Archive of articles - January 2016
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Outstanding students: energy inventor and street artist
TWO YOUNG men received the title Outstanding Student Personality for the year 2015; Dabiel Šlosár as researcher and inventor in energy, and Viktor Feher as street art promoter.
Like their own son
IN GRATITUDE to their Jewish doctor who had helped them on numerous occasions, the Lacika family treated the doctor’s son as their own, though he could not leave the house.
In the Dark of Night
KAŠŠA family offered Jews a goat chalet where they took shelter.
Fear of suffocating in a shed basement
AN SS officer sat a little girl on his lap at Christmas - but she was a Jew in hiding, posing as visiting family.
Boar joins those waiting at a Bratislava bus stop
PEOPLE waiting at the Bratislava Lesopark (Forest Park) bus station on January 21 afternoon were surprised by the appearance of a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms.
Eight months in a closed-off storage room
THE PLEA of a small girl reminded a blacksmith that his family was not so different. He walled up the pantry off the kitchen, leaving only a small hole for the exchange of food and waste, where a family lived for eight months in hiding.
The complexity of Europe and the open mind
The tasks for the Presidency of the European Council has – to put it mildly – not become easier since the last time the Netherlands held it.
Slovak app developers play the global market
Location no longer a limit on launching products, but language still is
President: teachers’ strike is a borderline step
ALL political parties running in the upcoming general election have received the demands of the teachers who have been on strike since January 25, according to President Andrej Kiska, who sees the strike as a borderline step.
Fico: Teachers’ strike gets too much attention
THE ONGOING teachers strike is a “media protest” – and is receiving too much media coverage to boot, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on January 28, adding that the country’s security is his main priority.
Mihók: Slovak Economy in Good Shape in 2016
AT THE DAWN of 2016, the Slovak economy seems to be in good condition both in terms of public finances and basic macroeconomic parameters, according to Slovak Trade and Industry Chamber (SOPK) chair Peter Mihók.
Investors bemoan lack of a qualified labour force
UNAVAILABILITY of qualified workers may present one of the greatest obstacles to the arrival of foreign investors in Slovakia in the future, according to a 2015 survey conducted by the company EY.
Cultural heritage list extended by blue-printing and singing
PRINTING with indigo and Horehronie region throat singing were added to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Slovakia on January 28.
Brave village protecting Jews
The Varga family, and indeed the whole village of Petrovce, endured suffering, fires, and deaths to protect Jews hiding in the area, rather than cooperate with the Nazis.
New Old Bridge nears opening
Phase two of project includes tram line in Petržalka.
Israel honours 10 Slovaks for heroism
ANOTHER 10 Slovaks joined those who have received the Yad Vashem (Righteous) title on January 27.
Foreigners: Top 10 bars in “Bartislava”
THERE are several commodities, activities or services that can lure tourists to Slovakia. One of them is having a beer in a cosy pub or bar in its lively capital, Bratislava.
Resigning nurses stage march across Žilina
NURSES organised a march from the Faculty Hospital and Polyclinic (FNsP) in Žilina to the city’s St. Mary’s Square on January 27 in an effort to draw attention to the impending exit of 181 nurses from the hospital.
Chairman summons parliament committee, invites minister and strikers
CHAIRMAN of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sport, Mojmír Mamojka (of Smer), summons its extraordinary session for February 2 14:00.
PPS Group Detva to pay bonuses, employees insist on Monday’s strike
THE PPS GROUP Detva announced it would pay all bonuses for December to all employees on January 28. Despite this, unionists of the company are determined to launch a strike on February 1.
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- Teenager charged after stabbing incident in central Bratislava
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