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Richter: Labour Inspections to Focus on Firms with Foreign Staff

Richter: Labour Inspections to Focus on Firms with Foreign Staff

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry will pay more attention to companies with foreign staff in the wake of a recent report of a Serbian journalist who worked incognito for three months in allegedly dire conditions at the Samsung plant in Galanta (Trnava region)

Unemployment Rate Down to 8.64 percent in January

Unemployment Rate Down to 8.64 percent in January

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 8.64 percent in January, down by 0.12 percentage points month-on-month and by 1.75 percentage points year-on-year, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic reported at a press conference on Monday. The

Fico: If USA Scraps Russia Sanctions, EU Might Pluck Up Courage

Fico: If USA Scraps Russia Sanctions, EU Might Pluck Up Courage

Trencin, February 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday repeatedly criticised the EU’s sanctions against Russia as he paid a visit to producer of flight simulators Virtual Reality Media (VRM) in Trencin. “This company with a global reach focuses on the production of flight simulators and simulators for

Impostors Use Bird Flu as Pretext to Rob Elderly Woman

Impostors Use Bird Flu as Pretext to Rob Elderly Woman

Komoca/Nitra, February 16 (TASR) – As several cases of bird flu have emerged in recent weeks especially along the rivers in south-western Slovakia, impostors have begun using the situation as an opportunity to be let into the homes of elderly people in order to rob them, TASR learnt from the

Holecek: Slovakia Unlikely to End Up Like Detroit

Holecek: Slovakia Unlikely to End Up Like Detroit

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Car production makes up one-third of Slovakia’s exports and almost half of its industrial production, but there’s no viable alternative to the automotive industry in the country, Automotive Industry Association vice-president Jaroslav Holecek told TABLET.TV on Thursday. “We haven’t managed in 25

Agriculture Ministry to Support Growing of Elderberries and Apple Roses

Agriculture Ministry to Support Growing of Elderberries and Apple Roses

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry is expanding support for farmers that cultivate somewhat unusual plants, such as strawberries, hazelnuts, elderberries and apple roses, the ministry’s press department director Vladimir Machalik announced on Wednesday. The move is part of the Agriculture Ministry’s efforts to

Stats Office: Consumer Prices Up by 0.7 percent Y-o-Y in January

Stats Office: Consumer Prices Up by 0.7 percent Y-o-Y in January

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – Consumer prices in Slovakia increased by 0.7 percent year-on-year in January, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Wednesday. Prices increased y-o-y in the following categories in January: in transport – by 4.9 percent; in health care – 4.6 percent; in alcoholic beverages and tobacco, and