List of author's articles, page 12
Remembering the Holocaust on All Souls' Day
WHILE the holiday on November 2, All Souls' Day, originated as a Catholic observance, on that day Bernard Knežo Schönbrun remembers the lives of Jews lost during the Holocaust .He was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust.
'It is not our job to look for the offender'
IVAN Petranský was elected to head the board of the Nation's Memory Institute (ÚPN) in February 2007. The Slovak National Party (SNS) nominated him to the post.In the past, Petranský worked in the historical institute of the Matica Slovenská national heritage organisation, which has been seen as a nationalist group, and he had also been an archivist in the Archdiocese Office in Trnava.
Slovakia at risk of Iran's missiles: Bush
US PRESIDENT George W. Bush said Slovakia is among the countries at risk of a future missile attack from Iran, in a lecture in Washington on October 23.Bush said the Central-European region, including Slovakia, could benefit from the planned American missile defense system if an Iranian attack takes place, the Sme daily wrote on October 24.
Fight against corruption must go on
SINCE he became justice minister in July 2006, Štefan Harabin has tried to dissolve the Special Court, which has dealt with the bankrupt pyramid schemes and other major corruption scandals, and the Special Prosecution Office, calling them unconstitutional.Last October, he also fired seven justices of Regional or District Courts in a span of two days. The dismissals mainly affected courts that supported the justice reforms launched by the previous minister.
ŠtB documents were falsified
THE NATION'S Memory Institute (ÚPN) has discovered about 30 documents of the communist state secret police (ŠtB) that were falsified. But critics are raising questions about the information on alleged collaborators that is being made public now.The head of the ÚPN, Ivan Petranský, announced the findings at an October 12 press conference.
Slovakia third-best for media freedom
AT A TIME when there is more talk about the ruling coalition's verbal attacks on the media, and possible attempts by politicians to curtail press freedom, the international organisation Reporters Without Borders ranked Slovakia among the top three countries in the world for respecting the freedom of the media.
PM attacks retail chains over rising prices
THE GOVERNMENT of Robert Fico is changing the law on retail chains, with the prime minister accusing the country's retailers of price gouging."There are practically no effective tools that would limit the abuse of economic power by the chains," he said, as quoted by the Pravda daily on October 15.
Slovak-Hungarian row is 'not the Balkans'
STATEMENTS from Robert Fico were seen as contributing to the heightened tensions between the Slovak and Hungarian Republics, but the Slovak prime minister has taken steps to try to solve the problems. He invited Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány to Bratislava on October 9.
Neo-Nazi arrests in Serbia point to local concerns
THE ARREST of 11 Slovak neo-Nazis in the Serbian town of Novi Sad shows that the number of these extremists is growing in Slovakia and police are not doing enough to stop them, some experts say.On October 7, about 20 Slovaks took part in a neo-Nazi demonstration in Novi Sad. They came to support Serbian neo-Nazis from the National Guard group.
Hooliganism spreads at football matches
THERE has been a growing extremist presence at football matches involving Slovak clubs this year, showing links with the neo-Nazi movement.So far, Slovak police have made some arrests surrounding the matches, but no one has been charged for inciting the actions.
Slovak-Hungarian tensions heat up
WHILE top Slovak and Hungarian politicians are continuing what political observers call a protracted conflict, academics say Hungarian-Slovak relations must be quickly settled on both the ethnic and international levels.
New Cervanová documents found
WHILE two men convicted in the 31-year-old murder case of Ľudmila Cervanová have been denied parole again, the state archives has disclosed documents from the investigation into the mysterious slaying.
STV troubles still not over
AN INVESTIGATION into the troubled Slovak Television public broadcaster has determined that the network's news organisation has no strategy and blamed the editor-in-chief for its problems.
PES says no to Smer
THE DAY after Prime Minister Robert Fico attacked the Hungarian president over an unofficial visit to Slovakia, the Party of European Socialists decided to uphold its suspension of Fico's Smer party for reasons that included the country's tense relationship with Hungary.
Coalition and opposition show unusual alignment
POLITICAL analysts agree that the border between coalition and opposition parties is clearly set in Slovakia and the re-grouping of these two blocs is improbable. But during the latest parliamentary session, ruling coalition parties twice came ideologically close to opposition parties - during voting on the bill to amend the social insurance act and the bill on honouring Andrej Hlinka.
Malinová case bungled: Prosecutor general
SLOVAK police and the district prosecutor made mistakes in their investigation of the alleged attack on ethnic Hungarian student Hedviga Malinová, Prosecutor General Dobroslav Trnka said, so he has ordered a special team to investigate the controversial case.
Corruption down in Slovakia: NGO
THE RATE of corruption in Slovakia is on the decline, but it is becoming concentrated in areas such as justice, the police and medicine, according to the latest Corruption Perception Index from the Transparency International non-governmental organisation.
Town suggests taking children
IN NOVÉ ZÁMKY, Roma people who were evicted from their homes and moved to nearby villages for not paying their rent have been living in the square in front of the Town Office for more than a week.The houses where they used to live were sold by the Nové Zámky Town Office to a new owner, who moved them out.
MPs vote on 'Father of the Nation'
A BILL that would officially recognise Andrej Hlinka, the priest who led the party that after his death went on to lead the fascist Slovak State, as "Father of the Nation" has been passed for its second reading.The bill submitted by the Slovak National Party (SNS) would also declare Hlinka's mausoleum in Ružomberok to be a site of honour.
No roof over their heads
UP TO 50 Roma people in Nové Zámky have been sleeping in the square in front of the Town Hall in unsanitary conditions. It's their protest against being evicted from their homes for not paying rent.
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