A COUNTRY of people with an open heart, capable of receiving and lending a helping hand. That is the image that President Andrej Kiska believes Slovakia should emerge from the migration crisis with. The government and its partners in the region, however, oppose a quota system.
Existuje milión spôsobov, ako napísať perex a toto je jeden z nich.
BRATISLAVA-based refinery Slovnaft has completed the installation of new technology to produce low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to which it invested more than €300 million.
SYSTEMATIC repressive action by the police goes hand in hand with ineffective investigations of police misconduct, while the government still denies the systematic practice of involuntary sterilisations of Roma women.
THE ELECTRONIC monitoring system, which is essential for putting people on house arrest, has successfully passed the pilot operation.
THE SLOVAK Catholic Church is cagey about Pope Francis’ call on parishes to provide shelter to at least one refugee family each.
FIVE months after police accused former Smer party MP Vladimír Jánoš of abusing close and entrusted people, after they learned that he had allegedly verbally abused and threatened his wife, the investigation remains open, the Sme daily wrote on August 23.
SLOVAKIA perceives a €500-million package of measures announced by the European Commission on September 7 to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices as not ambitious enough.
THIS YEAR’S summer in Slovakia was the hottest in recorded history, with the highest average air temperature reaching 23.6 degrees Celsius in Žihárec (Nitra Region).
THE PRIME ministerial summit of Slovakia’s Robert Fico, the Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann in Bratislava on September 7 did not result in any breakthrough in the diverging views on the introduction of immigration quotas as held by Slovakia and the Czech Republic on one side and Austria on the other.
THE SLOVAK national football team must quickly forget its0:2 loss against the favourite Spainon Saturday, September 5 in EURO 2016 qualifications as they will play a match of the year on Tuesday September 8, in Žilina.
When faced with the attitude towards refugees in Slovakia, one Canadian tries to understand where that attitude is coming from.
