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Slovak Ambassador to USA Ivan Korcok Receives Transatlantic Award

Slovak Ambassador to USA Ivan Korcok Receives Transatlantic Award

Ostrava, September 17 (TASR) – Slovak Ambassador to the USA Ivan Korcok received the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award on the sidelines of the NATO Days in Ostrava on Sunday (September 16), NGO GLOBSEC has announced on its website. Ian Brzezinski, son of US foreign policy legend Zbigniew Brzezinski, handed over

Additional 58 Men and 21 Women Complete Voluntary Military Training

Additional 58 Men and 21 Women Complete Voluntary Military Training

Martin, September 13 (TASR) – Fifty-eight men and 21 women completed their eleven-week voluntary military training at a military base in Martin (Zilina region) on Thursday with the final ceremony attended by Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS). “These young people deserve my respect for their decision to exchange

AKO Poll: Mistrik and Pellegrini Would Meet in Presidential Election Round 2

AKO Poll: Mistrik and Pellegrini Would Meet in Presidential Election Round 2

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – If a presidential election had taken place late in August or at the beginning of September, Robert Mistrik and Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) would have made it to the second round, gaining 12 percent each, according to an AKO agency poll released on Tuesday. Eduard Chmelar would

Imrecze: EC Not Claiming any Money from Us in Connection with Customs Frauds

Imrecze: EC Not Claiming any Money from Us in Connection with Customs Frauds

Bratislava, September 10 (TASR) – The European Commission (EC) has not launched any proceedings against Slovakia and isn’t claiming any money from it, either; however, Slovakia is holding a discussion on the problem involving the so-called undervaluing of goods imported into the EU from countries outside Europe, head of the

Imrecze: e-Kasa Should Contribute towards Elimination of Tax Fraud

Imrecze: e-Kasa Should Contribute towards Elimination of Tax Fraud

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – As of April 2019, all hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and petrol stations in Slovakia should use cash registers with an online connection to the website of Financial Administration (the tax office) within the e-Kasa (electronic cash register) project prepared by the Finance Ministry, TASR learnt on Thursday.

Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Bratislava, September 4 (TASR) – Free lunches for all pupils of primary schools and last grades of nursery schools should become a reality as of January 1, 2019, Smer-SD leader Robert Fico told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. This social measure supported by Smer-SD party will apply to about

Lubyova: Positive Changes for Teachers, New Elements for Dual Education

Lubyova: Positive Changes for Teachers, New Elements for Dual Education

Topolcany, September 3 (TASR) – While opening the new school year at a primary school and secondary woodwork school in Topolcany (Nitra region) on Monday, Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) promised teachers higher salaries and better working conditions and that the teaching