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The Way to Culture project comes to schools
This year the Way to Culture project, aimed at exposing children to culture, is bringing a series of special lessons to schools in Prešov.
The first Visegrad Journey of Hucul Friendship wraps up
ON SEPTEMBER 15, participants from the Visegrad Four countries completed the “Visegrad Journey of Hucul Friendship”, a trip on which people ride Huculs, a small but sturdy Carpathian horse, from Aggtelek, Hungary to Gladyszow, Poland.
Glossary: Diabetes on the rise
Spectator College provides readers of The Slovak Spectator who are trying to improve their English with glossaries of useful and frequently used words and expressions from stories published as part of the Spectator College as well as in the rest of the newspaper. As well as this special glossary, which relates to the article Diabetes on the rise, you can find more expressions in our Glossary for politics & business or in the List of names of institutions in English and Slovak.
NBS confirms economic recovery
THE SLOVAK economy will do considerably better than previous forecasts predicted.
Hospital and policlinic Medissimo – the guarantor of your health
The Hospital and Policlinic (NsP) Medissimo is a unique health-care project in the Slovak market. It provides for clients complex lifelong health-care services in one place and without long waiting times.
Chambers of medical professionals in Slovakia
Slovak Medical Chamber, www.lekom.skSlovak Chamber of Pharmacists, www.slek.skSlovak Chamber of Dentists, www.skzl.skSlovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives, www.sksapa.sk
Fico: Gas prices will not go up
HOUSEHOLDS need not worry about rising gas bills next year, as these will remain unchanged. This news did not come from the management of the major natural gas utility or the national regulator, but from Prime Minister Robert Fico, who convened a special press conference to make this announcement.
Slovak cinemas offer live broadcast of Don Quixote ballet
MULTIPLEX cinemas in several Slovak cities and towns will show live broadcasts from prominent world opera and ballet houses, like the Royal Opera House in London, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.
Portuguese cuisine: Visiting the land of 1,000 fish recipes
THERE are more than 1,000 ways to prepare codfish, said Ana Maria Coelho Ribeiro da Silva, who is in Slovakia representing the country with Europe’s highest fish consumption per capita, adding that Portugal’s codfish tradition goes back to the 15th century.
Secret lives of secret agents at Nitra festival
OBSERVERS and professionals alike agree that last year’s festival Divadelná Nitra marked a shift from individual and philosophical issues toward more social concerns as the festival launched projects aimed at exploring the darker aspects of Slovak and European history. This year’s edition, running September 27 to October 2, was even more direct. Titled “Purged? (Očistení?)”, it posed questions about how the former communist countries have come to terms with their past.
Receipt lottery has its first winners
THE NUMBERS of the first winning receipts in the state’s receipt lottery were drawn on September 30, but the state-run lottery company Tipos did not publish the names until October 2.
Chamber eager to restore trust
DOCTORS at the Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK) congress on September 28 drafted a message to citizens concluding that doctor-patient relations are more complicated now than ever, saying that the media’s exaggeration of medical malpractice and politicians’ efforts to criminalise doctors have exacerbated the situation, the TASR newswire wrote.
Portuguese recipes: Bacalhau com Broa (codfish with corn and wheat bread) (video included)
Ingredients and preparation.
Stimuli for IBM and T-Systems
THE GOVERNMENT will support two companies’ investment activities in the Košice region with altogether €6.66 million.
Quote of the week
" I could turn the lights off or cancel some public transport line, that would help save those nine millions [euro]."
Portuguese recipes: Papos De Anjo (egg cakes in syrup) (video included)
Ingredients and preparation.
Agriculture minister accused of nepotism, prime minister stands by him
KOMJATICE, a village in Nitra Region, may become a new symbol of nepotism after one of its prominent natives, Slovakia’s agriculture minister Ľubomír Jahnátek, was found to have hired six people into high Agriculture Ministry positions, all of whom are either relatives of his, or current or former inhabitants of his native village.
It takes a village
STATE jobs for friends and family is one of the eternal maladies of Slovakia’s political scene. Whenever governments change, a reshuffling wave crashes through most state institutions, washing out the previous management and putting new or new-again people onto the taxpayer funded payroll. Post-election reshuffles can affect employees at all levels with many left posing questions like: Why does the political orientation of the chauffeur matter?
Slovak men avoid prostate checks
DESPITE the fact that prostate exams are an easy way to detect the early stages of prostate cancer and are fully covered by compulsory health insurance, only 6 percent of male Slovaks, or over 16,200 men, underwent preventive prostate exams last year. Doctors see low knowledge and unjustified concerns behind the low turnout, the TASR newswire wrote.
Diabetes on the rise
DIABETES is on the rise around the world and Slovakia is no exception. While this metabolic disease worsens the quality of life of those who suffer from it, it also significantly increases the bills that health insurers cover to treat it.
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