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Foreigners: Events around Slovakia
Tips for events around Slovakia between March 25 and April 3, including live, jazz, folklore and classical music, easter market, party, wine tasting, dance, opera, exhibitions and more.
Slovakia wants to win Tesla
The Slovak Economy Ministry is currently in negotiations with two automotive players, one of them being the US company Tesla.
Police detective from VAT case felt obstacles
Among Slovak police, fear prevails, according to a former investigator involved in a vast VAT refund scandal.
Easter traditions: public violence, or magic of life?
Slovak Easter traditions may survive, as well as awareness of where they stem from, but not on a mass scale, says ethnologist Katarína Nádaská.
Teachers to enrol in seminar on teaching about Holocaust
A summer training programme is being prepared for teachers to instruct them on how to tackle the issue of the Holocaust.
Parliamentary committees cause dispute
All nineteen parliamentary committees now have their leaders, as elected in a secret ballot on March 23. However, the division of posts in committees caused disputes between opposition and coalition, to be resolved by a panel of legislators.
Ignoring extremists does not help
Voters who elect extremists allege they do not decide due to media coverage; but rather due to posts and information from social networks.
Talking corporate responsibility
New Business Leaders Forum head on ethics, diversity, transparency.
President Kiska appoints new government
Slovak president Andrej Kiska has received the resignation of the outgoing government and appointed a new one which has to file its programme statement within a month.
QS World University Rankings 2016: STU among 500 best
The Slovak University of Technology Bratislava (STU) was placed 401-450th in the Computer Sciences and Information Systems category of the QS World University Rankings.
Insurance: Some suprising stories from Easter Monday
Despite more activities and travelling taking place during the Easter holidays, fewer accidents happen in Slovakia on Easter Monday than on any normal Monday.
Poll: Smer on 27.5% in mid-March, Sieť out of parliament
HAD the general election had taken place in mid-March, it would have been won by Smer with 27.5 percent of the vote, while the coalition party Sieť would not have made it into parliament – with only 3.6 percent.
Who is Andrej Danko?
Andrej Danko was born in 1974 in the central Slovak town of Revúca.
Who is Lucia Nicholsonová?
Lucia Nicholsonová was born in 1976. She started her career as a journalist at several news outlets, including The Slovak Spectator.
Who is Béla Bugár?
Béla Bugár is currently one of the most experienced parliamentarians in the Slovak parliament. He was born in 1958 in Bratislava and graduated from the Slovak University of Technology.
Who is Martin Glváč?
Martin Glváč was born in 1967 in Bratislava. He is a graduate of the law school of the Comenius University in Bratislava.
Who is Andrej Hrnčiar?
Andrej Hrnčiar was born in 1973 in Ružomberok and graduated from the University of Performing Arts in Bratislava as an actor.
Foreigners: Events in Bratislava
Tips for events in the Slovak capital between March 25 and April 3, including meeting Shakespeare Lives, Vegan Dinner, birdwatching, stand-up comedy with Jimmy Carr, ballet, opera, a lot of music of various genres, exhibitions and more.
Whippings all in good fun as an Easter tradition
IN SLOVAKIA old pagan seasonal rituals must have survived the country’s conversion to Christianity, and one need look no further than the Easter tradition of whipping girls and women with homemade switches.
Slovakia’s Maidan is on, what will it bring?
Madian here means resisting the decline of society, oligarchy in the state and an increase in extremism.
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