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Slovakia's Chief Hygienist Orders Inspections amid Brazil Meat Scandal

Slovakia's Chief Hygienist Orders Inspections amid Brazil Meat Scandal

Bratislava, March 22 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Chief Hygienist Jan Mikas on Wednesday ordered extraordinary inspections to be performed at various facilities that provide meals, including schools, in response to the Brazilian spoiled meat scandal, TASR learnt on the same day. An official notification concerning Brazilian meat fraud was delivered to

Slovakia Launches Major Inspections of Brazilian Meat amid Scandal

Slovakia Launches Major Inspections of Brazilian Meat amid Scandal

Bratislava, March 21 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has launched via the State Veterinary and Food Directorate major inspections aimed at all animal products imported from Brazil in response to the rotten meat scandal in the South American country, Zuzana Peiger Acjakova from the ministry’s press

Police Press Charges of Tax Evasion against Ladislav B.

Police Press Charges of Tax Evasion against Ladislav B.

Bratislava, March 21 (TASR) – An investigator of the National Crime Agency (NAKA) has pressed charges of tax and insurance premium evasion against a businessman referred to only as Ladislav B., Police Corps spokesman Martin Waldl told TASR on Tuesday. “An investigator of the Police Corps’ National Crime Agency on March

Lajcak: We Don't Dramatise Any Lack of Agreement in V4

Lajcak: We Don't Dramatise Any Lack of Agreement in V4

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – We never dramatise it if the Visegrad Four/V4 (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) doesn’t agree on something, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak on Wednesday in reference to the recent re-election of European Council President Donald Tusk despite the

Ziga: New URSO Law Presented to Ministries for Comments

Ziga: New URSO Law Presented to Ministries for Comments

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – An Economy Ministry-sponsored amendment to the Regulation of Network Industries Act was presented for inter-ministerial comments on Wednesday in order to present it to Parliament later this month, Economy Minister Peter Ziga announced on the same day. The amendment is envisaged to enter into force as

Matecna: I Want to Set Up Analytical 'Agricultural Policy Institute'

Matecna: I Want to Set Up Analytical 'Agricultural Policy Institute'

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – An analytical Agricultural Policy Institute should be set up at the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry to examine the situation in the sector and propose solutions, minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) stated at a press conference on Tuesday. “I’ll strive to

Stats Office: Inflation in Slovakia at 1.2 percent in February

Stats Office: Inflation in Slovakia at 1.2 percent in February

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – Year-on-year inflation amounted to 1.2 percent in February, with core inflation standing at 1.9 percent and net inflation at 1.6 percent, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. In February 2017, month-on-month cumulative inflation was influenced by core inflation by 0.46 percentage