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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

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

Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia Launches Recruitment, Offering 1,000 Jobs

Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia Launches Recruitment, Offering 1,000 Jobs

Bratislava, October 2 (TASR) – The carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia has on Monday officially launched a recruitment campaign within which it is offering 1,000 jobs at its Nitra-based plant, the company’s operations manager Alexander Wortberg told a news conference held in Bratislava on the same day. The list

New TASR Director Puchala Presents Agency’s Future to MPs

New TASR Director Puchala Presents Agency’s Future to MPs

Bratislava, September 26 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) wants to reach Slovak regions better, according to one of the plans that Vladimir Puchala, the new general director of the public service agency, presented to members of Parliament’s media and culture committee on Tuesday. MPs discussed

Sagan Rewrites History, Wins Third Consecutive World Champion Title

Sagan Rewrites History, Wins Third Consecutive World Champion Title

Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan has defended his world champion title in Bergen, Norway, TASR learnt on Sunday. He has thus rewritten sport statistics, as he is the first cyclist in the history to claim the third consecutive world road race title. Sagan, who also dominated last

Fifth-grader Testing to Take Place After All, Sum of €160,000 Earmarked for It

Fifth-grader Testing to Take Place After All, Sum of €160,000 Earmarked for It

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Nation-wide testing of fifth-graders in the Slovak language and maths will take place this year after all, particularly on November 22, and will apply to 45,000 pupils at over 1,400 primary schools, TASR learnt from the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry’s Press