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Kiska Appoints Ersek as Transport Minister

Kiska Appoints Ersek as Transport Minister

Bratislava, August 31 (TASR) – Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) was appointed Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister by President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday. Ersek, 58 and number 9 on the Most-Hid slate in March, has replaced Roman Brecely (Siet/Network). The shifts in the governing Coalition are the result of the departure

Plavcan Only Minister to Appear at Children's Question Time in House

Plavcan Only Minister to Appear at Children's Question Time in House

Bratislava, August 30 (TASR) – MPs were replaced in the parliamentary chamber for an hour by children from Comenius Children’s University on Monday who interrogated Government members at a special Question Time. Question Time, also called Question Hour, ordinarily provides scope for MPs to approach Cabinet members with their questions,

Matecna: Bark Beetles Decimating High Tatra Forests

Matecna: Bark Beetles Decimating High Tatra Forests

High Tatras, August 30 (TASR) – Precious forests are dying out in the High Tatra Mountains due to an extreme outbreak of bark beetle related back to the November 2004 windstorm, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna stated on Tuesday. Matecna warned that the decline of forests – not only those

Fico: I'll Never Introduce Antipathy into Slovak-Russian Relations

Fico: I'll Never Introduce Antipathy into Slovak-Russian Relations

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – I’ll never introduce antipathy into Slovak-Russian relations, and I refuse to create a new enemy, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WWII in Banska Bystrica on Monday. Fico stated that

Kiska: We Can't Tolerate Fascism While Celebrating SNP

Kiska: We Can't Tolerate Fascism While Celebrating SNP

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Slovakia shouldn’t celebrate a state holiday marking an uprising against fascism while at the same time tolerating any displays of fascism, said President Andrej Kiska at the main national commemoration event marking the 72nd anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) during WWII in

Analyst: EU's Website Seems to Be Pulling Pranks on Visitors

Analyst: EU's Website Seems to Be Pulling Pranks on Visitors

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – The European Union has adopted several good internal measures on approximating itself to the public, but it keeps to be sabotaging this very same approach on its own website, for example, political analyst specialising on EU affairs Radoslava Brhlikova has told TASR. “I myself have frequently

Eustream & Gaz-System Announce Open Season for Slovak-Polish Link

Eustream & Gaz-System Announce Open Season for Slovak-Polish Link

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Slovak gas transport company Eustream and Polish gas transport network operator Gaz-System have announced a binding Open Season procedure for the planned interconnection of the Slovak and Polish gas pipeline networks, TASR learnt on Sunday. According to Eustream, Open Season is aimed at allocating capacities due