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Why is it so difficult for non-profit organisations with such a huge impact to get enough resources for their existence?
Crime and punishment
DURING the third week of October, three cars were set on fire in Prievidza, and a man was assaulted on a bus in Žilina.
Slovak palaeontologist’s discovery cracks an “Island Rule”
FOSSILS found by scientists help confirm their theories, others defy those theories. The fossil found by a Slovak palaeontologist working in Germany, Andrej Čerňanský, turned several conventionally accepted assumptions upside down.
Smer publishes misleading video
THE PRE-election video published by the ruling Smer party in late October contains several inaccuracies.
Quote of the week
“Today it is Jobbik, tomorrow it could be an extremist party from France.”
SE-related charges piling up
CHARGES related to privatisation of the country’s dominant power producer Slovenské Elekrárne (SE) have been adding up.
Five Slovak companies are among fastest growing ones in CEE
FIVE Slovak companies made it to this year’s Deloitte CE Technology Fast 50 list, which classifies the fastest growing companies in central Europe, Hospodárske Noviny daily reported on October 29.
German investors point to lack of legal certainties and skilled workers
ECONOMIC and political conditions are perceived by German companies present in Slovakia as the biggest risk to their economic development, according to a recent survey of 59 investors by the Slovak-German Commercial and Industry Chamber (SNOPK), the TASR newswire reported.
No trouble in Berg refugee camp at Austrian-Slovak border
NO violations involving asylum seekers in the refugee camp in the Austrian village of Berg, at the Austrian-Slovak border, have been recorded, Berg mayor Georg Hartl informed the TASR newswire on October 29.
President: Constitutional Court’s decision to drop my request is serious
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court is the only entity authorised to provide binding interpretations of the Constitution in disputes between individual state bodies. So it causes concern when it refuses to explain relevant constitutional passages concerning the president's power to appoint Constitutional Court judges.
Police investigate two deaths caused by people jumping off train
TWO deaths near the town of Šenkvice in the Bratislava region that occurred on the evening of October 25 have resulted in three criminal investigations. In the incident, two men jumped out of a dining carriage of a train, one ending up in grass adjacent to the tracks and the other being hit by a train passing in the opposite direction.
The universal campaign tool
THESE people are an immediate threat to you and events will take a wrong turn unless you take action now and reject the changes happening before your eyes.
Constitutional Court may be blocked
THE CONSTITUTIONAL Court will not answer President Andrej Kiska’s question whether he must or only can appoint candidates for the post of a constitutional judge elected by Smer.
Coca-Cola leaving Slovakia
THE MANAGEMENT of the Coca-Cola plant in the village of Lúka near Piešťany told its employees that the factory is to be closed down as of March 31 of next year. Thus, more than 110 local employees will become unemployed.
Interior Ministry to buy new helicopters, shortly before election
INTERIOR Minister Robert Kaliňák launched one of the last big orders of this government before the March general election.
Slovakia to engage in NATO crisis management exercise
SLOVAKIA will engage in the crisis management process of NATO and its member states as a part of the NATO CMX (Annual Crisis Management Exercise) 2016 exercise due to be held next spring.
Slovak cabinet to offer investment aid of €18.6 million to four companies
THE SLOVAK government, at its October 28 session, approved investment stimuli for four companies, amounting to €18.6 million. Thanks to investment stimuli, a total of 861 new jobs should be created by 2020.
Health minister under pressure amid repeated scandals
SCANDAL after scandal has occurred under Health Minister Viliam Čislák, who now faces a non-confidence vote over the lack of transparency in the health care system.
Bratislava’s new Old Bridge now spans Danube
BRATISLAVA’s Old Bridge is currently being reconstructed, as its lack of stability was already threatening to crossing vehicles as well as pedestrians. It had to be dismantled.
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