Slovak cannibal suspect critically wounded in gunbattle with police dies in hospital
Posted by admin / Under Slovak Society Of Actuaries
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — An official says a would-be cannibal who was wounded during an undercover police operation has died in a hospital. Jaroslava Oravcova, spokeswoman for a university clinic in the eastern city of Kosice said the 43-year-old father of two died on Thursday.
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:44:57 AM
Changes for (Greek Catholic) Slovak Church
Posted by admin / Under Slovak Society Of Actuaries
From the VIS under "Pontifical Acts" - Reorganised the Greek-Catholic Slovak Church, making in a "sui iuris" Metropolitan Church and adopting the following provisions: - Elevating the eparchy of Presov for Catholics of Byzantine rite (Catholics 137,203, priests 259, permanent deacons 1, religious 111) to the status of metropolitan see and promoting Bishop Jan Babjak S.J. of Presov to the office of metropolitan archbishop. The archbishop-elect was born in Hazin nad Chirochou, Slovakia in 1953, he was ordained a priest in 1978 and consecrated a bishop in 2003. - Elevating the apostolic exarchate of Kosice for Catholics of Byzantine...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:44:57 AM
Slovak Police Seize 'Enriched Uranium' In Raid
Posted by admin / Under Slovak Society Of Actuaries
Slovak police seize 'enriched uranium' in raid Last Updated: 2:57am GMT 29/11/2007 Police have seized 2.2 lbs of radioactive material and arrested two people in Slovakia and one in Hungary, underlining fears in the West that terrorist groups are seeking to build a nuclear device. The Slovak news agency SITA and its counterpart in the Czech Republic, CTK, citing unconfirmed reports, said that the material was enriched uranium, an integral part of a nuclear bomb. Martin Korch, a Slovak police spokesman, would not confirm the exact nature of the material but said that it was worth $1 million (£483,000). He...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:44:57 AM
A Date Worth Remembering: August 20, 1968 (Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia)
Posted by admin / Under Slovak Society Of Actuaries
A Date Worth Remembering: August 20, 1968 by Krzys Wasilewski On August 20, 1968, the forces of the Warsaw Pact crossed the borders of Czechoslovakia to provide “fraternal help,” or rather, reinstate a hard-line communist regime. In a matter of two weeks, 200,000 soldiers from Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and the Soviet Union quenched the liberal rebellion, burying the hopes of easing the Soviet grip in Central Europe for decades. Although it lacked the geographic importance of Poland or East Germany, Czechoslovakia still remained an important place on the map of the USSR’s influence. Shortly after the end of...
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:44:57 AM
Slovak Engineer Unit Changes Command
Posted by admin / Under Slovak Society Of Actuaries
The first Slovakian engineers came into Iraq in August 2003; their primary duties are unexploded ordnance disposal and engineering work. CAMP ECHO, Iraq, March 2, 2006 — Slovakian engineer units working in Multinational Division Central-South held a change of command ceremony at Camp Echo, Ad-Diwaniyah, March 1. The 5th rotation of the Slovak Engineer Unit transferred authority to the 6th rotation composed of 100 troops. The handover ceremony was attended by authorities of the Slovakian Armed Forces, Multinational Division Central-South, senior national representatives and distinguished guests. The first Slovakian Engineers came into Iraq in August 2003 with Multinational Division Central-South....
Published on Friday 18th of May 2012 03:44:57 AM
Share this!