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Filmmaker sees charges dropped
DOCUMENTARY maker Zuzana Piussi and journalist Zuzana Petková, who had both been threatened with criminal prosecution in association with their work, found out in mid January that their cases will not be going to court. The developments provoked a sigh of relief not just from Piussi and Petková but from political ethics and journalism watchdogs who regarded the prosecutions as threats to freedom of expression in Slovakia.
4 villages want Old Bridge
SECTIONS of Bratislava’s Old Bridge – which is slated to be dismantled and replaced – might travel east.
Sme: Mečiar's scourge, and a digital pioneer
ON THE first working day of 1993, Slovakia was four days old and the editorial staff of one of the biggest newspapers in the country, the Smena daily, knew there was no way to avoid politics and that it was, therefore, the end of the paper as they knew it. Eleven days later the first issue of Sme, a new daily led by former Smena editor-in-chief Karol Ježík, appeared.
Potential for more Swiss investors
THERE are about 70 Swiss companies operating in Slovakia, making Switzerland the number 14 investor in Slovakia. But since Switzerland is the second biggest non-EU country investing in the EU, experts believe that there is a lot of untapped potential for the development of bilateral business relations.
Irish institutions in Slovakia
Embassy of IrelandAmbassador: Brian McElduffwww.embassyofireland.sk
Police: Convicted actor was not our agent
SLOVAK actor Dušan Cinkota has made headlines in the Slovak media in connection with an 8-year jail sentence he received for drug-related offences. Cinkota was arrested during a police raid in May 2007 at a flat in the Bratislava borough of Dúbravka shortly after buying 109 doses of methamphetamine. Cinkota claimed in his defence that he bought the drugs based on instructions from a police officer, as he was cooperating with the police, according to the TASR newswire. In response to the regional court upholding the prison sentence, which had been issued by the lower instance court, actor Andrej Hryc initiated a petition calling for a presidential pardon for Cinkota, arguing that the sentence was excessively severe.
Unions unite against Zvolenská
DOCTORS, nurses, and other health-care workers have expressed strong opposition to plans, announced by Health Minister Zuzana Zvolenská, to allow the prosecution of health-care workers who refuse to work during a state of emergency, the Sme daily reported on January 22.
British recipes: The Great British Breakfast (video included)
Ingredients and preparation:Scottish haggis (vegetarian version). Cook by steaming for 45 minutes (different haggises vary). Northern Ireland potato flatbread (you can buy this from Marks and Spencer). Serve grilled, with salted butter.
Expat returns home
THE PHOTO-EXHIBITION Pohyblivý svet (Moving World) of Slovak expat and AFP photo-editor Joe Klamar, is on display at the Bratislava City Gallery (GMB). Klamar, a native from the Slovak region of Liptov who established himself in the international world of photo-journalism, has gone beyond the limits of traditional journalistic photography to become a pioneering personality in photo-essays.“Photography should be for [the photographer] a passion; he should surrender his whole world to it,” Klamar said.
Court accepts Čentéš' objection to judges
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court has accepted a challenge lodged by general prosecutor-elect Jozef Čentéš, on grounds of suspected bias, against Justices Peter Brňák and Milan Ľalík. The judges were part of the senate assigned to rule on a complaint, also submitted by Čentéš, related to President Ivan Gašparovič’s failure to appoint him as prosecutor general, the TASR newswire reported on January 24.
British recipes: Northumberland picnic chocolate cake (video included)
Ingredients:110g of self-raising flour; 1 teaspoon of baking powder; 110g of butter at room temperature; 110g of caster sugar; 2 large eggs; 2-3 drops of vanilla essence; 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. For the icing: 200g of best quality milk or dark chocolate; 30g of butter.
Financial transaction tax passed
A EUROPEAN financial transaction tax (FTT) will become a reality after 11 eurozone countries, including Slovakia, approved it on January 21. Finance ministers from Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Malta, and the UK were the only ones to oppose the tax, and their countries will not adopt it for now, the Sme daily wrote.
Košice ECOC 2013 stamp released
TO MARK the 20th anniver- sary of Slovak independence, and Košice’s role as European Capital of Culture in 2013, state-owned postal operator Slovak Post has released a special postage stamp.
Switzerland: General facts
Political system: federal parliamentary democracyCapital: BernTotal area: 41,285 square kilometresPopulation: 7.9 millionLanguages: German, French, Italian (official) andRumantsch (national)Currency: Swiss franc
Swiss institutions in Slovakia
Embassy of SwitzerlandAmbassador: Christian Fotschwww.eda.admin.ch/bratislav
Two caracals born in Bratislava Zoo
BRATISLAVA ZOO has announced the birth of two young caracal males, Asaf and Amis. They were born on November 15, 2012.
Support for Lipšic party leaps in poll
THE NEW Majority (NOVA) set up last year by former interior minister Daniel Lipšic unexpectedly emerged as the second most popular party in a recent poll. It received 8.9-percent support in a survey carried out in January 2013 by the MVK polling agency, the TASR newswire reported. It had previously polled at around 3 to 5 percent in most of the polls held since its establishment in autumn last year.
Exercise: The Swiss commitment to common sense
This exercise is linked to the article: The Swiss commitment to common sense.
SNP Museum digitises collections of museums
AS PART of a unique, pioneering project, the Museum of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP Museum) in Banská Bystrica has taken on the task of digitising 183,000 cultural objects from the collections of 32 of the most important Slovak museums. Head of the SNP Museum Stanislav Mičev told the SITA newswire that the project, called Digital Museum, has received nearly €27.577 million in financing from EU funds through the Operational Programme Informatisation of Society.
Switzerland supports biodiversity
SWITZERLAND is financing two biodiversity projects in Slovakia intended to protect endangered ecosystems. One project is concerned with monitoring and researching forests, while the second aims to preserve and protect natural areas and habitats in the Slovak Carpathian mountains. The Swiss contribution to these two projects is around CHF4.2 million (€3.4 million), out of a total budget of CHF5.34 million (€4.3 million). The Monitoring and Research of Forest Ecosystems project helps Slovakia collect and process data required to access whether a forest has the ecological balance necessary to sustain itself, and aids with forestry planning.
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