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Ministries transpose EU directives
THE ENVIRONMENT Ministry will be the busiest of Slovak ministries in transposing EU directives during the upcoming period of time. The Cabinet’s Office proposes that this ministry prepares transposition of 18 out of 37 directives of the European Parliament and the Council which were published in the Official Journal of the European Union between August 1, 2014 and January 31, 2014. The implementation of some directives has already been prepared, the SITA newswire wrote.
KDH-Smer deal a campaign topic
CHANGES in the judiciary and the protection of traditional family, two topics that are dominating domestic politics ahead of the presidential election, led to a heated exchange in an otherwise calm presidential debate, when the Christian Democrats and their official candidate faced accusations of helping the ruling Smer party.
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Will Slovakia get corporate liability law?
AFTER trying to adopt a corporate liability law for nearly 10 years and receiving criticism for failing to sufficiently address the issue, the Justice Ministry introduced the latest version of the bill last year, hoping to adopt it in the first half of 2014. The business community has raised several objections to the law, claiming that it goes too far.
Bohemians hit SND Konwitschny–style
PERFORMED on opera stages around the world, La Bohéme is making its 12th return to the Slovak National Theatre (SND), with the previous edition ending only in June 2013. La Bohéme first premiered at the SND in 1922, two years after the theatre was founded.
Smer and KDH ally
IN A MOVE that deeply divides traditionalists and liberals in the country and beyond, Slovakia’s constitution is set to “protect” traditional marriage. But as the amendment landed in parliament, it caused several other divisions in Slovakia: opinions are split over its changes to the judiciary, but also over the nature of the unorthodox deal between Smer and the Christian Democrats that makes all of these changes possible.
GDP up 1.5 percent in Q4
SLOVAKIA’S GPD rose by 1.5 percent in the last quarter of 2013, the Statistics Office (ŠÚ) announced, confirming its flash estimate from February.
No Olympics in Poprad
POPRAD has adopted a new urban plan, as part of the Prešov Self-Governing Region master plan, which appears to preclude the city at the foot of the High Tatras from any future plans of someday hosting the Winter Olympics.
Slovak films win awards, compete in Sofia
SLOVAK film director Dušan Hanák received the Award for Special Contribution to World Cinematography at the International Film Festival (IFF) in Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. The prize was awarded by the administration of the capital and by the Sofia IFF; so far, 27 filmmakers won, including names like Peter Greenaway, Volker Schlöndorf, Wim Wenders, Jiří Menzel and Nikita Michalkov.
Cartel informants to be rewarded
PEOPLE who inform the Antitrust Office of the Slovak Republic on cartel agreements may get a reward. This stems from a draft amendment to the law on protection of economic competition, which the cabinet approved on February 26, the TASR newswire reported.
Firms wary of ability to enforce law
BUSINESSPEOPLE most frequently question the enforceability of the law, shortcomings in application of equality before the law, and unstable and non-transparent legislation as they evaluate the quality of the business environment in Slovakia.
Fico disagrees with EU goals
THE SLOVAK government cannot agree with a proposal of the European Commission on reducing emissions and increasing the use of renewable energy sources, Prime Minister Robert Fico said after meeting with U.S. Steel Košice (USSK) President George Babcock on March 1.
Beavers are back in Slovakia
BEAVERS are making a return to Slovakia after more than a century of absence, with fishermen spotting the animals in early February 2014 along a stretch of the Váh River in the Stredné (Central) Považie region in western Slovakia. The dozens of felled trees and gnawed stumps along the river have also helped to give the beavers’ presence away.
French recipes: Chicken Marengo
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French cuisine: Cooking - an act of pleasure and art
FOR THE FRENCH a meal is much more than just nutrition for the body. Cooking in France has been transformed into a culinary discourse, involving history, philosophy and art.
Private pension payment rules clarified
NINE years after Slovakia moved to a three-pillar pension scheme, the government has spelled out the rules on how payments from the so-called second, private pillar will be carried out, and just a fraction of the 3,000 pensioners entitled to tap their money starting in January 2015 will actually be able to withdraw all of their savings immediately.
Crimea invasion an 'act of aggression'
THE CULMINATION of events on the Crimean peninsula dominated the political scene in Slovakia on March 3 as the Sme daily and the Trend economic weekly jointly organised a debate of four presidential candidates.
New election code debated
NEW legislation regulating public elections will be discussed by parliament as early as at its next session in March, Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák said during a discussion programme broadcast by the Slovak Radio February 8. The bill was drafted in the summer of 2013.
Report notes problems with judiciary
ABUSE of power by judicial figures, low public trust in the judiciary and continued societal discrimination and violence against Roma were the most serious human rights violations in Slovakia, according to the United States Department of State. Prison overcrowding and civil defamation suits filed by members of the political and judicial elite against the press in Slovakia are also cited in the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013, published by the US authorities.
Processing hemp in Poniky
THE MAGIC of the postcards made by Slovak ethnographer and photographer Pavol Socháň lies somewhere between his delicate stylisation and the freedom he allowed his subjects when photographing them.
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