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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Solymos: Ban on Single-use Plastics to Come into Force in 2021

Solymos: Ban on Single-use Plastics to Come into Force in 2021

Bratislava, April 5 (TASR) – A definitive ban on single-use plastic products in Slovakia will come into force as of January 1, 2021, Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) stated on Friday at a press conference. He clarified that the ban will concern nine types of single-use plastic products, namely plastic plates,

Kazimir to Step Down Next Week, Pellegrini to Temporarily Assume Post

Kazimir to Step Down Next Week, Pellegrini to Temporarily Assume Post

Bratislava, April 4 (TASR) – Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) will step down from his post next week, probably on Thursday (April 11), Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) told a HN Club discussion organised by Hospodarske Noviny daily on Thursday. The Finance Ministry will be temporarily headed by Pellegrini. The prime

Poll: Smer-SD Would Have Won Election in April

Poll: Smer-SD Would Have Won Election in April

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in early April, it would have been won by the main governing Smer-SD party on 19.7 percent, ahead of a potential coalition comprised of the extra-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia and Together-Civic Democracy parties on 14.4 percent and the opposition

Pellegrini: I Believe Caputova Will Be Constructive Partner in Discussions

Pellegrini: I Believe Caputova Will Be Constructive Partner in Discussions

Trnava, April 1 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) during his visit to Trnava on Monday said that he believes he’ll find in newly elected president Zuzana Caputova a partner with whom he’ll be able to discuss how to address Slovakia’s problems in a constructive and intensive

Kazimir Gives Up MP's Mandate, Will Also Step Down as Minister Soon

Kazimir Gives Up MP's Mandate, Will Also Step Down as Minister Soon

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) – Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) gave up his mandate as an MP on Monday, but he’ll remain as finance minister for the time being, according to a statement that Kazimir provided to the media on the same day. Kazimir decided to do so after President Andrej Kiska

TASR Launches Exclusive Cooperation with Czech Photo Bank Profimedia

TASR Launches Exclusive Cooperation with Czech Photo Bank Profimedia

Bratislava, March 28 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) has agreed to cooperation with the Czech Republic’s largest photo bank ‘Profimedia’, it was revealed on Thursday. The main goal of the cooperation for TASR is to penetrate foreign markets with its collection of current photos as

Matecna: Agriculture Ministry Launches Land Reparcelling for €45 mn

Matecna: Agriculture Ministry Launches Land Reparcelling for €45 mn

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry is launching land reparcelling projects costing almost €45 million that will be carried out on 168 land office areas in western, central and eastern Slovakia, Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS) told a news conference held on Wednesday.