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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

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

Rasi: Miroslav Lajcak Still Our Favourite for Presidential Candidate

Rasi: Miroslav Lajcak Still Our Favourite for Presidential Candidate

Bratislava, November 13 (TASR) – Vice-premier and Smer-SD vice-chairman Richard Rasi told journalists on Tuesday that Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) is still his favoured choice to become Smer-SD’s presidential candidate, as well as for other senior party officials. Rasi continues to claim that

SNS Wants Parlíament to Reject UN Global Migration Compact

SNS Wants Parlíament to Reject UN Global Migration Compact

Bratislava, November 7 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) caucus has proposed that Parliament should adopt a resolution via which Slovakia would refuse to contribute to the UN Global Compact for Migration and refuse to give its consent to it, SNS caucus head Tibor Bernatak told a news conference in

Week of Science and Technology with 400 Events Across Slovakia

Week of Science and Technology with 400 Events Across Slovakia

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The fifteenth annual Week of Science and Technology in Slovakia, which was opened on Monday, will include over 400 events, the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry’s communications department told TASR on the same day, adding that the week is aimed at making science and

Danko to Face Opposition Attempt to Oust Him as Parliamentary Chair

Danko to Face Opposition Attempt to Oust Him as Parliamentary Chair

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) will face an Opposition attempt to oust him in Parliament, as he’s failed to meet Freedom and Solidarity’s (SaS) deadline to disclose his rigorous thesis within a week’s. SaS has submitted the signatures needed to