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Slovaks – and Europeans – had the chance to learn less-known monuments
BETWEEN September 14 and 23, Slovaks were able to enjoy lectures, guided tours, and events about lesser-known historical and cultural monuments. This year, Slovakia participated in European Heritage Days /Dni európskehi kultúrneho dedičstva – an event aimed at focusing the attention of the wider public to extraordinary values of colourful cultural heritage in 50 participating countries. In Slovakia, several places either organised special events for this occasion, offered free entry, or opened the otherwise closed doors of monuments.
Village should have celebrated but there was no reason to
THE MUNICIPALITY of Dobrá Voda in the Trnava District scrapped planned celebrations commemorating the 750th anniversary of its first written mention. The celebrations were to take place during the weekend of October 6 and 7, the SITA newswire wrote.
Procházka presents Alfa platform in KDH
The total abolishment of payroll taxes, installing a single social benefit, the financing of basic health care from taxes and a constitutional ban of public finance deficit over a period of a single electoral term are among the measures within the Alfa programme platform presented by Radoslav Procházka, an MP for the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) at the session of the party’s council held in Skalica, Trnava Region, on October 20. If the council does not approve the proposals at its next session in three months, Procházka will know “that it does not make sense to seek such a change in KDH”, the Sme daily reported.
Lowest bid for construction of section of D1 highway to be included
The consortium led by the construction firm Hant, which offered the lowest bid in a tender, may get the chance to build the 15-kilometer section of the cross-country D1 highway between Hubová and Ivachnová. The Public Procurement Office (ÚVO) does not agree with the National Highway Company (NDS), which excluded the consortium from the tender because it submitted an especially low bid, the Sme daily reported on October 20.
Sulík tops list of least-trusted politicians, poll shows
Chair of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulík heads the list of politicians who cause serious problems and lower the quality of politics in Slovakia, according to date compiled by the MVK polling agency. He is followed by Prime Minister Robert Fico and chair of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Ján Figeľ, the TASR newswire reported on October 19.
Kaliňák omits strategic orders
The state will not be allowed to purchase goods and services worth millions of euros without competition as Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák has given up on the plan to introduce so-called strategic orders into the amendment to the law on public procurement. The decision came after Kaliňák received a lot of criticism over the issue from his colleagues in government, the Hopodárske Noviny daily reported.
English orchestra wows BHS
THIS YEAR’S Bratislava Music Festival (BHS) featured numerous excellent ensembles and individual performers; the concert on October 9 offered both to audiences in the capital’s historical Reduta building. The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Ellin featured, during its second piece, Bulgarian pianist Plamena Mangova.
Inflation at 3.6 percent in September
CONSUMER prices in Slovakia went up by 3.6 percent year-on-year in September, according to the data presented by the Statistics Office. Compared to August 2012 they increased very slightly, by only 0.3 percent, the TASR newswire reported.
Shops to stay open as before
RETAIL shops will only have to close for three and a half days per year, after the ruling Smer MPs gave up on their intention to increase the number of holidays requiring the closure of shops, the SITA newswire reported.
Court awards record compensation in case of boy in coma
THE HIGHEST compensation for a patient in Slovakia’s history has been awarded by a Slovak court to the family of Šimon Buch, who has remained in a coma for over five years after undergoing routine surgery of his nasal septum. The Regional Court in Nitra ruled on October 10 that Faculty Hospital in Nitra must pay nearly €600,000 to the Buch family for what the court defined as mistakes made during the surgery performed on September 4, 2007. Šimon, then aged 16, suffered a cardiac arrest when anaesthetist Ivan Kliment failed to adjust the procedure when complications arose during the surgery. He was sentenced to two years probation and banned from working as an anaesthetist for five years, SITA newswire reported.
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Architecture awards announced
THIS YEAR’S CE.ZA.AR architecture competition was neither better nor worse than the previous one; it was merely different. With these words the international jury described the 11th year of the architecture competition organised by the Slovak Chamber of Architects. The winning architects received CE.ZA.AR awards for their excellent professional accomplishments in completing architectural works that significantly enrich Slovak culture at a gala event on October 11.
Temporary work for jobless
THE LABOUR Ministry is proposing to ban temporary work for the unemployed, explaining they should not work if they are registered at the labour office and drawing unemployment benefits. If the proposal passes, it could go into effect in April 2013, the Sme daily reported.
Jazz in full song at this year's festival
THE CHARMING melody of the saxophone, the unmistakable sound of the trumpet, the captivating tones of the piano and the deep notes of the double bass are typical elements of jazz music. But those who come to Bratislava between October 26 and 28 will find that this year’s Bratislava Jazz Days (BJD) festival also plans to highlight the vocal tradition of this famous musical genre.
Health-sector pay rises still in doubt
WHILE the current autumn has not been as hot as last year’s, the Health Ministry and medical workers are still sweating to reach agreement over wages. Hospital doctors are pushing for a third wave of rises in their pay, and nurses and midwives are looking for a way out of the impasse by which the law to increase their salaries has become bogged down at the Constitutional Court. All this is happening at the same time as the ongoing discussions over the 2013 state budget.
Transplants situation improves
SLOVAKIA is reporting a long-term improvement in the number of major organ transplants performed, even though their number decreased between 2010 and 2011. Last year, Slovak doctors carried out 176 organ transplant operations, 45 fewer than in 2010. The number of kidney transplants fell by 35 to 132 and the number of heart transplants went down by two to 19. Liver transplants fell by eight to 25, the SITA newswire reported earlier this year, citing a report on fulfilment of the national transplant programme for 2011.
Gunman to go to mental hospital
THE GUNMAN who four months ago shot three people dead and injured two in Hurbanovo, Nitra Region, is likely to be placed in a mental institution, the Sme daily reported on October 17.
Suicide attempts rise, but fewer die
LAST year, 1,543 Slovaks committed or attempted to commit suicide. Compared with 2010 this represented an increase of 51. The National Health Information Centre (NCZI) reported the statistics to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. The number of deaths by suicide decreased by 75 to 537 in 2011. But the number of unsuccessful suicide attempts increased significantly, rising from 880 in 2010 to 1,006 in 2011, the SITA newswire reported.
Anti-Roma demos lead to warning
‘DECENT’ is a word that the organisers of anti-Roma rallies have taken to using to describe recent protests against people they describe as ‘anti-social elements’ or ‘inadaptable citizens’. But Roma rights activists and human rights watchdogs complain that the rallies and their language are contributing significantly to growing tension between Slovakia’s Roma and non-Roma populations, especially in places where there are large, marginalised Roma communities.
ECJ backs Slovakia in Sólyom case
SLOVAKIA did not violate European law when it refused to allow Hungary’s then-president László Sólyom to enter the country on an unofficial visit in 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on October 16. The court’s justices decided that the rights of state officials and private individuals to enter other EU member states differ, and that as a result the lawsuit brought by Hungary, which asserted that its president had been prevented from exercising his right to free movement within the EU, was unfounded, the SITA newswire reported.
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