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Constitution will protect water
AS MANY as 102 MPs, including 23 from opposition parties, passed the constitutional ban on exporting water at the October 21 session, the TASR newswire reported.
Geosense, the story of successful UNYP MBA graduates
Ladislav Čapek and Jan Zvoník founded their start-up Geosense during their MBA studies at the University of New York in Prague. If they had decided not to study MBA at UNYP, they would probably never have met and or started their business. Here is the story of successful UNYP graduates.
Merkel visited Slovakia
ECONOMIC growth and unemployment reduction are shared priorities for Slovakia and Germany, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Bratislava on October 20.
Hackers targeted GLOBSEC
ABOUT six months after the international GLOBSEC security conference took place in Bratislava, it was revealed that it had been targeted by hackers.
Other financial groups eye media
JUST DAYS after the Penta investment group bought 50 percent of the shares in the major publishing house, Petit Press (which partially owns The Slovak Spectator) through an intermediary, information has surfaced that another big investment group, J&T, is shopping on the media market too.
Month of Photography lovers cometh
NOVEMBER may not be the most enjoyable month of the year, as it marks the end of the “sunny”, or “day” part of the year, as already the old Celts knew. Our culture has, however, some nice and positive sides on offer to make up for the gloomy period that might evoke a “blue mood”.
Doctors refuse to be debt collectors
SEVERAL doctors across Slovakia voiced their concern over the new amendment to agreements with health insurer Dôvera which compels them to inform their patients about possible arrears from unpaid health insurance or even accept the owed sum. The insurer responds that it is the legal duty of doctors to inform patients about their debt and adds that the possibility to take the payment is only voluntary.
NGOs want to save bees, launching a project for their adoption
EXPERTS warn that bees in the wild are on the decline, and so environmentalists want to contribute to their preservation by having members of public adopt them. Individuals, and also companies in Slovakia, are able to adopt a larva, a worker-bee, a queen-bee, a whole beehive or a bee-keeper.
Moldava mayor talks Roma, cancelled concert
KOŠICE – Moldava nad Bodvou grabbed international headlines last year as the scene of alleged police violence targeting the Roma minority. In June 2013, an operation code named “Repressive-Search Action 100” saw 63 police officers raid the Budulovská Roma settlement on the outskirts of town. They were purportedly seeking seven men for whom they had arrest warrants. They found none of those men, but violence ensued and 15 other Roma were taken to the police station, and several were injured. No Roma were ever charged with a crime, and the incident drew criticism from the likes of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Slovak Press Photo awarded
FREELANCE photographer Michal Burza won the Grand Prix award of the Slovak Press Photo competition for a picture from the series called Maidan. He and other winners in categories of the third year of this contest received the awards at a ceremony that took place in the Mirror Hall of the Primate’s Palace in Bratislava on October 22.
Getting inspired by the hotbed of innovation
WAITING to see whether legislation has a negative effect on the business environment and then changing things is not the best approach when it comes to a business environment, says Jake Slegers, the executive director of AmCham in Slovakia, adding that frequent legislative changes without proper impact assessment are damaging.
Cabinet agrees to buy planes
THE CABINET approved during its October 22 session the purchase of two C-27J Spartan tactical transport airplanes. Their producer is the Italian company Alenia Aermacchi and according to estimates, the aircraft should cost up to €80 million. The government, however, was secretive as to the details of the significant defense expenditure.
First fine for Mariatchi beating
ONE OF the perpetrators in the beating attack at the Mariatchi bar in downtown Nitra, the video of which shocked the Slovak public early this year, will receive a €400 fine in the first penalty handed down from the case.
The best diplomacy: travel, education exchange
THEODORE Sedgwick believes that for diplomats it is important to talk to the average person in order to better understand the country. “I really enjoyed my contact with so many Slovaks all over the country,” said Sedgwick, the US ambassador to Slovakia, who is serving his fourth year here as a diplomat. A passionate traveller himself, Sedgwick says Slovakia has much to offer as a tourist destination, and also as an important player in regional security.
Cars and IT drive investments
SLOVAKIA is strong in the automotive and IT industries, uses the euro currency and has a qualified and still relatively cheap labour force. All these make Slovakia attractive for investors from the United States to launch or extend their business here.
Chatam Sofer, Jewish scholar, died 175 years ago
CHATAM Sofer, born Mosche (i.e. Moses) Schreiber, is still respected in the orthodox milieu as one of the world’s greatest rabbis.
Free trains arrive before elections
THE ROBERT Fico cabinet is meeting another promise from its €250 million social-economic package, preparing to compensate the nation for heavy consolidation measures. From November 17 on, rail tickets will be free for children, students and pensioners. While the opposition calls it a populist measure prepared by the ruling party prior to the local elections, railway experts see it as an unsystematic step toward distorting the public transportation market.
Heydrich’s assassinator Gabčík gets memorial in native village
A MEMORIAL to Jozef Gabčík, a Slovak soldier of the Czechoslovak exile army in World War II who was involved in the assassination of acting “Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia” (i.e. the regional governor named by Germany) Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, was unveiled in his native village of Poluvsie in northern Slovakia on October 11.
Ekotopfilm fest started in Bratislava
THE 41ST year of the international film festival about the sustainable development Ekotopfilm started on October 20 in Bratislava’s Tatra hotel. The five-day festival that introduces documentary films from the whole world was opened with the US film The Silkies of Madagascar.
Countrywide Events
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- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
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- Kidnapping and virginity: brace yourself for a Slovak wedding
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
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- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- 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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- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
- Show me your moves! Slovak hockey stars share their best pick-up lines
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- He designed Gatwick. But this is his masterpiece
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The compass points to Kúty, and people are starting to follow
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
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