Topolcany, Slovakia News

Rudolf "Rudi" Vrba , born Walter Rosenberg was a Slovak-Canadian professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia, who came to public attention during the Second World War when, in April 1944, he escaped from the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland with the first information about the camp that the Allies regarded ... (more)

The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic has launched tenders for the allocation of frequencies in the 10GHz band for the establishment and operation of fixed wireless access networks in ten localities.

Economy Minister Tomas Malatinsky plans to establish about 1,600 new jobs. The ministry has already approved state aid in the form of tax relief worth 90 million, which it wants to divide among seven companies.

Ivan Gasparovic defeated former Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar in the second round of the presidential elections in April 2004 on the eve of EU entry.