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IFP: Motorways Not Panacea for Unemployment

IFP: Motorways Not Panacea for Unemployment

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – A highway can reduce the unemployment rate in a given district by 0.9-1.6 percentage points, the Finance Ministry’s Financial Policy Institute (IFP) stated on Tuesday. Even though the construction of a motorway or an expressway in regions with rampant unemployment can indeed have

Fico Inaugurates Jahnatek, Praises His Commitment to Energy Regulation

Fico Inaugurates Jahnatek, Praises His Commitment to Energy Regulation

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – Former economy and agriculture minister Lubomir Jahnatek belongs to a “stream of politicians and experts who’ve always stood for a strong regulatory framework”, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said after inaugurating him as chairman of the regulatory authority URSO on Tuesday. Fico noted that Jahnatek

Government Okays 6-percent Salary Hikes for Teachers as of September

Government Okays 6-percent Salary Hikes for Teachers as of September

Bratislava, July 24 (TASR) – Salaries of teachers, including university lecturers, are due to increase by 6 percent as of September, with other increases by the same percentage due in September 2018 and 2019, according to a Government decision on Monday. Meanwhile, the Government Manifesto also stipulates salary increases for teachers

Sulik: We're Ready to Govern, But I Don't Know with Whom

Sulik: We're Ready to Govern, But I Don't Know with Whom

Bratislava, July 9 (TASR) – Opposition liberal party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) is ready to assume responsibility for Slovakia, govern honestly and with a clear goal – for the country to catch up more rapidly with Western Europe in terms of living standards, party chief Richard Sulik has stated in a video

President Kiska Has New Baby Son, His Fifth Child

President Kiska Has New Baby Son, His Fifth Child

Poprad, July 7 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska, 54, has become the father of five, as his wife Martina in Poprad (Presov region) Hospital on Friday gave birth to a baby son who was named Martin, TASR has learnt. The president revealed the news on his Facebook profile. “There’s

Historian: Kingdom of Slavs Was Internally Diverse

Historian: Kingdom of Slavs Was Internally Diverse

Bratislava, July 5 (TASR) – What is in our time called Great Moravia, i.e. a major state of Slavs in central Europe towards the end of the first millennium, was marked by internal diversity, historian Martin Homza from Comenius University in Bratislava told TASR on the occasion of the national

Fico: Hello! I'm Calling on President - This Is Our Most Important Holiday

Fico: Hello! I'm Calling on President - This Is Our Most Important Holiday

Bratislava/Devin, July 5 (TASR) – The Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the most significant state holiday in Slovakia, as the legacy of the two 9th-century missionaries obliges all people in Slovakia to work wisely for the well-being of the nation, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at a national