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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Focus: Smer Would Have Won Election in January, Followed by SaS and OLaNO

Focus: Smer Would Have Won Election in January, Followed by SaS and OLaNO

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Had a general election been held in late January, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 25.5 percent of the votes, garnering 43 seats in Parliament, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by Focus agency, which released the results on

President Kiska Visits Gelnica Plant of Connectors Maker Klauke Slovakia

President Kiska Visits Gelnica Plant of Connectors Maker Klauke Slovakia

Gelnica, January 19 (TASR) – Dolny Kubin (Zilina region)-based company Klauke Slovakia plans to employ 50 new people at its cable connectors manufacturing plant in Gelnica (Kosice region) this year, said the company’s operations manager Vladimir Cernicky during President Andrej Kiska’s visit to the Gelnica plant on Monday.

Ministry Has Prepared Package of 35 Rail Routes for Liberalisation

Ministry Has Prepared Package of 35 Rail Routes for Liberalisation

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry headed by Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) has prepared a total of 35 rail routes for the first package to be liberalised in Slovakia, TASR learnt from ministry spokesperson Karolina Ducka on Wednesday. Carriers will be able to compete to operate the routes

Managers and Businessmen Discuss Prospects of Slovak Economy in 2018

Managers and Businessmen Discuss Prospects of Slovak Economy in 2018

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – The Slovak economy’s estimated development in 2018 was a leitmotif of the 21st annual conference organised by the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SOPK) that took place in Bratislava on Tuesday. SOPK President Peter Mihok in his opening speech stressed that independent Slovakia has

RegioJet Boosts Capacity of Trains on Bratislava-Komarno Route

RegioJet Boosts Capacity of Trains on Bratislava-Komarno Route

Bratislava, January 22 (TASR) – Private rail passenger carrier RegioJet increased the capacity of its trains on the Bratislava-Dunajska Streda-Komarno route as of January 22, TASR learnt on the same day. RegioJet put a new train in operation to run at a peak time. The carrier now operates a double-length train,

Reporters Should Reappear in RTVS's Autumn Schedule

Reporters Should Reappear in RTVS's Autumn Schedule

Bratislava, January 18 (TASR) – The investigative TV programme called ‘Reporters’ should reappear in the autumn broadcasting schedule of public service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) as of September 15, with RTVS general director Jaroslav Reznik making such a promise at the RTVS Council meeting on Thursday. to inform them at

ZAP: Slovakia's Car Output also Exceeded Million Threshold in 2017

ZAP: Slovakia's Car Output also Exceeded Million Threshold in 2017

Bratislava, January 16 (TASR) – Slovakia’s automotive industry exceeded the one million threshold in terms of car output once again in 2017, representatives of the Slovak Automobile Industry Association (ZAP) told a news conference on Tuesday. Over 1.025 million vehicles were manufactured at Kia Motors Slovakia, PSA Group Slovakia