occurring in Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, the USA, Poland and Germany. The unemployed man, aged 35, lives in an old, deserted block of flats, speaks only simple Slovak while preferring his native Hungarian tongue, and helps his neighbours in the town of Dunajská Streda in southern Slovakia while attired in a Batman outfit.
VW in Bratislava shifts cars by rail
THE SLOVAK arm of the German carmaker Volkswagen (VW SK) opened an extended rail distribution centre in Bratislava in mid February. The company has spent €2.8 million on additional rail and other facilities, company spokesperson Vladimír Machalík told the SITA newswire.
Quote of the week
“If I sell my little finger to someone for €10 million ... that is my business.”
The ministry of many challenges
“UNDOUBTEDLY yes,” was the response of Prime Minister Robert Fico in one of his first post-election interviews with the Sme daily to the question of whether his government would try to reintroduce a ban on privately-owned health insurance companies distributing profits to shareholders.
Bratislava and Oslo connected by air
REGULAR scheduled flights between Bratislava and the Norwegian capital, Oslo, were launched on March 28. It is the first direct connection between the two cities, the TASR newswire wrote.
World Press Photo jurors visit Slovakia
THE WORLD Press Photo (WPP) is one of the world’s top competitions for photojournalists and each year thousands of images, both global and local, vie for its awards. Shortly after the results of World Press Photo 2012 (which evaluated the press photos depicting the turbulent events of 2011) were announced in February, the preliminary round of evaluations for the next year of the competition started. On March 20 and 21, an Italian war photographer and past WPP winner, Marco Di Lauro, and a British photo editor for the Reuters newswire, Alexia Singh, visited Slovakia to judge the local entries.
WiFi on Bratislava-Košice trains
FIRST-CLASS passengers on selected InterCity (IC) trains between Bratislava and Košice can now get wireless internet access after the state-owned rail passenger operator, Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK), began a trial operation of onboard WiFi, the TASR newswire reported, citing ZSSK communications director Alexander Buzinkay.
Bojnice Castle supports Earth Hour
EARTH HOUR is an annual environmental event spreading quickly around the world that recently has involved more than a billion people. Events have been held in Slovakia for some years and the museum at Bojnice Castle took part this year on March 31 by switching off its lights for one hour from 20:30 till 21:30.
Yellow trains carry over 100,000
REGIOJET, part of the Student Agency group of companies, has already transported over 100,000 passengers on the line linking Bratislava, Dunajská Streda and Komárno, south-east of the capital, since launching operations on the route on March 4, the SITA newswire wrote on March 30. The number of passengers is double that carried on the route when it was operated by Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK), the state-owned rail passenger company.
Rail tickets sold via mobile internet
PASSENGERS need no longer wait in queues or use their home computers to buy railway tickets. On February 1 rail passenger operator Železničná Spoločnosť Slovensko (ZSSK) launched a new service, eMIL, an electronic mobile internet rail ticket, ZSSK general director Pavel Kravec announced. The service has been designed for people who have mobile phones with internet access and payment cards that enable electronic operations, the TASR newswire reported.
Enlargements actually make the EU stronger
WITHIN the last couple of months we have taken important steps forward in relation to the EU enlargement processes in the Balkans and this is immensely important. It is an important priority of the Danish EU Presidency to create positive momentum in the Balkans. I want to highlight especially the significance of Serbia’s achievement of candidate country status at the beginning of March. This followed after it became possible to establish concrete and important agreements within the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina. Thus, an entirely new foundation for progress on one of the most difficult issues in the Balkans has been laid. The cooperation and dialogue of the EU with the countries involved is a defining element in these developments.
Building intermodal infrastructure
GLOBALISATION, a process which requires ever-better transport services, has led to the development of sophisticated forms of intermodal transport combining – among others – road, rail, and maritime carriage of goods.
Delete. Art and Wiping Out
THE SLOVAK National Gallery has a tradition of offering conceptual exhibitions based on abstract ideas and connections rather than focusing on a particular artist, style, or place of origin. Its exhibition in this vein for 2012 is called “Delete. Art and Wiping Out” and as its name suggests it is focused on things and notions missing or deleted rather than on those that are physically present.
Institutions and organisations in transport in Slovakia
Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development,www.telecom.gov.sk
Lipšic criticises Penta-owned bank
AN INSPECTION at Privatbanka, which is owned by the Penta financial group, has revealed serious suspicions of unusual transactions which could cost the bank its licence, outgoing Interior Minister Daniel Lipšic told a press conference on April 3, his last day in office. He added that the Financial Police had found two failures by the bank to report money transfers worth around €7 million in total, the TASR newswire reported.
The monastery in Báč
BÁČ lies on Žitný Ostrov, a river island south-east of Bratislava, close to the town of Šamorín. Today’s village came into existence after the merger of three hamlets: Svätý Jur (St George), Svätý Anton (St Anthony) and Báč. It is quite probable that it was one of the settlements constructed in this region to protect the borders of Greater Hungary.
Old Town opens a new market
BRATISLAVA’S downtown area has been losing many fresh markets and small shops. Stará tržnica (Old Market Hall) was closed for reconstruction and may never reopen as a market and another small but popular market on Žilinská Street is situated on private land and might be closed within two years. So Old Town residents, especially older citizens, have welcomed the opening of Stará tržnička, a new market at Kýčerského 8, as a convenient place to buy fresh fruits, vegetables and other foodstuffs.
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