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Christmas Bazaar broke record, again
THE LATEST edition of the Christmas Bazaar has confirmed its reputation as one of the most popular fund-raising pre-Christmas events in Slovakia. Its 23rd year, held in Bratislava on November 24, raised €91,791, the International Women’s Club of Bratislava (IWCB) said.
Folklore protected
THE REPRESENTATIVE List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the UN’s Organisation for Education, Science and Culture, UNESCO, includes a new element: the traditional music from the Slovak municipality of Terchová. It was approved for inscription on the list at the eighth session of the Inter-governmental UNESCO’s Committee on December 5 in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku.
Consent of the tax office for the transfer of ownership interest in a limited liability company, respectively obligation to submit a declaration of honour
Act No. 246/2012 Coll. (amendment i.a. to the Commercial Code) introduced the obligation to obtain the consent of the tax office to the transfer of majority ownership interest. A majority ownership interest is one which, taking into consideration the ratio of a particular shareholder's contribution to the company's registered capital, confers at least half of all votes to the shareholder or an ownership interest, with the ownership of which, the memorandum of the association of the company associates with at least half of all votes. It is the company that has the duty to submit such consent of the tax office and it must request that consent for both the transferor and the transferee of the ownership interest.
Best photos selected
“SCIENCE For a Better Life” was the theme of the ninth and final edition of the Ecology in Focus photo contest, whose aim is to boost public interest in science, research and innovations in sustainable development and environmental protection. Amateur and professional photographers from Slovakia and the Czech Republic submitted almost 1,000 images this year, said Bayer, the company that organised the contest, in its press release.
Some organisations active in CSR and philanthropy in Slovakia
- Association of Corporate Foundations and Funds, www.asfin.sk- 1. Neziskové Servisné Centrum (the central portal for the non-profit sector), www.1snsc.sk- Business Leaders’ Forum, www.blf.sk- C.A.R.D.O., www.dobrovolnictvo.sk- Centrum pre filantropiu/Centre for Philanthropy, www.cpf.sk- Fórum donorov/Slovak Donors’ Forum, www.donorsforum.sk- Iuventa, the Slovak institute of youth, www.iuventa.sk- Pontis Foundation, www.nadaciapontis.sk- Slovak Fundraising Centre, www.fundraising.sk
Quote of the week
“It is similar to saying that the unemployed should pay income tax.”
Fico makes promises
INSTEAD of the widely anticipated announcement on whether he would run for presidency or remain Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico offered the delegates of the ruling party Smer’s congress two priorities that his government is supposed to pursue: pushing unemployment to the average of the eurozone by 2016 and boosting wages. In order to meet this ambition, the jobless rate, currently standing at 13.66 percent in October 2013, would have to be trimmed down to 12.1 percent to match the eurozone’s average unemployment.
'Bad mood' among SMEs
CORRUPTION, administrative burdens, the corporate tax rate and paying tax advances weigh the heaviest on small and medium-sized (SMEs) Slovak businesses. Yet, entrepreneurs view the process of registering a business in Slovakia as efficient and say the related costs are reasonable. These are some of the results of SME-Friendly Slovakia, a survey conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia (AmCham) on 137 companies.
Ukraine: a challenge for Slovakia
AMONG Slovakia’s neighbours, Ukraine is the only one that is not a member of the European Union, and recent events which saw hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians pour out into the streets and squares of Kiev and other cities suggest this is unlikely to change in the near future. As such, observers say Ukraine should definitely be Slovakia’s number one foreign policy priority.
SPP shareholder changes ownership
THE OWNERSHIP of the Czech company EPH, which controls the transit of gas through Slovakia and its distribution into households, will change. While J&T finance group and Daniel Křetínský will stay on as owners, billionaire Petr Kellner, the richest man in the Czech Republic, plans to sell his shares, the Sme daily reported.
Top philanthropists announced
SLOVAKIA marked the Day of Philanthropy, November 27, by granting top philanthropic awards. The Slovak Donors Forum organises the Top Corporate Philanthropist ranking annually, which is the only ranking in Slovakia that assesses corporate donors based on the volume of funds they allocate to public and philanthropic endeavours. This year the Hospodárske Noviny daily and the Ecopress publishing company became partners of the forum.
Norwegian recipes: Reindeer filet/sirloin (video included)
Ingredients and preparation.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Industrial production up in October
INDUSTRIAL production in Slovakia rose by 6.8 percent year-on-year in October, as a result of the 9-percent rise in industrial manufacturing, according to the Statistics Office data. Production dropped in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply by 7.2 percent y/y, and in mining and quarrying by 2.6 percent y/y. After seasonal adjustments, industrial production rose by 0.4 percent compared to September.
Conference targets women in business
JUST 29 percent of entrepreneurs in Slovakia are women, a mere 100,000 in absolute numbers. There is only one woman in the current government and 28 women among 150 deputies in parliament. Hence the need for the launch of a so-called white paper on these issues at the second annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Forum (WEF) held on December 3 in Bratislava.
Tešedíkovo name case continues
CITIZENS of the village of Tešedíkovo should exercise their constitutional right and turn to the Constitutional Court over the government’s refusal to consent to their request to have the village renamed to Pered, Most-Híd MPs Arpád Érsek and Gábor Gál wrote in an open letter they sent to the village, the TASR newswire reported on December 10.
Slovak painter celebrates jubilee with exhibition and book
A SELECTION of the works presented in the recent book of Slovak painter Vladimír Balko can be seen in an exhibit in a small, downtown Bratislava gallery. Called, Maľba, kresba, grafika (Painting, Drawings, Graphic Art), more than 30 of the artist’s works are presented in the Galérii Na Poschodí (Gallery Upstairs) on Michalská Street.
Norwegian recipes: Cloudberry cream in cones (video included)
Ingredients and preparation.
Sabinov: early café culture
FOR MORE affluent Slovaks in the 1920s, a typical Sunday afternoon in a small town would involve dressing up, getting in the car for a drive and parking in front of the local café to spend time in the company of other social elites. Few people could have afforded to parade themselves around town in this way for a simple reason: only the wealthiest had enough money to buy a car.
Four Slovaks receive QEP and Master QEP top titles
FOUR Slovaks, Ivan Čaniga, Ján Štovka, Gabriel Lipták and Ján Hladík, received the top European titles in photography: the QEP (Qualified European Photographer) a Master QEP. For the first time ever, the evaluation itself did not take place in Western Europe, but at the MassMedia Centre of the Pan-European University in Bratislava.
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- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
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- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
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- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
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- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
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