Parliament Definitively Approves Package of Consolidation Measures
MPs on Thursday definitively approved a package of measures to consolidate public finances next year.
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Huliak Wants to Add National Coalition to SNS Caucus' Name
MP and leader of the extra-parliamentary 'National Coalition/Independent Candidates' party Rudolf Huliak (Slovak National Party/SNS) has demanded that the name of the SNS caucus should be changed.
LOZ Continues to Collect Hospital Doctors' Refusals to Do Overtime Work
The doctors' trade union is still collecting notices of refusal to engage in overtime work from hospital doctors, Medical Trade Union (LOZ) chairman Peter Visolajsky told a news conference on Monday, adding that it's already collected 2,635 of these.
Danko Orders Plavakova Out of House Chamber for Having Stickers on Her Computer
House Vice-chair Andrej Danko (SNS) during the parliamentary debate on Wednesday took objection to the fact that opposition MP Lucia Plavakova PPS) was using a computer adorned with stickers in the parliamentary chamber.
Opposition on Consolidation: Gov't Should Seek Savings Mainly on Side of State
The government should seek savings primarily on the side of the state, but it only plans to save 5 percent on itself for now, while the rest should be paid by the public, representatives of the opposition PS and KDH told a news conference following their meeting with Premier Robert Fico.
R1 Dual Carriageway in Banska Bytrica Fully Passable in Both Directions Again
A section of the R1 dual carriageway in Banska Bystrica's borough of Kremnicka, which was closed for a couple of days after a bridge was found to be in a critical condition, was reopened to cars in both directions on Sunday evening.
Fico: Slovakia to Receive €1 bn of €10-bn Package of EU Funds for Floods
Slovakia will receive €1 billion of the €10-billion package from EU cohesion funds to deal with the consequences of the recent floods, Premier Robert Fico, who attended on Thursday a meeting of premiers and the European Commission on floods in Wroclaw, Poland, told a press conference on Friday.