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Traditional Slovak food
ROUGHLY every sixth restaurant in Slovakia offers traditional Slovak specialities on its menu. The most commonly prepared traditional Slovak meal is brynzdové halušky, dumplings made from potato dough with bryndza, a salty sheep’s cheese. This is one of the findings of a survey conducted by Obedovat.sk, a website uniting more than 1,600 restaurants across Slovakia.
Presidential candidate drops out
THREE recent polls were enough to convince one presidential candidate to drop out of the race, but have not clarified who might be the main second round challenger for Prime Minister Robert Fico, who led all three surveys with around 40-percent support.
Polish recipes: Small Dumplings (similar to Italian tortellini) - Uszka
Preparation: Prepare the dough the same way as pierogi.
Postal regulatory office gets director
THE RECENTLY formed Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Postal Services (RÚ) is to be led by Vladimír Kešjar, who until recently was the vice-chair of the Slovak Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TÚ). The office was established on January 1, 2014, by merging two regulatory offices falling under the remit of the Transport Ministry: the TÚ and the Postal Regulatory Office, the SITA newswire reported.
Birds confused by warm weather
THE UNSEASONABLY warm weather that lasted until late January left some birds in state of confusion. Owls, for example, were already seen raising their young in December, even though they normally wait until March or April.
Hospitals paying more for electricity
SOME state-run hospitals paid more for electricity last year than they should have, according to an analysis by the ethics watchdog Transparency International Slovensko (TIS), which surveyed nine of 10 hospitals with the highest number of public tenders. The organisation says that the facilities should be able to negotiate lower prices, the SITA newswire reported.
More Slovak products wanted in shops
WITH a roughly 50-percent share of food produced in Slovakia found in stores across the country, several initiatives have been adopted to support Slovak-made food products. The latest of these was signed by the Association of Trade and Tourism (ZOCR) and the Food Chamber of Slovakia (PKS) in December.
Polish recipes: Red Borscht
Ingredients and preparation.
Ultralight business spreads its wings
WHILE Slovakia no longer has a national air carrier, it can boast of several developers and producers of light aircrafts. Europe is their primary market, but they see opportunities for expanding into Russia, China and other new markets.
Polish recipes: Bigos
Ingredients and preparation.
First university's rocky start
THE FOUNDING of Czechoslovakia in 1918 caught the young republic – especially the Slovak half – unprepared in many ways. For example, college education in Slovakia had to be built up from scratch. The first Slovak university was founded in 1919 in Bratislava, bearing the name of Ján Amos Komenský.Located at the site of a former Hungarian university, this new university was home to four schools: law, medicine, natural sciences and philosophy. With Slovakia’s acute lack of intelligentsia, the establishment of these faculties was necessary. For example, the law school had to educate new students in all branches of state administration to replace the old clerical workers, while the philosophy faculty had to build a foundation for academia within Slovak culture.
MPs session on Dubovcová resolves little
AN EXTRAORDINARY session devoted to the government’s treatment Ombudswoman Jana Dubovcová was convened January 29-30. Far from resolving things, the proceedings saw at least one speech now being condemned as racist and a pledge from the parliament speaker to move Dubovcová’s office on the Eastern Slovakia where she can deal with the issue of majority living together with Roma more rigorously. The session continued after The Slovak Spectator went to print on January 30.
Levoča altar renovated after 60 years
FOR A brief period around Christmas, the wooden altar of St James’ Church in Levoča - the famous work by Master Paul of Levoča and the tallest Gothic wooden altar in the world – was made accessible to the public. After being covered in scaffolding for a year, the first phase of the altar’s renewal was completed in early December.
Polish recipes: White borscht – Żurek
Ingredients and preparation.
Polish recipes: Polish dumplings – Pierogi
Ingredients and preparation.
Slovakia can only wait and see
THE TENSE situation in Ukraine continues to pose questions for Slovakia, especially regarding the potential security risks it could mean for the country. The Slovak Spectator (TSS) spoke to Alexander Duleba, analyst with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA), about these questions.
Main producers of ultra light aircrafts in Slovakia
-Aeropro Aircraft, launched in 1990, based in Nitra-Janíkovce. It manufactures EuroFOX aircrafts.www.aeropro.sk
UPDATED: GMB examines Cipár's work
THOUGH Miroslav Cipár is a renowned Slovak illustrator and graphic artist, the Bratislava City Gallery (GMB) is focusing on another aspect of his work: dozens of the artist’s paintings, as well as objects and assemblages, are currently exhibited in 11 rooms of the gallery’s Pálffy Palace.Miroslav Cipár, 78, began painting more seriously in the mid 1960s, but after an exhibition in the GMB in 1966, which he thought to be unpleasant and hastily prepared, he donated most of those works and painted over the rest of them. Repainting his own older works, and also using and recycling everyday items have remained dominant themes in his work, GMB head Ivan Jančár wrote in the accompanying text.
Boots in parliament?
WHEN a reporter from the Sme daily asked Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is now running for president, about his take on a prosecutor releasing a group of neo-Nazis who last year brutally beat a man in Nitra, Fico refused to respond on the grounds that he considers Sme to be an outlet of the opposition. Then, when a journalist from a different newspaper repeated the question, Fico recommended they inquire at the Office of the General Prosecutor.
Made in Czechoslovakia?
PRIME Minister Robert Fico’s idea to reintroduce labelling Slovak products as ‘Made in Czechoslovakia’ in some countries has revived the discussion about efforts to build the ‘Made in Slovakia’ label, which many say have proven insufficient.
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