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Hospodarske Noviny Daily on Friday, November 20
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Apart from students singing the Slovak anthem at the beginning of every school week, in order to nourish patriotism, the law proposal submitted by the Slovak National Party (SNS) also includes compulsory honour to the prime minister, president or judges and other constitutional bodies, reports Hospodarske Noviny daily on its front page on Friday.
"This is a law that doesn't force anybody into anything. We aim at supporting patriotism," SNS caucus leader Rafael Rafaj told the daily.
SNS also wants young people to promise loyalty to the state when receiving their first identity cards.
Experts warn, however, that laws, which protect politicians and the state from criticism are typical for totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. "Idolising the state definitely doesn't belong to the equipment of the parliament democracy and civic society," said historian Katarina Zavacka.
The law proposal doesn't include any fines yet.
One third of Slovak companies manipulates their financial statements or embezzles money, trying for better financial results or gaining credits, according to the world-wide survey of economic criminality carried out by PricewatehouseCoopers, which also surveyed 26 Slovak companies, the daily reports also on its front page.
"The company management participates on a half of the frauds," said representative of the agency Jan Vylita, adding that four out of ten employees deceive or directly steal from their company. Their motives are gaining money, better results or compensations of non-paid bonuses.
According to the researchers, the most affected sectors tend to be the financial, engineering, car-manufacturing, construction or energy sector.
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