Stephanie MacLellan - author - The Slovak Spectator

Stephanie MacLellan

Stephanie MacLellan joined The Slovak Spectator in March 2007 as a copy editor for the newspaper, and coordinator and writer for the Spectacular Slovakia travel guide. She became senior editor at The Slovak Spectator in August 2007. Ms. MacLellan started her full-time journalistic career in 2004 as a student intern at the Niagara Falls Review, before moving to other Canadian daily newspapers – first The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), then the Guelph Mercury. Along the way she covered education, arts and municipal politics. Her work at the Guelph Mercury was nominated for two Ontario Newspaper Awards and one National Newspaper Award (Canada).Ms. MacLellan graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the Carleton University School of Journalism in Ottawa.

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Hiking became a part of my life

It was a sunny March morning when the bus I was riding crossed the border from Austria into western Slovakia and, minutes later, gave me my first glimpse of Bratislava Castle.

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Allan Bussard speaks at the opening of the Ten Senses store.

Ethical shopping reaches for the mainstream

THERE is one major challenge to selling fair trade products in Slovakia: most Slovaks have no idea what a fair trade product is.

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Bratislava hotels score on football weekend

SLOVAKIA'S international football team only gained one point from its two Euro 2008 qualifying matches last week. But Bratislava businesses and tourism gained a lot more from those 180 minutes of football.

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Beslan survivors visit Slovakia

MORE than 60 children whose lives have been scarred by a horrific tragedy spent two weeks of fun and healing in Slovakia this month.The children were injured during the massacre at Beslan School No. 1 in Russia nearly three years ago. For the first half of August, they went sightseeing, visited mountain resorts, and played sports and games at a camp in Ružomberok.

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Language programme brings cultures together

EVEN though she grew up in Syria, Slovakia has always been a part of Rasha Kotrash's life."My father and mother studied at university here," she said. "This is where they met."Before arriving to take part in the Studia Academica Slovaca (SAS) summer programme this year, Kotrash's Slovak vocabulary was limited to a handful of words such as dobre, dobrý deň, ďakujem and Ježiš Mária - she laughs as she lists them off.

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Opting out of 'ová'

SLOVAK women could soon find it easier to have a last name that does not end in -ová.The Interior Ministry is considering a change to the law on birth, death and marriage registrations that would let Slovak women choose whether or not to have a surname with the traditional grammatical ending.

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The Far East meets Central Europe

WHEN Jae-Han Jung arrived in Slovakia eight years ago, there was no Korean community here.Jung is the pastor of the Korean Pentecostal church on Panenská Street in Bratislava. But back then, he came on his own as a missionary.When he first arrived, he had to figure out how to navigate a new language and culture without other Koreans to support him.

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Ambassador expects Korean investors to stay for the long term

WHEN Yong-Kyu Park, the Republic of Korea's ambassador to Slovakia, arrived to set up his country's first-ever embassy here in January, even he was surprised at the level of Korean investment in Slovakia.

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Slovan investigated over violence in Vienna

A BINGE of violence and destruction by Slovak football fans at a match in Vienna could result in harsh penalties against the ŠK Slovan Bratislava club.At the July 7 game between Slovan and SK Rapid Wien, Slovan fans fought with their rival supporters at Gerhard Hanappi Stadium, set seats on fire and tore down a fence in the stadium, according to media reports.

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City, tour groups try to rein in stags

WITH STAG party season in full swing, it is just about impossible to stroll around Bratislava's Old Town on a weekend without seeing large groups of inebriated male foreigners carousing in the streets.

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OECD praises Slovak economy

THE ORGANISATION for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) praised Slovakia for its "stellar" economic performance and confirmed the country is on track to adopt the euro on schedule in 2009. But the economic group has also warned that changes are needed to keep the economy strong after the country enters the eurozone.

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