A sad story with an even sadder ending was played out in the town of Sobrance yesterday. A 41-yr old man firstly stabbed and slashed his 39-yr old wife before finally hanging himself from the rafters in the attack of their home. The saddest point of all was that their two children, aged just 13 [...]
A recent wave of vendettas in Sered against people who want to stand up against corruption in the town seems to have been the final straw, spelling the arrival of Chief of police, Jaroslav Spisiak. A few days ago the local ‘mafia’ burned down the business of the brother of local councillor Pavol Kurbel (SDKÚ, [...]
Yesterday, 26 August, Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic decided to use his right of veto to stop changes to the Competence Act, which amongh other things lays down the rules for which ministry is responsible for what issues. The veto has put on hold the government’s plans to re-establish the Ministry of Environment as a separate [...]
People have maybe learned to switch off their lights more thanks to the economic crisis. Although electricity consumption is up y/y, it is still well under the levels seen before the crisis hit. A report issued by the Ministry of Economy this week states that in the first four months of 2010 electricity consumption in [...]
The foreign minister Mikulas Dzurinda will head to Ukraine tomorrow, 27 August, to meet with the Governor of the Regional State Administration of Transcarpathia. While visiting the Transcarpathia region, Dzurinda will visit a local school where the tuition language is Slovak, meet local representatives of the Slovak minority and visit the Slovak consulate in Uzhgorod. [...]
At the inauguration of the new head of the secret service SIS at Presidential Palace, which saw Karol Mitrik take up the post, President Ivan Gasparovic expressed his wish to see good co-operation between the secret service and other security bodies. The President said: “I believe that other bodies will understand this as well, especially the [...]
On Wednesday, 25 August, while visiting her German counterpart, Slovak PM Iveta Radicova had some harsh words for the European Commission, and specifically for EU Commissioner for Economic and Currency Affairs, Olli Rehn. Previously Rehn had said that Slovakia had breached the principle of euro-solidarity as it refused to join the EUR 800 million loan agreement [...]
Slovakia is in the running for another boost to the economy and employment. This time IBM is looking for the venue for its new operation, which could see the IT giant’s workforce in Slovakia almost double, from 4,000 at present to around 7,000. Slovakia is one of five in the shortlist and has a fair [...]
According to a survey report issued by the Slovak Statistical Office, some 42% of households save regularly, while 34% just makes ends meet and 23% live on debt or their savings. The Consumer Barometer survey also asked respondents whether they thought they could save some money in future, but only a third said yes, with [...]
Two Italian textile companies with operations in Hencovce in East Slovakia re facing problems as both their workforces have been on strike since Tuesday 24 August demanding a pay rise. The situation is obviously making the owners irate because the production director Mirko Bernuzzi actually drove menacingly into a group of ten workers yesterday, almost [...]
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