On Wednesday 2 March the Kempinski Hotel in Bratislava will be host to top security officials from all over the world, as they descend on the city for the GLOBSEC 2011 security forum. This year the forum will be the biggest yet, with around 70 key speakers. One of the main topics of this year’s GLOBSEC [...]
The ongoing exodus of refugees from North Africa has put their nearest port of call, Italy, in a difficult situation, with the country calling for the rest of the EU to share the burden of responsibility for the asylum-seekers. Many countries are refusing, however, including the Slovak Republic. After a meeting of EU justice and [...]
Business relations between India and Slovakia could soon be boosted, according to foreign minister Mikulas Dzurinda, who has been in talks with his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna. Dzurinda refuses to specify which companies or sectors this refers to, saying only that specific companies have shown an interest in investing in Slovakia. He also admits scope [...]
Leader of the nationalist party SNS, Jan Slota, has taken a swipe at the government’s plans to privatise the six biggest heating companies in the country, accusing the government yesterday of fixing the official appraisals on the value of the companies. Slota claims the government has manipulated the values determined by expert appraisals so it [...]
Culture minister Daniel Krajcer has opened up the question on funding of churches following a meeting on Thursday with representatives of the various clergy and religious communities. Krajcer is not keen on the fact that church funding is based on an old law that dates back to 1949 and so he is hoping to amend [...]
Hilton Worldwide announced today the signing of a franchise license agreement with Tehelne Pole a.s for a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Bratislava, Slovakia. The newly-built property, already under development, is anticipated to open in Q2, 2011 and will be the second Hilton Worldwide property in the country. The 120-guestroom DoubleTree by Hilton Bratislava will [...]
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