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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

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.

Tuhovcak Becomes New Chairman of TASR's Administrative Board

Tuhovcak Becomes New Chairman of TASR's Administrative Board

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – Jozef Tuhovcak will serve as the chairman of the Administrative Board of the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) for the next five years, while Ladislav Mikus will be its vice-chairman, according to a decision made by members of the newly formed board at their

Ivor: Massacre in Dunajska Streda Biggest Mass Murder in Slovak History

Ivor: Massacre in Dunajska Streda Biggest Mass Murder in Slovak History

Bratislava, March 25 (TASR) – The execution of ten members of the Papay criminal gang in Dunajska Streda (Trnava region) 20 years ago was the biggest mass murder in the history of both Czechoslovak and Slovak criminology, former head of the Slovak investigating authorities and current university lecturer Jaroslav Ivor has

Remisova: Slovakia to Lose €81 mn That Might Have Helped Scientists

Remisova: Slovakia to Lose €81 mn That Might Have Helped Scientists

Bratislava, March 20 (TASR) – Slovakia will lose millions that could have been used by scientists and universities, opposition OLaNO party MP Veronika Remisova told a news conference on Wednesday, adding that Slovakia will lose €81 million due to failures in drawing EU funds. “Last year Slovakia lost €27 million, so

Sterling: USA Not Seeking Permanent Presence of Its Troops in Slovakia

Sterling: USA Not Seeking Permanent Presence of Its Troops in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 18 (TASR) – The United States is not seeking to construct a US military base in Slovakia and is not negotiating the permanent presence of US troops in Slovakia, either, US Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling has stressed in a video posted on a social network in connection with

Singer and Actor Maiga Joining EP Elections as Leader of Direct Democracy

Singer and Actor Maiga Joining EP Elections as Leader of Direct Democracy

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – Singer and actor Ibrahim Maiga told a news conference on Friday that he’s entering politics and will serve as leader of slate of the Direct Democracy party in the European Parliament elections slated for May. Maiga [who was born in Mali – ed. note], is also

Entrepreneur Basternak's Sentence of Five Years in Prison Confirmed

Entrepreneur Basternak's Sentence of Five Years in Prison Confirmed

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – A three-member senate of the Regional Court of Appeal in Bratislava on Thursday handed down a five-year sentence at a minimum security prison to entrepreneur Ladislav Basternak for tax evasion. The regional court thereby confirmed last year’s verdict issued by the lower-instance Bratislava II District