|
Štefan Kuffa
Štefan Kuffa (born 31 December 1961) is a Slovak politician who serves as the State Secretary at the Ministry of Environment. From 2012 to 2016 and again from 2020 to 23 served as a Member of the National Council. Early life Kuffa was born on 31 December 1961 in Kežmarok. His brother is the priest , who is known for his charitable activities and hardline conservative opinions. He studied at the University of Prešov. Before joining politics, Kuffa worked for public employment service. From 2004 to 2020, he was the director of the Hospice of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary in Ľubica. Political career Kuffa first became politically active in 2016, when he was elected to the parliament on the list of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO) party. As an MP Kuffa was chiefly focused on attempting to restrict access to abortion and criminalizing abortion and IVF providers. In addition he became notorious for proposing controversial laws, such as a regulation of chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Matovič
Igor Matovič (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovak politician and former businessman. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia and List of Ministers of Finance of Slovakia, Minister of Finance from April 2021 to December 2022 and prime minister from March 2020 to March 2021. Born in Trnava, Matovič studied at Comenius University and went into the publishing business. Elected to the National Council (Slovakia), National Council in the 2010 Slovak parliamentary election on the Freedom and Solidarity party list, Matovič founded the Ordinary People (Slovakia), Ordinary People (''Obyčajní ľudia'') movement in 2011, which ran on an anti-corruption platform and was politically aligned with the centre-right. His anti-corruption campaigning has been marked by "publicity stunts to shine a light on alleged graft", particularly focusing on parliamentary privileges and bribery. In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, his party obtained a sufficient number of seats to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malá Franková
Malá Franková (, , ) is a village and municipality in the Kežmarok District of the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is traditionally inhabited by Gorals, as one of their westernmost settlements (along with Veľká Franková and Osturňa). History Historical records first mention the village in 1568. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Malá Franková was part of Szepes County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic. On 27 January 1945, the Red Army dislodged the Wehrmacht from Malá Franková in the course of the Western Carpathian offensive and it was once again part of Czechoslovakia. Geography Malá Franková is at an altitude of 750 metres, covers an area of 10.808 km², and has a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Košice
The National Theatre Košice () is situated in the centre of Košice, Slovakia. The representative building of the State Theatre was built in a Neo-baroque style according to projects of Adolf Lang during the years 1879–1899. The interior of the theatre is richly decorated with plaster ornaments. The stage is lyre-shaped. The ceiling of the building is decorated with scenes from William Shakespeare's plays Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s .... References External links Official website of The National Theatre Košice {{DEFAULTSORT:State Theatre Kosice Buildings and structures in Košice Theatres in Slovakia Opera houses in Slovakia Tourist attractions in Košice Theatres completed in 1899 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Gem
''Little Gem'' is a play written by Dublin playwright Elaine Murphy and was first produced by Guna Nua at Dublin’s 2008 Fringe Festival, September 9–13 in Project Cube, before transferring to The Loose End Studio at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. It has been in continuous production since its debut. A three-hander tragic-comedy, ''Little Gem'' consists of three female monologists telling in successive scenes their personal histories of love and loss in an alienating contemporary world. Plot synopsis Three generations of Dublin women, Kay (grandmother), Loraine (mother) and Amber (granddaughter) narrate several months of emotional turmoil that they have experienced. Each woman is experiencing some sort of emotional crisis and communication between the three is fraught at best. Amber, who abuses alcohol and cocaine, has recently started dating the wayward Paul and it is suggested he will not be loyal. Lorraine has been separated from her partner Ray for many years. Ray is a ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Šimkovičová
Martina Šimkovičová (; born 29 August 1971) is a Slovak television presenter and politician. From 2016 to 2020, she served as a member of the National Council. Since October 2023, Šimkovičová has been serving as the Minister of Culture of Slovakia. Early life Šimkovičová was born on 29 August 1971 in Modra as the youngest of three sisters. She wanted to study acting but missed entrance exams and ended up studying special pedagogy at the Comenius University instead. TV career (1998–2015) Initially, Šimkovičová started her TV career with Markíza TV channel in 1998 as an early morning show host and sports anchor. Between 2004 and 2005, she won the OTO Awards in the Sports presenter category. In 2006, Šimkovičová switched to presenting the main news program, where she formed a pair with . Later, Šimkovičová was again awarded the OTO Award prize, this time in the News presenter category. In 2010, she competed in ''Let's Dance'', the Slovak version of television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference Of Slovak Bishops
The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic bishops in active service (both Latin and Byzantine rite) in the Slovak Republic. Function The bishops gather together to clarify the form and manner of the apostolic activities in Slovakia. They gather and act in accordance with various Church laws which take into account local circumstances (cf. c. 447 and 449, § 1 CIC). The conference is based on the law itself have legal personality (cf. c. 449, § 2 CIC). The conference includes all diocesan bishops of the Slovak Republic and according to their rights on a par with the position, and coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular bishops who are in that territory or outside it perform a specific task entrusted to them the Apostolic See or the Episcopal Conference of the common good of the country (cf. c. 450, § 1 CIC). Emeritus Bishops are not members of the Episcopal Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Slovak Spectator
''The Slovak Spectator'' is an English-language newspaper/magazine published in Slovakia. ''The Slovak Spectator'' is published by The Rock, s.r.o. and was founded by four Americans: Rick Zednik, Richard Lewis, Eric Koomen and Daniel J. Stoll. Koomen and Stoll are the sole owners among the largest media company in Slovakia, Petit Press, which also owns '' Sme'', '' Korzár'', and various regional MY newspapers. References External links * 1995 establishments in Slovakia English-language newspapers published in Europe Newspapers established in 1995 Newspapers published in Slovakia Weekly newspapers {{slovakia-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph and Courier''. ''The Telegraph'' is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", was included in its emblem which was used for over a century starting in 1858. In 2013, ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Telegraph'', which started in 1961, were merged, although the latter retains its own editor. It is politically conservative and supports the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. It was moderately Liberalism, liberal politically before the late 1870s.Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalismp 159 ''The Telegraph'' has had a number of news scoops, including the outbreak of World War II by rookie reporter Clare Hollingworth, desc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Nicolas Church, Trnava
Saint Nicolas Church or Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Slovak: Bazilika Svätého Mikuláša, also known as Hrubý Kostol, meaning "main/big church") is a Gothic/Baroque church in Trnava, Slovakia. In 2009 Pope Benedict XVI granted the parish church of St. Nicolas the honourable title of minor basilica. History The church dedicated to Saint Nicolas, patron of merchants, is located at the highest point of the historical town centre, where the former medieval marketplace stood, not far from the city walls. It was built between 1380 and 1421 on the site of an earlier Romanesque architecture, Romanesque church building. When the Ottoman Turks seized Esztergom, the Archbishop relocated to Trnava. From 1543 to 1820, Saint Nicolas was the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Esztergom–Budapest, Archbishop's cathedral. Architecture The church is 60m long, 31 m wide, its sanctuary was 17.3m and the nave 18m high. The architecturally homogeneous Gothic basilica type temple, whose nave is nearby twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovak National Party
The Slovak National Party (, SNS) is an ultranationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won seats in every Slovak parliament but three (in 2002, 2012 and 2020) and was part of the coalition government formed after the 2006 election with Robert Fico's Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD). In the 2012 parliamentary election, SNS failed to meet the 5% electoral threshold and thus lost parliamentary representation. At the following party congress in October 2012, the delegates chose lawyer Andrej Danko as the new chairman of the party. Under Danko SNS returned to another coalition government with Smer-SD after the 2016 Slovak parliamentary election. In the next election in 2020, the party again failed to meet the threshold for parliamentary representation. In the next election, SNS again returned in 2023 and once again formed a coalition government wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Slovak Parliamentary Election
Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovakia, Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council (Slovakia), National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However, on 15 December 2022 the Cabinet of Eduard Heger, government lost a no-confidence vote. Subsequently, the National Council amended the Constitution so that an early election could be held on 30 September 2023. This was the first snap election in the country since 2012 Slovak parliamentary election, 2012. The Left-wing populism, left-wing populist and Social conservatism, social conservative Direction – Social Democracy (Smer-SD), led by former Prime Minister of Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico, emerged as the largest party, winning 42 seats. The Social liberalism, social-liberal and Pro-Europeanism, pro-European Progressive Slovakia (PS) came in second, with 32 seats. Former Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini's Social democracy, social-democratic Voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
