Archive of articles - March 2016
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Foreigners: Events around Slovakia
Tips for events around Slovkaia between April 1 and 10, including wine and exotic food tasting, travel evening, concerts, theatre performance, beauty contest casting, fashion show, parties, and more.
MP Beblavý put together blacklist of 93 “losers”
Non-partisan MP Miroslav Beblavý published on March 30 a list of 93 persons who have failed in managing public funds.
Minister Drucker annuls €18 million contract
In his first day in office, new Health Minister Tomáš Drucker (a Smer nominee) cancelled a contract worth almost €18 million.
Hungarian court gave Slovak Roháč life sentence
Gangman Jozef Roháč received a life sentence not just from a Slovak court but also from a Budapest court – for a bomb attack and two murders.
Košice-Warsaw flights started March 30
Polish LOT airlines introduced a new line between Košice and Warsaw on March 30, with flights departing six times a week to and from Košice.
Mikloš set to get a seat in Ukrainian government
A former top reformist in Slovakia, now advisor to the Ukrainian government, could become Ukraine’s next finance minister even without losing his Slovak passport, depending on the outcome of coalition talks.
China may slow Slovak growth
The NBS predicts that Slovakia’s GDP will increase by 3.2 percent in 2016 and by 3.3 percent in 2017.
Blog: Teta, will you bring Ronaldo here?
Two weeks after parliamentary elections I went to Revúca to test some of the hypotheses explaining the election results. I wonder how many of the 17 percent of locals who voted for the party of the regional governor Marian Kotleba have noticed that the roads administered by the regional government have not improved at all.
Typical Slovak textile printing can get on UNESCO heritage list
Blueprint, the technique of textile printing various patterns with indigo, is waiting to be inscribed on the UNESCO heritage list.
New government meets for first time, appoints state secretaries
THE new government has met for the first time since the general election; it appointed a new group of state secretaries.
Life sentences to “Bucket” gangster and his accomplices
The kingpin of the Bratislava gang Sýkorovci, Robert Lališ, nicknamed Kýbel (Bucket), received a life sentence.
Four out of five Slovaks: development aid is important
Four out of five Slovaks consider helping people from developing countries important, according to a recent Eurobarometer poll on development cooperation and aid.
Bisnode: 4,701 Slovak companies left for tax havens
In the past year the number of Slovak companies domiciled in tax havens has grown; and this increase is expected to continue.
Pažinková steps down as ÚDZS director on March 30
Health-care Surveillance Authority (ÚDZS) director Monika Pažinková resigned from her post on March 30.
Foreigners: Events in Bratislava
Tips for events in Bratislava between April 1 and 10, including a host of parties and concerts, classical and jazz music, stand-up comedy in English, an interactive theatre performance, a city marathon, a conference on urban planning in English, film festivals, and more.
Will Kotleba save us from ourselves?
First most people ignored them, later they downplayed them, and in the end it had to yield to them in surprise
Investor seeks to save a spinning mill
The priority for the new owner of Bratislava’s Cvernovka building is to reconstruct the historical spinning mill, which was declared a cultural monument.
Human traffickers are not the reason for migration
Comparison of migration in the 19th century and today reveals surprising similarities
Some construction firms to increase prices
The prices for construction works may increase by 9 percent on average.
Every person pays nearly €6,000 to state
The INESS think tank issued a bill showing how the state spends money we pay via taxes and levies.
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- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
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- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
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- The disinformation scene has become a tool of media capture
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- 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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- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
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- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
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- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
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- 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
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- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
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