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Justice Ministry will investigate judge in Cargo case
The Justice Ministry will look into whether a judge of the Bratislava III District Court broke the law when she failed to tell the court about her acquaintance with a defendant of the Cypriot shell company Lancillon, which is suing state-run freight railway carrier Cargo for alleged profit loss. The ministry is now awaiting the motion of Transport Minister Ján Počiatek, the Sme daily reported on July 13.
OSCE examines Moldava police raid
INTERNATIONAL human rights authorities are looking into a mid-June police raid that allegedly left dozens of Roma injured in the eastern-Slovak town of Moldava nad Bodvou.
Iconic Brazilian houses on display
BRAZIL IS known for its unique style – from samba to soccer, caipirinhas to Carnival. The 10 + 10 exhibition at Bratislava’s Design Factory points style-seekers toward the country’s architecture, presenting modern and contemporary Brazilian houses via the images of photographer Leonardo Finotti.“The idea was to make known in Slovakia the work of some relevant Brazilian architects from two important periods: the modern one [between 1930s and 1960s] and the contemporary one, which comprises the last two decades,” Brazilian Ambassador Susan Kleebank said while opening the exhibition first presented during May’s Days of Architecture and Design in Bratislava. The exhibition, which uses photography to showcase the buildings, is now showing at Design Factory through July 28.
New tools to tap tourism
WHILE TOURISM has boosted income and employment and reduced regional disparities in many countries, Slovakia has largely failed to effectively harness its history and nature to attract more visitors. Hopes are now pinned on the Strategy of Development of Tourism until 2020, a plan adopted by the Slovak cabinet on July 10, to help Slovakia become more competitive in foreign tourism and fully utilise all of its potential. The strategy includes a national rating system of quality and financial tools to support tourism companies that attract foreign tourists to Slovakia.
Swiss cuisine: Swiss fondue (video included)
Ingredients and preparation.
Lithuania to enter eurozone in 2015
LITHUANIAN Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius has confirmed Lithuania’s goal of entering the eurozone in 2015, even though he admitted that there may be delays. Lithuania will be the last of the three Baltic countries to adopt the European single currency, the TASR newswire wrote on July 4.
Lithuania takes EU helm
LITHUANIA is assuming its six-month presidency of the EU as a country with firsthand experience of the economic crisis. Lithuanian Chargé d'Affaires to Slovakia Edvilas Raudonikis said this in Bratislava on July 4, as cited by the TASR newswire. Lithuania took over the presidency as of July 1.
Estonia: General facts
Political system: parliamentary democracyCapital: TallinnTotal area: 45,228 square kilometresPopulation: 1.3 millionOfficial language: EstonianCurrency: euroEmbassy of Estonia (in Vienna), www.estemb.atEstonian Ambassador: Eve-Külli Kala
Farm subsidy rules will change
AGRICULTURAL subsidies make up nearly one-third of the European Union’s total budget, so the late-June agreement to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is no small achievement.
Latvia will adopt the euro in 2014
AS OF January 2014 Latvia will become the 18th member of the eurozone. Economy and finance ministers from the 28 European Union countries gave the final green light to Latvia on July 9 to join the eurozone on January 1, 2014.
Still slim
THE BALTIC nations and Slovakia are among Europe’s smaller countries in both size and population. This, coupled with geographical proximity and a shared post-communist past, means all four countries are looking more for investors than investment opportunities. Such factors result in economic relationships which, when speaking about trade or investments, are far from robust.
Officer detained as alleged member of criminal group
RAIDS targeting an alleged criminal gang saw the head of the criminal department of police in Piešťany (Trnava Region) detained as officials pursue an organised crime group they say operated across western and central Slovakia.
Ministry defines “Slovak food”
“SLOVAK food product” has an exact definition as of July 2013. The Agriculture Ministry has come up with the long-anticipated definition for the purposes of marketing agricultural and food products.
Meal with Swiss spirit
CHRISTIAN Fotsch leaves nothing to chance when cooking fondue, the traditional Swiss dish first described in a booklet published in Zurich in 1699. Three types of grated Swiss cheese are prepared in bowls marked with stylish paper nametags, such as Appenzeller, Gruyére and Emmentaler, and are ready to be poured into a “caquelon”, a special pot for making fondue, along with dry white wine and Kirschwasser, the traditional Swiss cherry liquor.
Growing up with alcohol
UNTIL THE first half of the 20th century, the territory of today’s Slovakia was predominantly agricultural. With the exception of urban dwellers, most people earned their living through farming or raising cattle.
Walled off in the mind
ONE WOULD have thought that people who once lived behind the Iron Curtain would be sensitive to the different kinds of walls dividing countries, regions, towns or communities. Yet the walls that the non-Roma population erected over the past two decades to separate themselves from Roma communities tells a different story: Slovakia has not learned its lesson about walls and dividing lines.
Report criticises Roma policy
THE GOVERNMENT'S Roma policy is based on a discriminatory and sanctions-oriented policy while ignoring an action plan passed by the previous government, according to a group of NGOs operating in Slovakia.
Latvia: Embracing EU membership with sights on the euro
THE LATVIAN capital Riga will become the European Capital of Culture in 2014, with Indulis Berzinš, the Vienna-based Latvian ambassador to Slovakia, where the city of Košice holds the culture capital title this year, believing that it will offer more incentives for international tourists to visit his homeland. The Slovak Spectator spoke to Berzinš about the cultural exchange between the two countries, EU membership and its challenges as well as the business prospects between Latvia and Slovakia.
Targeting youth unemployment
WITH STUBBORN youth unemployment remaining at among the highest rates in Europe, a European Union-backed Labour Ministry effort is in the midst of attempting to turn the tide.
Estonia: Adopting the euro benefited the economy
ESTONIA’S joining the eurozone boosted the comfort and security level of the country’s EU trading partners and put an end to speculation about possible devaluation of the national currency, the kroon, says Kalvi Noormägi, the economy officer from the Embassy of Estonia to Slovakia based in Vienna.
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