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Slovakia’s ice hockey team wins silver medal in IIHF championship
Though Slovakia’s national ice hockey team suffered a 6-2 defeat against Russia in the final match of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki on May 20, the team greatly surpassed expectations of both fans and experts when it played for the gold, the TASR newswire reported.
Bratislava court decides for SPP in litigation over natural gas prices
The Bratislava Regional Court decided that the state did not act correctly when it twice did not allow gas utility Slovenský Plynárenský Priemysel (SPP) to increase the price of natural gas for households. The court said that the Regulatory Council issued the final decision on prices even though it was the job of the head of the Office for Regulation of Network Industries (ÚRSO), the Sme daily reported on May 19.
Pavol Frešo is elected new chair of SDKÚ at party congress
Pavol Frešo, the president of the Bratislava Self-Governing Region, was elected the new chair of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) at the party’s congress held in Zvolen on May 19. Frešo received 242 votes while his top rival, former justice minister Lucia Žitňaňská, had the support of 154 delegates in the second round of the secret ballot, the TASR newswire reported.
Stats released on foreign workers
REGISTERED foreigners make up less than 1 percent of the labour force in Slovakia.
Commemorating Hans Christian Andersen
BIBIANA, the International House of Art for Children in Bratislava, organised a week in April to celebrate the writings of Hans Christian Andersen, the world-renowned writer of children’s books. The week from April 17 to April 22 was also part of a Danish-Slovak project that celebrated the Danish presidency of the European Union.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Cabinet re-allocates €295 million of EU funds
SLOVAKIA suffers from one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the European Union. In order to address the problem, the cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Fico has responded to an initiative launched by EC President José Manuel Barroso and proposed to re-allocate EU structural funds away from programmes such as IT and education and towards tackling youth unemployment and boosting economic growth. The plan has attracted criticism from the opposition, which is calling for a more systematic solution.
Greenpeace nuclear suit dismissed
ANTI-NUCLEAR activists from Greenpeace Slovensko have failed in their lawsuit against Slovakia’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ÚJD) regarding the finalisation of construction of the third and fourth nuclear reactors at the Mochovce power plant. The Bratislava Regional Court dismissed the organisation’s suit, the SITA newswire wrote, adding that Greenpeace will likely appeal the ruling.
The Carlton Savoy – 1913
THE CARLTON Savoy hotel in Bratislava opened in June 1913 under the ownership of Henrich Prüger. Prüger bought three buildings on Hviezdoslavovo Square: the National Hotel in 1908, the Gervaysch house in 1911 and the inn named At the Green Tree in 1912. He completely reconstructed all three buildings in 1912-1913 into a new hotel complex named the Carlton Savoy that was considered the most modern hotel of its time.
Investing in tourism
ONE OF the first challenges for the government in the area of tourism will be setting new goals for the period 2013-2020 and preparing a strategy to accomplish them. Government officials, as well as businesses and tourism authorities, are suggesting several approaches that Slovakia could use to improve its tourism potential and attract more people to visit the country.
Thousands of jobs offered at fair
EMPLOYERS offered almost 10,000 jobs at the Job Expo 2012 held on May 10 and 11 in Nitra. Slovak employers had 7,500 vacancies on offer and employers from 10 other European countries offered the rest.
Trends in HR management
LEAP FORWARD. According to English-language dictionaries this phrase describes the act of moving and reacting quickly, coming into prominence rapidly, or jumping over a barrier. All these meanings or some combination of them will be expected of human resources (HR) organisations this year and in the future. The current economic environment and converging market trends are driving HR organisations to make leaps forward in their performance and capabilities. Decisive action is needed more than ever.
MPs approve Lisbon Treaty changes
SLOVAKIA’s parliament approved the changes to the Lisbon Treaty that establishes the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the EU’s permanent bailout fund, during its session on May 15. The amendment to the treaty had the support of 130 out of 142 deputies present, the TASR newswire reported.
Jobseekers told to get creative
ACCORDING to a survey by the Kariera.sk website, as reported by the SITA newswire, Slovak jobseekers often fail to present themselves to a prospective employer in a positive light especially when it comes to their curriculum vitae. Too often applicants resort to copying CV formats off the web, sometimes word for word.
Developing the best personnel structure – legally
A motivated and stable team of employees is a key factor in the success of a business. Slovak employment law offers several tools that can be used to develop such a desirable team.
Spišiak departs, dogged by lawsuit
JAROSLAV Spišiak stood down from his job as president of the Police Corps in mid May after a busy one and a half years in which he imposed a raft of changes, including a new system to evaluate the work of police officers and oversaw the arrest of several high-profile criminals, such as members of the Piťovci and Sýkorovci organised crime groups. Despite his achievements, he now faces a lawsuit.
One less perk of office
ONE of the oldest stories in the book of Slovak politics is now being retold once again. But this time it seems it might have a different, rather more satisfactory ending for the citizens of this country. Election campaigns always generate talk about withdrawing parliamentary deputies’ immunity from criminal prosecution, but somehow the promises and declarations never even get close to being enacted.
NKÚ completes Supreme Court audit
AN AUDIT performed by Slovakia's Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) at the Supreme Court in April found no violations of the law or other financial problems in the court’s final financial report for 2011, the SITA newswire reported on May 11.
Court awards damages to Labsi
SLOVAKIA must pay €15,000 in compensation to Mustafa Labsi, who was deported from Slovakia to Algeria in April 2010, rules the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
Record set for ‘kalamajka’ dancing
THE OLD folk dance called ‘kalamajka’ attracted 1,820 people to Freedom Square in the town of Prievidza on May 7 and they established a new Slovak record for the number of people dancing at one time. The event was held on May 7, Europe Day, and dancers expressed their approval of the country’s membership in the European Union by wearing clothing in yellow or blue, the colours of the EU.
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