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Afghan armed forces to use flight simulator from Slovakia
Representatives of the US Army have accepted delivery of a Slovak-manufactured flight simulator that will be used to train Afghan crews to fly G222 military cargo planes. The simulator, worth $2.5 million, is one of the biggest of the six flight training systems supplied to the US, the SITA newswire reported.
Spending more than 15 minutes with Andy Warhol
Everyone has heard of Andy Warhol, the Pop Art icon of the 1960s. Some people may even know of his origins in Slovakia. But few of even Warhol’s biggest fans will have visited his spiritual home of Medzilaborce , located close to the borders with Poland and Ukraine in the far east of Slovakia, where they will also find the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art.
Confederation of political prisoners to commemorate August 1968
The Slovak Confederation of Political Prisoners is set to commemorate the victims of the Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968 at a memorial plaque on the building of Comenius University's Faculty of Law in Bratislava on Tuesday, member of the confederation Peter Sandtner told the TASR newswire. [On August 21, 1968, the Soviet and Warsaw Pact armies entered then-Czechoslovakia to suppress the local ‘revolt’ against Soviet dominance and the attempt to introduce a series of reforms referred to as ‘Communism with human face’. At the Law Faculty, a student was shot down by a Soviet tank, ed. note.]
In 7 months, treasury collected 8.6 percent less in taxes than planned
The overall tax revenue of the state budget at the end of July reached €4.918 billion, lagging behind the level approved in the budget by 8.6percent over the first seven months. The collected amount represented 53.3 percent of the annual projection, according to the Slovak Finance Directorate.
Economic and Social Council reaches agreement on 80 proposals
People working via agreements will not have the right to take holidays since it will not be legally manageable if one person works via several agreements, it was concluded on Monday, August 20, during the Economic and Social Council (tripartite) session.
Mello cleared of charges in Belize
Karol Mello, the internationally wanted Slovak suspect with Belizean residence, was released last week on bail. But as of Monday, August 20, he was reportedly no longer on bail, according to local website www.7newsbelize.com. The reason is that he has allegedly been cleared of charges.
Police: Flooded tunnel ends 20 metres short of Slovak border
The flooded tunnel discovered by Ukrainian authorities near the Ukrainian-Slovak border on Friday did not surface in Slovakia, Slovak Police Presidium spokesperson Denisa Baloghová told the TASR newswire on Monday, August 20.
Unemployment in July up by 0.12 p. p. reaching 13.27 percent
The unemployment rate in Slovakia reported by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (ÚPSVaR) grew by 0.12 percentage points year-on-year in July to reach 13.27 percent, the TASR newswire learned on Monday, August 20.
PKO demolition case returns to court
The higher-instance court has recently ordered a retrial of the case involving the demolition of the PKO cultural hub in Bratislava. The court ruled that in the fast-tracked court trial that occurred last year, the right of Bratislava City - one of the involved parties - for a just trial had been violated, the Sme daily wrote on Tuesday, August 21.
ARDAL sells 13-year government bonds worth €63.3 million
The State Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) sold 13-year government bonds worth €63.3 million in an auction on Monday, August 20, including €26 million to non-residents, Juraj Pekár from ARDAL told the TASR newswire.
Police have discovered another tunnel possibly used by smugglers
Ukrainian authorities unearthed another tunnel on the border with Slovakia, which might have been used for smuggling. This latest discovery is located between the Ukrainian village of Mali Slemenci and the Slovak village of Veľké Slemence, the TASR newswire reported on August 17.
Bratislava airport will open new information kiosk
The Bratislava airport plans to open a new information kiosk for tourists that will provide them with practical advice on transport, accommodation and other services in the Slovak capital, the TASR newswire reported on August 18.
Belizean court released Mello from custody
After a 37-day imprisonment the court in Belize released Slovak fugitive Karol Mello from prison on bail at $10,000 with the condition that he must surrender all of his travel documents and report to the San Pedro police station every Friday until the completion of his trial, the 7newsbelize.com website reported on August 17.
Woman dies after pit bull attack
A woman died after being attacked by a pit bull bred in the village of Sucháň, in the Veľký Krtíš district. This was the second case of a dog attack on a person reported during the past week, the SITA newswire reported on August 19.
Monetary reform brought crown to Slovakia 120 years ago
ONE OF several monetary reforms in the Austro-Hungarian Empire took place 120 years ago. On August 2, 1892, a law introduced the crown currency, which was to be covered by gold. Golden coins called “zlatý” (golden) and smaller grajciars were replaced by crowns and hellers. One kilogram of pure gold was the equivalent of 3,280 crowns. Golden mono-metallism was necessary, as silver kept devaluating after rich silver mines were opened in South America. The new currency established itself with difficulty, and the gradual withdrawal of old coins and banknotes lasted for eight years. The crown was finally in use by 1900. Its name was derived from the minted picture of a king or emperor with the royal symbol, a crown. In Great Hungary, the crown was called the korona, and the heller was the fillér. Coins were minted in two places: in Kremnica, marked with K.B. (the Hungarian type), and in Vienna without the mint mark. The basic nominal coin since 1892 was – also on the current territory of Slovakia – a silver crown. Coins with a value of 1, 2 and 5 crowns were minted in silver, while the 10, 20 and 100 crown coins were made from gold. The one-crown coin weighed 5 grams and was 23 millimetres in diameter. 200 coins were made of 1 kilogram of minted silver. Banknotes appeared only in 1901 in denominations of 10 and 20. Since 1902, 50, 100 and 1,000 crowns could be paid by banknotes, the TASR newswire wrote.
ŠÚ: Employment up by 0.2 percent year-on-year in 2Q12
AS UNEMPLOYMENT is a lingering sore point in Slovakia, the preliminary estimate released by the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) on Tuesday, August 14, means mildly good news: Employment in Slovakia grew by 0.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012 to 2.216 million people.
Politicians are touring Roma villages
RECENTLY several politicians have included Roma settlements in their summer travel plans claiming that their new tourism trend should result in what they called realistic solutions to the problems of the Roma community. Yet, given the nature of politicians’ visits to Roma settlements in the past, which have frequently been seasoned with populism, they have raised questions as to how genuine the interest of politicians is in solving Roma problems.
The ministry summoned Belarus’s ambassador
THE SLOVAK Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned Belarus’s ambassador to Slovakia, Vladimír Serpikov, on Wednesday, August 15, to communicate Slovakia’s unease over the expulsion of Swedish ambassador Stefan Eriksson from Belarus and the measures that led to the closure of the Swedish embassy in Minsk, according to TASR newswire.
Police scrutinises singer’s gun license
SLOVAKS will have to wait for unified collection of taxes, custom duties and payroll levies longer that originally projected. The Finance Ministry has re-evaluated the project known as UNITAS and declared that unified collection is realistic only from the beginning 2016 at the earliest. Originally the launch of UNITAS was projected for the beginning of 2013. The ministry ascribes the blame for the postponement to the previous cabinet of Iveta Radičová and the almost complete collapse of the financial administration earlier this year because of the non-functional information system. It is not certain whether the new system will be implemented in its planned form at all.
Slovak premiere of Iron Sky was attended by its director, Timo Vuorensola
THE SLOVAK launch of Finnish director Timo Vuorensola’s film Iron Sky was accompanied by his two-day visit to Slovakia. As the organisers from the Film Europe Media Company pointed out, this marks the first time – outside of film festivals – that a foreign director visited the country to attend local premiere of his or her latest work.
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