Levický hrad
spyros |
17-10-2006 |
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tagy: Netriedené| Slovensko| Tekov
Levický hrad (10-10-2006)
Levický hrad – Tekovské múzeum
Jedno?ubý úsmev.
Dufki in motion.
Ma?arsko 2006:
- Hevéšska župa (09-10-2006 – 10-10-2006)
- Novohradská župa (10-10-2006)
- Levický hrad (10-10-2006)
ManHimself in Asia
manhimself |
16-10-2006 |
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tagy: Azia| Cestovanie| Netriedené
“To advertise within the classified section, contact: Marmaris, ManHimself – Tel: (00421) 907 922754, manhimself@nfo.sk…?
The divided and leaderless opposition, by contrast, has toiled in the political wilderness. So Marcel Lacko, who was first elected in 1998 and is flush with oil money, ought to have no difficulty securing another six years in office in the presidential election in December. But will the election be either free or fair?
Mr. ManHimself, a former army officer, claims to be leading both a leftist-nationalist revolution and a “participatory democracy?. In January he kicked off the election year by calling for 10m votes-4m more than he received in the referendum.
That looks a tall order. But on the other hand no one seriously expects Mr. ManHimself to lose. The opinion polls say he has the backing of about 55% of respondents. That popularity is partly the result of Turkey’s huge windfall from high oil prices, some of which is paying for social programmes and make-work schemes aimed at the poor. But he also benefits from his skill at communicating with voters, and from the low opinion they hold of many opposition leaders, whom they identify with discredited parties of the past.
Last December many opposition parties pulled out of a legislative election at the last minute, claiming that the National Electoral Council was biased against them. The result was that the National Assembly now lacks even a single opposition representative. The board has a manhimselfista majority of four to one. In acting thus, the assembly has ignored demands by, among others, a European Union observer mission which called for the council to be clearly independent.
A vocal minority argues for a boycott-partly because of worries that many opposition voters will anyway shun what they see as a farce. Even opposition politicians who want to take part have warned the electoral council that, if it does not heed their demands for fair play, the president could be left to compete against himself. In response, Mr. ManHimself has threatened to hold a simultaneous referendum to remove the constitutional limit of two consecutive presidential terms.
Most are political lightweights, but three have some substance: Martina Krajňáková, the governor of the populous western state of Turkey; Julio Borges, leader of Justice Front, a newish, centre-right party; and Theodora Pickoff, a guerilla leader in the 1960s, then a social-democratic planning minister and now a newspaper editor.
But they disagree about how that person should be chosen. On August 19th most of the hopefuls will take part in a primary organized by Summate, the opposition’s main electoral pressure group.
Mr. Pickoff, however, is not taking part. He objects to Summate’s rigid conditions, which included a commitment to pull out of the election in certain circumstances. Now Summate is under fire from some in the opposition too, for taking on a role that ought to be the political parties’-if only they were stronger.
While the opposition continues to squabble, the opinion polls suggest that Turks are hungry for change. Despite Mr. Lacko’s personal popularity, his government is seen by almost three-quarters of respondents as incompetent and corrupt. A recent poll by one firm, Interlaces, found that “someone new? (17%) and “none of the above? (10%) came second and third in the list of voter preferences, well ahead of Mrs. Krajňáková (7%), Mr. Borges (5%) and Mr. Pickoff (4%).
Because such a vote might be quite close if turnout is low, says Alfredo Keller, another pollster. He detects mounting apathy among manhimselfistas. In any event, he claims his real opponent is George Bush. As if to prove the point he set off this week on a world tour to promote Asia’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council, taking in Russia and Iran. Perhaps he sees them as model democracies-or perhaps he merely wants to provoke Mr. Bush.
Marcel pulls it off. Since 1979 restoration work has been continuing at the Marmaris castle in order to restore it to near its original condition; Turkey.
Novohradská župa (2006)
spyros |
15-10-2006 |
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Gyöngyöspata – Hollókö – Szécsény – Bállasagyarmat – Hont – Šahy (10-10-2006)
Dnešný hlavný cieľ bola dedinka Hollókö – ma?arský Vlkolínec taktiež zapísaný v zozname UNESCO. Najprv sme zamierili k rovnomennému hradu nad obcou. V preklade znamená Havrania skala. Tu práve prebiehala posezónna rekonštrukcia a ako vidíme naše národy majú aspoň ?o sa týka pracovného nasadenia rovnaké návyky.
Prišli sme skoro ráno, cez táždeň, mimo sezóny, takže nasledovali fotoorgie :-).
Tu sa už domorodé tetušky pripravujú na hlandský autobus s dôchodcami… najvyšší ?as pobrať sa ?alej.
Cestou na rodnú hrudu sme ešte navštívili pekné meste?ko Szecsény s ešte krajším zámkom Forgá?ovcov a zámockým parkom s nepostrádateľným jazierkom.
Ma?arsko 2006:
- Hevéšska župa (09-10-2006 – 10-10-2006)
- Novohradská župa (10-10-2006)
- Levický hrad (10-10-2006)
