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TASR Expands Cooperation with German News Agency DPA

TASR Expands Cooperation with German News Agency DPA

Bratislava, October 6 (TASR) – The public-service News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) is due to expand its cooperation with Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA), with pictures from the German agency’s photo service to be added to the current text news service, TASR general director Vladimir Puchala announced on Friday, adding

Drucker: Bratislava's Aces in EMA Bid Include Security, Life Costs and Culture

Drucker: Bratislava's Aces in EMA Bid Include Security, Life Costs and Culture

Brussels, October 5 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia’s bid to provide the headquarters for the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is leaving London due to Brexit, was officially presented in Brussels on Thursday by Slovak Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) and Transport and Construction Ministry State Secretary Viktor Stromcek (Smer-SD)

Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – The 2018 state budget draft assumes that the GDP growth in Slovakia will accelerate, while the living standards will somehow be lagging behind, reflecting recent developments with the economic well-being of Slovak households growing at the slowest pace in the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary,

Fico: NGOs to Get More Money to Help Boost Transparency in Public Life

Fico: NGOs to Get More Money to Help Boost Transparency in Public Life

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – The amount of money for NGOs as part of the Effective Public Administration Operational Programme to help in combating corruption and boosting transparency will be increased from €15 million to €30 million, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry, which has

MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – A prosecutor at the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor’s Office has pressed charges of slander against MP Igor M. over his claims that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) had secret accounts in Belize, the prosecutor’s office’s spokesman Michal Surek told TASR on Thursday. According to

Slovakia's Defence Budget to Reach 1.22 percent of GDP in 2018

Slovakia's Defence Budget to Reach 1.22 percent of GDP in 2018

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The Defence Ministry’s budget in 2018 should reach €1.08 billion, up by 9.29 percent year-on-year, reaching 1.22 percent of Slovakia’s GDP, according to the state budget draft released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday. At the same time more than €325

Ministries of Interior and Labour Top Receivers of State Money in 2018

Ministries of Interior and Labour Top Receivers of State Money in 2018

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The state budget in 2018 should post a deficit of €1.973 billion, with the overall income projected at €13.983 billion and expenditures at €15.956 billion, according to the state budget draft released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday. The highest volume of expenditures