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Fico Endorses 'Best Candidate for URSO Chairman' Jahnatek

Fico Endorses 'Best Candidate for URSO Chairman' Jahnatek

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Former economy minister and current MP Lubomir Jahnatek is the best candidate to take over at the helm of energy regulator URSO, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Radio Expres’s ‘Brano Zavodsky Nazivo’ talk show on Friday. Fico added that he hopes that Jahnatek will

Finance Ministry Cuts Forecast for Tax and Levy Revenues up to 2020

Finance Ministry Cuts Forecast for Tax and Levy Revenues up to 2020

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – The state is expected to collect less in taxes and payroll levies over the next couple of years – by €242 million this year, by €231 million next year, by €200 million in 2019 and by €169 million in 2020, according to the latest prognosis that the

Cabinet Approves Scheme to Help Smart Cities Take Off

Cabinet Approves Scheme to Help Smart Cities Take Off

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – Projects aimed at building so-called smart cities will be eligible for state assistance, according to a pilot support scheme for experimental development and innovations towards building of smart cities that the Government okayed on Wednesday. “The proposal is designed to set the stage for pilot support

Korcok: We're Far from Calling Britain's Offer 'Fair and Acceptable'

Korcok: We're Far from Calling Britain's Offer 'Fair and Acceptable'

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – The Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry is far from being able to call the United Kingdom’s offer for EU citizens living there fair and acceptable, said the ministry’s State Secretary Ivan Korcok on Tuesday. Korcok was speaking after the British Government unveiled a

Kiska Notes Lack of Success in Bringing New Investors into Krompachy

Kiska Notes Lack of Success in Bringing New Investors into Krompachy

Krompachy, June 26 (TASR) – Krompachy is beset by the same problems as many other towns in eastern Slovakia’s Spis area, said President Andrej Kiska when visiting the town in Kosice region on Monday and singled out unemployment as one such major headache. “Krompachy used to be home to a

Danko Meets Gojkovic to Discuss Slovak-Serbian Ties

Danko Meets Gojkovic to Discuss Slovak-Serbian Ties

Belgrade, June 23 (TASR-correspondent) – In addition to attending a host of social functions connected with the inauguration of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko also met President of the National Assembly of Serbia Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade on Friday. Their talks centred on bilateral ties and on

Strike at Volkswagen to Continue as Talks Fail Again

Strike at Volkswagen to Continue as Talks Fail Again

Bratislava, June 22 (TASR) – The strike at Volkswagen Slovakia is set to continue after the trade union and the management failed to find common ground at the 13th round of talks on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. Volkswagen Modern Trade Union (MOV) leader Zoroslav Smolinsky made an announcement