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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Foreign Affairs Ministry: Slovakia Has Risen in FutureBrand Country Index

Foreign Affairs Ministry: Slovakia Has Risen in FutureBrand Country Index

Bratislava, July 4 (TASR) – Slovakia was ranked 35th in the ‘FutureBrand Country Index 2019’, i.e. in terms of building a brand for the country, an improvement of 24 places since 2014, the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has told TASR. In fact, Slovakia has seen the biggest improvement in

Rasi Presents Two-stage Calls to Support Innovative Clusters and Firms

Rasi Presents Two-stage Calls to Support Innovative Clusters and Firms

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) – The Office of Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation announced two two-stage calls with the aim of supporting innovative clusters and eight innovative firms totalling €830,000 in June, Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Richard Rasi (Smer-SD) told a news conference on Tuesday. The innovative clusters should

Danko: Politicians' Foreign Activities Should Open Doors to Entrepreneurs

Danko: Politicians' Foreign Activities Should Open Doors to Entrepreneurs

Moscow, July 1 (TASR) – Politicians should open their doors to entrepreneurs via their foreign activities and thus help the domestic economy, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at the beginning of his working visit to Moscow, adding that Russia is a natural market for Slovak products and

President Caputova Receives Teachers Engaged in Comenius Institute

President Caputova Receives Teachers Engaged in Comenius Institute

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Thursday (June 27) received teachers engaged in the Comenius Institute’s educational programme to thank them for what they’ve been doing for children and for the whole education sector. “I believe that a high-quality and empathetic teacher, who is able to

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in June ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in June ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in Slovakia in late June, it would have been won by the current main governing party Smer-SD on 20.3 percent of the votes, with the Progressive Slovakia (PS)-Together coalition the runner-up on 15.7 percent and the far-right

CEPTA: Thousands of People Die Due to Polluted Air in Regional Capitals

CEPTA: Thousands of People Die Due to Polluted Air in Regional Capitals

Bratislava, June 24 (TASR) – Polluted air in Slovak regional capitals lead to over 4,000 premature deaths per year, according to experts of the Sustainable Alternatives Centre (CEPTA), who analysed the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute’s (SHMU) data on the volume of dust particles and nitrogen oxides in the air. As

Exhibitions Commemorating Stefanik Open in Rome

Exhibitions Commemorating Stefanik Open in Rome

Rome, June 18 (TASR) – Two exhibitions entitled ‘Stefanik – Man of Legend’, created by Michal Ksinan, and ‘Milan Rastislav Stefanik: A Slovak Legend in Stone and Bronze’, organised by Pavol Demes with photographs taken by Zdenek Dzurjanin, were opened at the Slovak Cultural Institute in Rome on Monday (June 17) to