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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Richter: Social Measures Will Be Subject of Discussion with Employers

Richter: Social Measures Will Be Subject of Discussion with Employers

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – The Government’s social measures are only in the stage of being prepared and will be the subject of discussion with employers, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) said following the Cabinet session, adding that each measure will be preceded by an

Bratislava Marks Europe Day with Celebrations at Main Square

Bratislava Marks Europe Day with Celebrations at Main Square

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) – Learning more about the European Union (EU), its individual member countries and various EU projects and programmes are the chief goals of Europe Day, which is being celebrated at Bratislava’s Main Square on Tuesday. At the same time, Europe Day is a symbolic celebration of

SaS: Some Government Measures to Improve Business Can actually Harm It

SaS: Some Government Measures to Improve Business Can actually Harm It

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) – It’s high time to improve the business environment, stated Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Richard Sulik at a news conference in Bratislava on Friday, praising the fact that the Government has realised the need for such steps. However, it’s the Smer-SD governments that

Drucker Proposes Fines Up to €10,000 for GPs Charging Non-permitted Fees

Drucker Proposes Fines Up to €10,000 for GPs Charging Non-permitted Fees

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – Fines of up to €10,000 might be levied on outpatient departments for charging non-permitted fees, as Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) claims he does not intend to tolerate collecting fees for services that are fully covered by the public health insurance scheme, TASR

Danko Not to Face No-Confidence Vote; House Fails to Adopt Session Agenda

Danko Not to Face No-Confidence Vote; House Fails to Adopt Session Agenda

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) won’t face an Opposition-initiated attempt to oust him, as only 54 MPs out of the 131 present in the House voted for the agenda of the extraordinary session on Thursday. The Opposition wanted to oust Danko over

RRZ: Public Finances Heading towards Long-term Sustainability

RRZ: Public Finances Heading towards Long-term Sustainability

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – Slovakia’s public finances are heading towards long-term sustainability, the Budgetary Responsibility Council (RRZ) states in its latest Report on Long-term Sustainability of Public Finance for 2016 presented by RRZ President Ivan Sramko at a news conference in Bratislava on Wednesday. The long-term sustainability indicator for

Most-Hid Suggests Increasing Non-taxable Part of Tax Base to €4,650

Most-Hid Suggests Increasing Non-taxable Part of Tax Base to €4,650

Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) – Most-Hid is the next party of the governing coalition to come up with proposals to increase labourers’ living standards following Smer-SD, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Most-Hid proposes an increase in the non-taxable part of the tax base, as well as higher tax benefits for working pensioners.