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FinMin confirms GDP estimate
THE SLOVAK Finance Ministry confirmed its June estimate of Slovakia’s economic growth in 2014 at 2.4 percent, while it reduced its estimate for 2015 from 3 percent to 2.6 percent.
Activists demolish part of Roma wall
A SHORT-LIVED hole appeared in one of Slovakia’s roughly dozen so-called anti-Roma walls in mid-September, once again raising awareness among the Slovak public of the existence of these walls.
Judiciary changes
CRITICS of Štefan Harabin, who in the past five years held Slovakia’s most powerful judiciary seat, the dual post of the Supreme Court presidency and the chairmanship at the Judicial Council, were possibly relieved after a closely watched vote on September 16 elevated two women, Daniela Švecová and Jana Bajánková, to these posts. Political ethics watchdogs remain cautious, however, suggesting that only the actual performance of Švecová and Bajánková will show whether the country’s judiciary is now set for reform.
Automotive industry organisations in Slovakia
-Automotive Industry Association of the SR (ZAP SR) www.zapsr.sk, Chairman: Jaroslav Holeček-Automobilový Klaster – Západné Slovensko(Automotive Cluster – Western Slovakia) www.autoklaster.sk-Slovak Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) www.seva.sk
Pilgrimage attracts the masses
THOUSANDS of people gathered at the National Pilgrimage on the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, at the National Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in the town of Šaštín-Stráže on September 15.
Some organisations and companies in the electric car sector
- Elektormobily, www.elektromobily.sk- GreenWay Operator, www.greenway.sk- Slovak Electric Vehicle Association, www.seva.sk- Slovenské elektrárne, www.seas.sk- Stredoslovenská energetika, www.sse.sk- Tesla Club Slovakia, www.teslaclub.sk- Východoslovenská energetika, www.vse.sk- Západoslovenská energetika, www.zse.sk
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Jukebox bus joins Bratislava public transport
THE BRATISLAVA Public Transport Company (DPB) has despatched a jukebox-equipped bus. Upon boarding, a passenger can connect to a free Wi-Fi internet network and select a song from a playlist.
Nearly 50,000 people saw film about Demitra
A RECORD number of people saw the documentary film titled 38 about deceased ice hockey player Pavol Demitra during its opening weekend. The film, directed by Daniel Dangl, attracted 49,314 people, which is the most of any Slovak film’s premiere in recent years, the SITA newswire reported.
Exercise: News websites battle online user vitriol
This exercise is linked to the article: News websites battle online user vitriol
Design Week's full schedule
WHAT began as Design Weekend has since expanded into a week-long event filled not only with presentations and lectures in design, but also workshops, an auction, a fashion show, an after-party, a tour focused on 3D technologies, a literary evening, a presentation of illustrators, a tour of design nightlife in Bratislava, a Visegrad Market focused on Czech design, a concert, and a three-day international conference called In the Middle Design Forum (IMdF).
No cut in number of holidays for now
THANKS to the Day of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, Slovaks enjoyed a three-day weekend in mid-September, and there are six such holiday weekends on the calendar this year. Slovakia has the second highest number of holidays of all European Union countries, a fact that garners much criticism from employers.
Quote of the week
“I understand it as a writer’s work that will be shelved.”
Festival of Tolerance and Understanding held in Sásová neighbourhood
A FESTIVAL celebrating tolerance and understanding was organised in mid August at the sports complex in the Sásová neighbourhood in the central-Slovak metropolis, Banská Bystrica. Locals were able to watch live music concerts and Roma and Irish dances, as well as taste Russian and Roma cuisine and vegan delicacies.
New order for Vráble
EMPLOYEES of the Vráble-based arm of Kongsberg Automotive, the Norwegian supplier of the global vehicle industry, can look forward to a new order of several millions of euros. Their parent company announced in mid-August that it has obtained a six-year order from a significant European carmaker to manufacture manual gear shifts, which would be manufactured in Vráble. The value of the contract is €28.8 million, the SITA newswire reported in mid August.
News websites battle online user vitriol
A glossary of words as well as an exercise related to this article are also published online.
Glossary: News websites battle online user vitriol
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 News websites battle online user vitriol, you can find more expressions in our Glossary for politics & business or in the List of names of institutions in English and Slovak.
Journalist and translator Agneša Kalinová dies
SLOVAK translator, journalist, writer, film theoretician and dissident Agneša Kalinová died on the morning of September 18, aged 90.
Increased tax revenue to help state budget
SLOVAKIA’s economy should grow by 2.6 percent of GDP next year, according to the latest estimate by the Finance Ministry out September 18.
Andrew Garth is new British ambassador to Slovakia
ANDREW Garth has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Slovak Republic replacing Chargé d’Affaires Gill Fraser at the helm of the office and will take the position on October 1, 2014.
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