Archive of articles - November 2015, page 2
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State support for schools to shrink in 2016
DESPITE protests and overall dissatisfaction of teachers with the current state of education in Slovakia, schools will receive less money from the state budget next year.
Quote of the week
“He used the word ‘Muslim’. Would he rather say we will monitor Eskimos?”
Police detain van carrying radioactive substance
CUSTOMS officers stopped a van with Austrian licence plates at the Austrian-Slovak border crossing (in the Bratislava borough of Jarovce) when they recorded a level of radioactivity which was exceeded the safety levels by 400 percent, the TASR reported on November 26.
Household debt increases and spawns risks
THE VOLUME of loans provided to households grew by 13 percent on a year-on-year basis in the first three quarters of 2015.
SIS: We do not underestimate terrorist threat
THE SLOVAK Intelligence Service (SIS) and other security services, including partners from the EU and NATO, are not underestimating any threats made on the internet, SIS spokesman Branislav Zvara told the TASR on November 26.
Parliament approves changes to financing of sport
THE SLOVAK parliament approved a new law on sport on November 26 which is aimed at bringing more money into the sector.
Paška’s nephews brutally attacked woman
NEPHEWS of the former speaker of the Slovak parliament Pavol Paška (from Smer) were involved in a fight with several other Košice city citizens including the woman. Two of them have subsequently lost their jobs.
We are heading to better energy interconnection
On 18 November the European Commission published its first State of the Energy Union Report. EC Vice President Maroš Šefčovič has worked hard and efficiently to get the support of the EU members states and thus bring the project closer to reality.
Poll: FAM Lajčák could be prime minister
Besides the current Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák is also acceptable for the position according to 51 percent of those polled.
PAS: Business environment has worsened slightly
THE PERCEPTION of the business environment by entrepreneurs has worsened slightly again in the third quarter of 2015.
Penta wants to protest against amendment on heating companies
THE PAROPLYN Holdings Limited company does not agree with the recent amendment to a law related to the heating industry and plans to address the due authorities, asking them to cancel it.
Fidesz comments on detention of “terrorists” including Slovaks
AFTER the Hungarian Centre for the Fight against Terrorism (TEK) detained four hobby collectors – including two Slovaks – at the weekend on November 20, claiming they are terrorists, the ruling Fidesz party reacted by defending them.
New anti-terrorism laws proposed
Government moves to amend more than 15 measures
Film festival focuses on fairer world
THERE have been many festivals in Bratislava – not to mention Slovakia – this year, varying in focus on country, cinematography, special techniques and genres, or themes.
Faculties have ever fewer students and postgrads
THE NUMBER of students, including postgraduate ones, at Slovak universities and colleges has been declining, according to a study of the Academic Ranking and Rating Agency, ARRA.
Over 200 nurses resign, more expected to join
SLOVAK nurses dissatisfied with how the Health Ministry has dealt with complaints about pay and working conditions started to hand in their resignations on November 25.
German engineer charged over collapse of Kurimany Bridge
IN THE case of the November 2012 collapse of a highway bridge under construction close to the village of Kurimany in the Prešov Region that claimed four lives, the investigator has pressed criminal charges of public endangerment against a German structural engineer.
Bratislava police catch “Fecal Phantom”
A BRATISLAVA prosecutor has pressed charges of vandalism against a young man identified only as Martin M., aged 24, of Bratislava, who is suspected of terrorising Bratislava women by smearing feces on their faces.
Countrywide events
Tips for events in Slovakia, including many festivals - film, theatre, music, choir music - St Nicolas events, Christmas concerts, a ballet premiere, and more.
New bus station should be finished by late 2019
THE CONSTRUCTION of the new main bus station at Bratislava’s Mlynské Nivy may be completed in the end of 2019.
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