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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Fico Invites All People to Come to Polls in Regional Elections

Fico Invites All People to Come to Polls in Regional Elections

Presov, October 27 (TASR) – People know little about the large number of powers that comes under the jurisdiction of self-governing regions, and turnouts in these elections thus fail to match their importance, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following his talks with Presov regional authority on Friday. “We’re eight

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Bratislava, October 23 (TASR) – The highest and lowest price bid might be automatically excluded from highway construction tenders, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said at the Meeting of Slovak Construction Leaders in Bratislava on Monday. “This is my vision, one of the alternatives that might at least partly

Unemployment Rate Down to 6.42 percent in September

Unemployment Rate Down to 6.42 percent in September

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 6.42 percent in September, down by 0.12 percentage points (p.p.) month-on-month and by 3.00 p.p. year-on-year, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic told a press conference in Bratislava

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

The question of how long double standards in food (and goods) quality will exist on the market is difficult to answer, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on RTVS’s political discussion programme ‘O pat minut dvanast’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on

Opposition Submits Proposal for Special Session on Bzan's Legal Fee

Opposition Submits Proposal for Special Session on Bzan's Legal Fee

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Opposition MPs have managed to collect enough votes to convene a special parliamentary session in order to discuss the legal fees for Radomir Bzan’s law firm, which represented the state in a dispute over the Gabcikovo Hydroelectric Power Plant (VEG), TASR learnt on Friday. [Director

Govt: Minimum Monthly Wage to Go Up to €480 Next Year

Govt: Minimum Monthly Wage to Go Up to €480 Next Year

Bratislava, October 11 (TASR) – The minimum wage for next year will grow from the current €435 to €480 per month, up by 10.34 percent, according to the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry’s proposal passed by the Cabinet at its regular session on Wednesday. The minimum hourly

Kiska Praises Attitudes of Klus and Micev and Their Support for Lunter

Kiska Praises Attitudes of Klus and Micev and Their Support for Lunter

Bratislava, October 10 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska on Tuesday met Martin Klus and Stanislav Micev, who have decided to withdraw their candidacies for the post of Banska Bystrica regional governor and endorse the more popular candidate Jan Lunter (Independent) instead, TASR learnt on the same day. [Lunter is said to