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Criminal clan plotted scrap metal scam
MORE than 240 law enforcement officers, including members of the Hungarian anti-terrorism unit, participated in a raid on January 7 in three Hungarian regions on a criminal operation responsible for organising an international scrap metal scam. The activities of the group, run by a family in Györ in north-west Hungary, resulted in more than €21 million in unpaid VAT in Slovakia and €2.8 million in the Czech Republic. An international team consisting of Slovak, Hungarian and Czech crime experts have been running the investigation, coordinated by The European Union’s judicial cooperation unit Eurojust, the Slovak Police said in a press release.
Two Hulík retrospectives
THE LIFE work of Slovak visual artist Viktor Hulík is currently on display in two exhibitions; together, they offer a profound and thorough overview. The combined exhibition is called Ars Geometrica (-1993+): work from his pre-1993 period is being shown at Galéria Z; while his post-1993 output is at Dom umenia (House of Arts). After these exhibitions end (on February 24 and 26, respectively), the selected works will move on to the Vasarely Museum in Budapest, the Topič Salon in Prague and Orava Gallery in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia.
Marseilles begins its own year of culture
THE SECOND weekend in January saw the French city of Marseilles inaugurated as the other European Capital of Culture for 2013 with a downtown parade, fireworks and the launch of several exhibitions. The event took place one week before Košice, its Slovak counterpart, launched its own year in the cultural spotlight.
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Investment projects to stimulate development
PEOPLE from both Slovakia and abroad are focusing on Košice as it hosts the European Capital of Culture in 2013, with high expectations over whether it will manage to fulfil its ambitious plans after years of preparation. It is already clear that not all of the planned renovations and restorations were complete by January 19 and 20, but organisers maintain that the title of the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) is not exclusively about programmes completed in 2013, but about long-term developments that the city initiates for its future beyond 2013.
Gašparovič decries 'attacks'
THE MASS pardon granted by President Ivan Gašparovič to several hundred convicts in early January did not, unlike its equivalent in the Czech Republic, provoke a strong public reaction. Gašparovič has nevertheless come in for stinging criticism this year, most of it following his announcement that he does not intend to appoint Jozef Čentéš, the candidate elected by parliament, to the vacant position of general prosecutor.
ECOC offers space for minorities
THE EUROPEAN Capital of Culture (ECOC) project also involves local ethnic minorities and neighbouring regions, including Košice’s partner city in Hungary, Miskolc. Éva Csimbalosné, consul-general of Hungary in Slovakia, and Ákos Kriza, mayor of Miskolc, see ECOC Košice 2013 as an opportunity for even closer cooperation between the two cities. Miskolc and Košice have been partner cities for 15 years, the TASR newswire wrote.
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Ticketing and information booths introduced in Bratislava, but not without problems
Bratislava residents and visitors to the city can now use new multi-functional terminals that sell tickets for city transport, vouchers to re-charge electronic payment cards, and supply information on sites in the capital, official announcements, and timetables for air, railway and bus transport. However, a review of the machines by a popular local website has found numerous problems with the way they work.
Haščák withdraws his appeal against Gorilla file book
Jaroslav Haščák, a director of the Penta financial group, has withdrawn his appeal against a court verdict permitting publication of a book about the Gorilla file, a purported transcript of conversations allegedly bugged by the SIS intelligence service that suggested there was high-level corruption involving politicians and businessmen, including Haščák, in 2005-06. Last year, a court overturned an injunction blocking publication of the book, the TASR newswire wrote.
Case against journalist who reported on Harabin’s wife’s salary dropped by prosecutor
A prosecutor has halted the prosecution of journalist Zuzana Petková for a story published in the Sme daily about the salary of Judge Gabriela Harabinová, the wife of Supreme Court President Štefan Harabin. The latter had filed the criminal motion against Petková.
Paška extends deadline for submitting prosecutor candidates until January 29
Speaker of Parliament Pavol Paška extended the deadline for submitting candidates for the post of general prosecutor from January 18 to January 29, the TASR newswire reported, citing his spokesman Pavel Chovanec.
Former SPP manager sentenced for false economic and trade registration
Ivan Maroš, a former financial manager of the SPP gas utility, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison for fraud relating the long-running and murky scandal of the so-called Ducký bills of the 1990s, the Sme daily reported on Friday, January 18.
Doctor’s unions strike deal over pay rise
Unions representing hospital doctors will agree to gradual salary hikes stemming from an existing memorandum that was signed more than a year ago between the government and unions, union leaders confirmed after a meeting on Wednesday, January 16, with Health Minister Zuzana Zvolenská.
Czech president’s New Year pardon affects 161 Slovaks
A mass pardon to mark the New Year that was issued by Czech President Václav Klaus included 305 foreign nationals. Among these the most numerous were Slovaks, accounting for 161.
Stats Office: Harmonised inflation was 3.4 percent in December
Inflation measured according to the EU-wide Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices methodology, reached 3.4 percent year-on-year in December 2012, falling by 0.1 percent on a monthly basis, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) reported on Wednesday, January 16.
New investment reported to be coming to eastern Slovakia
The Luxembourg-based firm EII is reportedly planning to build a new factory in eastern Slovakia, following its takeover by Chinese shareholders. The reported plan involves construction of a new plant employing 600 production workers and 60 administrative staff in Veľká Ida, a village in eastern Slovakia close to the U.S. Steel Košice factory.
Smer MPs blocked special session on Čentéš
A special parliamentary session set to deal with the situation surrounding the president's decision not to appoint the general-prosecutor elect Jozef Čentéš ended after only a few minutes on Wednesday, January 16, as Smer MPs did not vote for the item to be included in parliament's agenda.
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