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Directive allows some to regain citizenship

A PORTION of the nearly 1,000 Slovaks who were stripped of their citizenship in the wake of a 2010 law that largely banned dual citizenship can regain it starting next month, but how many of them are eligible to do so is an open question with a larger legislative change still on hold.

Benjamin Cunningham

Bonanno ruling favours daily

THE DISTRICT Court in Bratislava dismissed the charges of the Supreme Court Judge Štefan Michálik against Ringier Axel Springer, the publisher of the Nový Čas tabloid daily, the SITA newswire reported on January 19. OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said that the decision contributes to media freedom.

Compiled by Spectator staff

UPDATED: Countrywide Events

Western SLOVAKIA

Zuzana Vilikovská

Funded kid corners are an opportunity for babysitters.

Policy urges new hiring of mothers

THE GOVERNMENT wants to support firms running the so-called kid corners aiming to open the job market to more women who are caring for children under the age of six. While NGOs and firms welcomed the measure, they were critical that it did not fit into a larger policy.

Roman Cuprik

UPDATED: LGBTI advocate addresses referendum

VOTER referenda are an important tool to spur public participation in governance, says Martin Macko, executive director of Initiative Inakosť, a civic association advocating rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual people. Voters can also express their indifference toward a ballot question by choosing not to vote, he says. Macko spoke to The Slovak Spectator about the upcoming referendum that seeks to further define the term family, the ongoing campaign and the repercussions a successful referendum would have on LGBTI community.

Radka Minarechová

More changes for second pillar

IN RESPONSE to the small payments going to the first pensioners-to-be from the second, private, pension pillar, Prime Minister Robert Fico says he will look for ways to allow those savers to move their money back into the state pension programme.

Jana Liptáková

Electronic marketplace fully operational in February

AN ELECTRONIC marketplace, which is part of the Electronic Contracting System (ECS), will go into full service from February 1 of this year, Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák told press on January 22, the SITA newswire reported.

Ombudswoman won’t vote in referendum

THREE-times no would be my answer to the three referendum questions if I decided to participate, said Ombudswoman Jana Dubovcová, the TASR reported on January 22.

Lajčák: Extremism, not Islam, is problem

SLOVAKIA is ready to take an active part in the process of addressing the problems surrounding religious extremism and terrorism that also hide behind the veneer of Islam, Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák said at the meeting with ambassadors from Arabic countries based in Bratislava on January 22, the TASR newswire reported.

Food inspections finding fewer errors

THERE has been a moderate drop in poor-quality food over the past three years of food inspections, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Ľubomír Jahnátek told a press conference on January 22.

Lemontree to satiate the senses

If words were to be found which would perfectly describe the essence of Thai cuisine, they would include varied and healthy, and yet you do not have to travel far to enjoy exotic and healthy food. Authentic Thai meals are made in the Bratislava restaurant Lemontree which also offers something more.

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This year, Overdose will fertilise mares in Germany

FAMOUS former racing sprinter Overdose who has mainly represented Zltán Mikóczy from Dunajská Streda at hippodromes worldwide, will in 2015 become the studhorse in the German stud-farm Lindehof of Volker Linde.

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská

Goudrons are removed from the dump, locals find it dangerous

GOUDRONS are particles of man-made tar used in the construction sector. A big dump of these environmentally dangerous particles has been located from more than 50 years ago in the Srdce / Heart quarry near the borough of Devínska Nová Ves in Bratislava, where about 30,000 cubic metres of the toxic waste, mostly from the former oil refinery Apollo, lie.

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská

Record temperature measured on January 10, the entire 2014 was a record

THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE records fell on January 10 for the whole of Slovakia, and in the Mlynská dolina neighbourhood of Bratislava, 17.5°C was measured, turning out to be the highest in the country.

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská

Diplomats are awaiting referendum result

THE REFERENDUM that seeks to constitutionally define the concept of family is dividing Slovak society. Members of the foreign diplomatic community, who traditionally speak with distinct voice when it comes to protection of minority rights, closely follow the campaign as well as the public discourse preceding the February 7 vote.

Beata Balogová

Animals in Košice zoo eat unused Christmas trees

KOŠICE zoo has organised, once again, for unsold Christmas trees to be used for their animals. Traditionally, they are given by the Košice City Forests company as a delicacy for the forest and mountain ungulates to intersperse their winter menu.

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská

Wooden churches in eastern Slovakia will be renovated

CARPATHIAN wooden churches, mainly in northern and eastern Slovakia, are very special buildings, and nine of them (Roman-Catholic, Protestant and Greek Catholic, built between the 16th and 18th centuries) have made it to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská

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Archive of articles - January 2015, page 5

Directive allows some to regain citizenship

Bonanno ruling favours daily

UPDATED: Countrywide Events

Policy urges new hiring of mothers

UPDATED: LGBTI advocate addresses referendum

More changes for second pillar

Electronic marketplace fully operational in February

Ombudswoman won’t vote in referendum

Lajčák: Extremism, not Islam, is problem

Food inspections finding fewer errors

Lemontree to satiate the senses

This year, Overdose will fertilise mares in Germany

Goudrons are removed from the dump, locals find it dangerous

Record temperature measured on January 10, the entire 2014 was a record

Diplomats are awaiting referendum result

Animals in Košice zoo eat unused Christmas trees

Wooden churches in eastern Slovakia will be renovated

Government wants explanation from Slovnaft for high fuel prices

Kotleba must explain gifts from employees to councillors

Slovakia applies for €29 billion from “Juncker package”

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