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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Ziga: Slovak Government Ready to Support Kia's Investment in 4.0 Industry

Ziga: Slovak Government Ready to Support Kia's Investment in 4.0 Industry

Teplicka nad Vahom, November 21 (TASR) – The Slovak Government is ready to support Kia Motors Slovakia’s investments in the field of 4.0 industry and in cars with alternative fuels, Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) said following his meeting with Kia’s president and chief executive officer Dae Sik

Unemployment Rate Down to 5.23 percent in October

Unemployment Rate Down to 5.23 percent in October

Bratislava, November 19 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 5.23 percent in October, down by 0.15 percentage points (p.p.) from September and by 0.91 p.p. year-on-year, according to data released by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVR) on Monday. Meanwhile,

Fico: UN Migration Compact Not In Line with Slovakia's Migration Policy

Fico: UN Migration Compact Not In Line with Slovakia's Migration Policy

Bratislava, November 18 (TASR) – The UN Global Compact for Migration, which should be approved as a non-binding document in Morocco in December, isn’t in line with the national migration policy of Slovakia and is also unacceptable to the Smer-SD party, Smer-SD leader and former prime minister Robert Fico has

Danko: Some People Confuse Democracy with Idea They Can Do Anything

Danko: Some People Confuse Democracy with Idea They Can Do Anything

Bratislava, November 17 (TASR) – Unfortunately, bad thoughts, selfishness and malice prevail also today, in the context of modern social networks, with some people confusing democracy with the idea they can do anything, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) while laying a wreath at the communist victims memorial

Focus: Smer Would Have Won November Election, ahead of SaS & LSNS

Focus: Smer Would Have Won November Election, ahead of SaS & LSNS

Bratislava, November 16 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in early November, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 20.9 percent of the votes, ahead of the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 12 percent and far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) on

V4 Labour Ministers Reject Austrian Legislation Concerning Family Allowances

V4 Labour Ministers Reject Austrian Legislation Concerning Family Allowances

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) – Ministers of labour and social affairs from the Visegrad Four countries (V4: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) rejected Austrian legislation concerning family allowances in a resolution jointly signed at their meeting in Bratislava on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. The V4 ministers will also

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Up 4.6 percent in 3Q18

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Up 4.6 percent in 3Q18

Bratislava, November 14 (TASR) – Slovakia’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 4.6 percent year-on-year in fixed prices in the third quarter of this year, according to a preliminary GDP growth estimate published by the Statistics Office on Wednesday. When seasonal effects were taken into account, GDP was up