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Malé Dvorníky is a European Village of the Year finalist
THE TITLE Village of the Year was bestowed on Malé Dvorníky, in the Dunajská Streda district, in mid November. The south-western Slovak village will proceed to the European round of the competition by the European Association for Rural Development and Village Renewal (ARGE).
Quote of the week
“He represented Slovakia abroad in terms of the Constitution and in fact he did not bring any bigger shame to it.”
Glossary: Designers wrestle with business realities
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 Designers wrestle with business realities, you can find more expressions in our Glossary for politics & business or in the List of names of institutions in English and Slovak.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Youth employment projects end
A 23.6-YEAR-OLD registered with the labour office for approximately 13.7 months with a professional secondary school or university education: this is the most typical example of someone who found work through the national youth employment projects, according to data from the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (ÚPSVaR).
India Club boosts literary exchange
IT MAY or may be not surprising that India has many fans in Slovakia, many of whom are grouped around Ladislav Volko and the Bratislava-based India Club. Its members work to spread the word about India, its culture and its people among Slovaks and to initiate cultural exchanges that demonstrate their fascination with this faraway, exotic country.
Shooting the constitution
FILM CITY in Mumbai, established in 1977 and spread over 500 acres, is one of the largest studio complexes in India. But while Film City is better known for Bollywood style films, it is also the place where prominent Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal shot a 10-part TV series, The Story of the Making of the Constitution of India – Samvidhaan. The series is scheduled to air later this year.
Slovak discovery in India
FOOTPRINTS left by the Jurassic ancestors of today’s birds are rare, but a Slovak scientist, Ján Schlögl from the Department of Geology and Palaeontology at the Comenius University, has found one near the village of Thaiat, Rajasthan. The expedition discovered an imprint of the foot of a small Jurassic theropod, which scientists believe to be the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and modern birds, the Sme daily reported on January 20.
Lajčák talks friendly Slovak-US ties
SLOVAKIA’s acceptance of three members of the Uighur ethnic group who were previously incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay US military base is an acknowledgement of Slovakia’s friendship with the US, Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said on TV channel TA3’s political discussion show on January 19.
Gašparovič’s popularity down
AS HE reaches the end of his second (and last) term, President Ivan Gašparovič has reached the nadir of public trust since he took office in 2004, according to a poll carried out by the Focus polling agency on behalf of the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) that was released on January 21.
Taj Mahal
THE TAJ Mahal is one of the biggest tourist attractions in India. Nowadays it draws six million tourists annually, of which 30 percent are foreigners.
Designers wrestle with business realities
A glossary of words as well as an exercise related to this article are also published online.
Payment terms will change
THE CONDITIONS for making domestic and foreign payments in Slovakia will unify with the rest of the European Union and another five European countries as of February, when the so-called SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) is implemented. This means that everyone will be able to send and receive payments in euros in the selected areas.
Indian film, dance, literature
AFTER years of highlighting Indian dance and musical performances, in 2013 the Indian Embassy to Slovakia shifted its focus to literature.
India: General facts
Political system: parliamentary democracyCapital: New DelhiTotal area: 3,287,263 square kilometresPopulation: 1.220 billionPrincipal languages: Hindi, EnglishCurrency: Indian rupee
Jobless rate dropped over 2013
SLOVAKIA’S jobless rate shrank by nearly one percentage point in 2013, dropping to a still high 13.5 percent in December. Observers ascribe the drop to a moderate revival of the economy, job-supporting programmes and cleaning the job seeker registry. Prime Minister Robert Fico, now running for president, joined Labour Minister Ján Richter in an attempt to capitalise on the news.
State to allocate money to EMO
THE STATE will allocate another €85 million for the completion of the third and fourth blocks of the nuclear power plant in Mochovce (EMO), based on an agreement between the shareholders of the owner of the plant, Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), the SITA newswire reported on January 21.
Slovakia and Malta declare will to cooperate
SLOVAKIA and Malta plan to boost cooperation in tourism and hiking, said Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič after meeting his Maltese counterpart, George Abela, on January 23. Abela has confirmed that Slovaks are becoming more interested in his country, but added that this is not the case the other way around.
Malinová case might go to court
THE CASE of Hedviga Malinová, a Hungarian-speaking student who was allegedly beaten in Nitra in August 2006 after she was overheard speaking Hungarian, could go to court. According to her lawyer Roman Kvasnica, who has read the results of the investigation, the General Prosecutor’s Office is ready to submit a lawsuit, the Sme daily reported in its January 24 issue.
Vareha gets 11 years in prison
MIKULÁŠ Vareha, nicknamed the Lord of Zemplín, will spend 11 years in prison and pay a €100,000 fine after the senate of the Specialised Criminal Court in Banská Bystrica found him guilty of VAT and other forms of tax and insurance fraud. The court thus upheld the original verdict, which had been overturned by the Supreme Court in November 2013.
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