Archive for: January, 2012

Bratislava Bootcamp! What’s That?

Bootcamp enthusiasts in Bratislava (c) DusanR

There’s been much talk around town of some fitness program called Bootcamp. What on earth is it? Bootcamp is unlike any program which you’ll find in a regular gym, meant for everyone from absolute beginners to seasoned athletes. The concept actually arises from the US military whereby recruits are put through rigorous mental and physical [...]

Anonymous Attacks Parliament Website

Slovak parliament (c) The Daily

Renowned hacker group Anonymous has launched an attack on Slovak establishments once again, this time targeting parliament and taking out the website of the National Council of the Slovak Republic yesterday evening. The motive for the latest attack, one of many in the past few days, is that the National Council was pondering holding the [...]

Rejda: Copies of Gorilla Recordings Probably Exist

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Former head of the special unit of the Anti-Corruption Office (UBPK), Jan Rejda, who was the first to admit openly that the Gorilla operation had taken place, has now confirmed that copies of the actual recordings probably exist and that they have been used in the past by secret service agents from the SIS to [...]

Vladimir Weiss No Longer National Football Team Coach

Vladimir Weiss losing popularity (c) Майоров Владимир

Vladimir Weiss is no longer the head of the Slovak national football team after an amicable agreement with the Slovak Football Association, which sees Weiss carry off EUR 105,000 in severance pay. The news was confirmed for daily Hospodarske Noviny this afternoon by head of the SFA, Jan Kovacik. Kovacik expressed his appreciation for what [...]

Hackers Anonymous Target Penta and Government

V for Vendetta (c) The Daily.sk

The Gorilla affair in Slovakia caught the attention of the hackers group Anonymous, which as a show of solidarity has targeted the websites of Penta financial group, political parties and the Government Office in the past few days. Anonymous announced in advance that it would be targeting the websites of Penta’s companies, including Prima Banka [...]

President Confused at Being Targeted by Gorilla Protesters

Gorilla on the loose (c) The Daily.sk

In the wake of the first public protest against the Gorilla corruption affair in Bratislava on Friday, which among other things saw some 3,000 or so people launch bananas over the fence of the Presidential Palace, President Ivan Gasparovic is confused, saying the protesters “clearly got the wrong address”. The President’s spokesman Marek Trubac explained [...]

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