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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Slovaks Spend Highest Share of Expenditures on Housing and Food

Slovaks Spend Highest Share of Expenditures on Housing and Food

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – The average Slovak household spent more than one quarter of its monthly expenditures on housing and energy last year, according to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. The second most demanding item was food with a 17.2-percent share of total expenditures, up more than 2

SaS Plans Changes in Public Procurements and to Scrap State Stimuli

SaS Plans Changes in Public Procurements and to Scrap State Stimuli

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party wants to push for all tenders for orders even with a low value – i.e. over €50,000 – to be published on a mandatory basis and to introduce preliminary market consultations for all higher-value orders, SaS representatives told a

NATO to Use Slovak Communications Technologies

NATO to Use Slovak Communications Technologies

Bratislava, February 14 (TASR) – NATO will use Slovak communication technologies in its operations, as a Slovak company called Aliter Technologies has won a tender to supply information and communications technologies for the Communications Gateway Shelters system at the NATO Communication and Information Agency, TASR learnt from Aliter Technologies general director

MFA: Reconstruction of Slovak Embassy in London to Cost €6.5 mn

MFA: Reconstruction of Slovak Embassy in London to Cost €6.5 mn

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – The building of Slovakia’s embassy in London will undergo a reconstruction that should take 24 months and cost €6.5 million (excluding VAT), TASR has learnt from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry.“The reconstruction of the building of the Slovak Embassy in London is

Danko Agrees with Pellegrini on Convening Special Parliamentary Session

Danko Agrees with Pellegrini on Convening Special Parliamentary Session

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko has agreed with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on convening the special parliamentary session. Danko’s condition was that the Government submits the Istanbul Convention to the parliamentary session. At the special session Smer-SD wants to

Pellegrini: Slovakia Ready to Deal with Extensive Coronavirus Epidemic

Pellegrini: Slovakia Ready to Deal with Extensive Coronavirus Epidemic

Ruzomberok, February 10 (TASR) – Slovakia and its Armed Forces are ready to cope with an extensive coronavirus epidemic, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) stated after inspecting the Central Military Hospital (UVN) in Ruzomberok (Zilina region), its field hospital and meeting the UVN management on Monday. If there is an extensive

Matecna: Self-sufficiency in Egg Production Is in State's Strategic Interest

Matecna: Self-sufficiency in Egg Production Is in State's Strategic Interest

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – Increasing social pressure to stop production of hen eggs from cage farming creates the risk that Slovak eggs will disappear from shops in the future, said Agriculture Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS). Therefore, she initiated the agreement on co-operation with