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Slovak Telekom launches 4G network
SLOVAK Telekom, one of the three mobile providers in Slovakia, launched the commercial operation of its 4G network (or LTE) used for quick data transmission on November 15. In the first phase the network will be available in five towns: Trnava, Nitra, Žilina, Banská Bystrica and Prešov, the SITA newswire reported.
Customs officers train in eastern Slovakia
CUSTOMS officers from all over Slovakia are attending training held near the Ukrainian border in Vyšné Nemecké, Košice Region. The aim is to learn how to reveal radioactive or nuclear materials in transported goods using new technologies. The training is a result of cooperation between the US Department of State, US Embassy in Slovakia and the Slovak Financial Administration, the TASR newswire reported.
Supreme Court abolished verdict for Vareha
THE SUPREME Court abolished a verdict for Mikuláš Vareha, dubbed the “Lord of Zemplín” by Slovak media, whose 11 firms conducted, among other things, unusual trade in bark beetles, the Etrend.sk website reported on November 15.
General Prosecutor’s Office does not want to compensate Harabin
THE OFFICE of the General Prosecutor is determined to continue in the dispute with Supreme Court President Štefan Harabin and is considering “all legal means to change the valid court ruling in the matter in order to avert consequences of this verdict”, spokeswoman Andrea Predajňová told the TASR newswire.
Ahold sells supermarkets to company close to J&T
DUTCH-owned international supermarket company Ahold confirmed it will sell its shops to Condorum, a firm close to J&T financial group, the Sme daily reported in its November 15 issue. The transaction will now have to be cleared by the Anti-Monopoly Office.
The home of myths and legends
The lives of people around the world are forever intertwined with the legends, myths and ghost stories that permeate their land. Every city has its mysterious places, its age-old yarns and its historical characters, whose stories have been twisted and embellished into tales to tell the grandchildren or to liven up a trip around the city streets.
Singaporean President visits Slovakia
Singaporean President Tony Tan will make an official visit to Slovakia together with his wife. The schedule of his visit – to last form November 15 to 18 – includes a meeting with Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič, the SITA newswire wrote.
Statistics Office: GDP in Q3 increased 0.9 percent y-o-y
Slovak gross domestic product (GDP) grew in 0.9 percent in the third quarter of 2013 in constant prices when compared to the same period of last year. When cleaned of seasonal influences, the GDP grew in 0.7 percent against Q3 2012 and 0.2 percent against Q2 2013. This stems from the Slovak Statistics Office’s (ŠÚ) flash estimate published on November 14.
Honorary Slovak consulate to open in Velke Berezne
A honorary Slovak consulate in Ukraine will be opened by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák during his visit to the country’s Transcarpatia or Zakarpattia Oblast region November 14 and 15.
Vnuk will not receive prize on Velvet anniversary
Slovak historian František Vnuk will not receive the award for scientific contribution. Originally, an independent committee proposed him to get an award for his “scientific contribution to the anti-communist resistance”, as head of the Nation’s Memory Institute (ÚPN) Ondrej Krajňák argued. ÚPN planned to award Vnuk the prize during the celebrations of the anniversary of 1989 revolution which toppled the communist regime.
Hypernova and Albert supermarkets to leave Slovakia
The Dutch-owned international supermarket company Ahold will leave the Slovak market, possibly selling its local shops to the Condorum, the company that owns the Moja Samoška and Terno supermarket chains.
Kažimír criticised by the budgetary group
The independent Council for Budgetary Responsibility (Rada pre rozpočtovú zodpovednosť, RZZ) criticised on November 12 the budget proposal for the next three years, saying that it hinges mostly on one-time and temporary measures [like cuts in government goods and services, state officials’ salaries as well as capital expenses, plus higher-than-expected dividends], with the structural deficit on the rise and the burden of consolidation only snowballing. However, according to the Council, the 2014 budget proposal contains fewer risks year-on-year. “The 2014 budget is making public finances untenable in the long run and contains risks where accomplishing mid-term goal of 0.5-percent structural deficit in 2017 is concerned,” RZZ Chairman Ivan Šramko said of the three-year proposal – of which the 2014 chapter was passed by government last month. “The budget is based mostly on one-time and temporary measures, the impact of which will fade away in the mid-term and will need to be replaced with structural measures.”
Average nominal salaries grew in nearly all sectors in September
Average nominal salaries in September went up year-on-year in almost all monitored sectors, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) announced November 13. Increases were recorded in information and communications activities (by 9.3 percent to €1,760 per month), in car sales and repairs (by 5.9 percent to €776), in industry (4.3 percent to €855), in construction (3.7 percent to €609), in accommodation (2.4 percent to €594), in wholesale (2.3 percent to €768), in transport and warehousing (2.1 percent to €763), in retail (1.1 percent to €565), and in restaurants and pubs (0.8 percent to €366).Conversely, the average nominal salary fell only in the bracket of selected market services, which was down 1.4 percent to stand at €805 per month, the TASR newswire quoted from the ŠÚ. Meanwhile, the average real salary in September increased year-on-year in information and communications activities by 8.2 percent, in sales and repair of motor vehicles by 4.9 percent, in industry by 3.3 percent, in construction by 2.7 percent, in accommodation by 1.4 percent, in wholesale by 1.3 percent, in transport and warehousing by 1.1 percent, and in retail by 0.1 percent. Conversely, it posted reductions in selected market services (by 2.4 percent y-o-y) and in restaurants and pubs (by 0.2 percent y-o-y).
Most-Híd has become a member of the EPP
Most-Híd has joined the European People’s Party (EPP), the largest pan-European political organisation, November 13. The party, which focuses on strong relations with Slovakia’s Hungarian-minority party, is the EPP’s 74th member.
Economy sees mild growth
SLOVAKIA’S export-propelled economy continues to grow. In the third quarter of 2013 the country’s GDP increased by 0.9 percent on an annual basis, according to the flash estimate of the Slovak Statistics Office released on November 14. In the second quarter of this year, the economy grew by 0.8 percent, the statistics authority said. However, employment continues to shrink, having dropped by 0.9 percent on an annual basis after a 1.3-percent drop in the second quarter of 2013.
Kotleba
THE REGIONAL elections are usually the dullest of events – people you don’t know get elected into offices you don’t hear about for the next four years. But this time was a little different.
EU will not interfere with Slovakia's division of regions
THE ADMINISTRATIVE division of the country falls exclusively in the hands of member states. If Slovakia decides to change its official regional divisions, the EU will not interfere with the decision, the head of the press department of the European Commission representation in Slovakia, Andrej Králik, told the SITA newsiwire.
Gang of fuel thieves apprehended
THE POLICE have detained and charged 12 people who were caught stealing diesel fuel from boats docked in the Port of Bratislava on the Danube.
Two new books on Bezák stir attention
FORMER Trnava Archbishop Róbert Bezák is the central figure of two books of interviews published in Slovakia in November: Between Heaven and Hell, by the Týždeň weekly’s editor-in-chief Štefan Hríb, and Confession, by Új Szó daily journalist Mária Vrabcová.
Police know who murdered Ernest Valko
THE POLICE now claim to know the name of the person who killed prominent lawyer Ernest Valko in 2010, as Deputy Prosecutor General Peter Šufliarsky told the Hospodárske Noviny daily. He said that the investigators are currently searching for evidence so that they can file charges, the daily reported in its November 13 issue.
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