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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Ersek: We Cannot Resist Railway Transport Liberalisation

Ersek: We Cannot Resist Railway Transport Liberalisation

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Slovakia cannot resist railway transport’s liberalisation, whether anyone likes it or not, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said while addressing participants at a conference called Current Challenges in Regional Passenger Rail Transport, held in Bratislava on Thursday. The conference was organised by state-run

Gov't: Pensions of Those Who Retired Before January 2004 to Go Up

Gov't: Pensions of Those Who Retired Before January 2004 to Go Up

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – The financial situation of the elderly who retired before January 1, 2004 should improve, as the Cabinet at its session on Wednesday approved a draft amendment on social insurance that will increase their pensions as of January 2018, TASR learnt on the same day. In line

President Announces Call for Anti-extremist Apps and Websites

President Announces Call for Anti-extremist Apps and Websites

Bratislava, April 18 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska has announced a call for creating apps, websites, videos and games that would help to suppress intolerance, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Applications are available on www.prezident.sk/vyzva and the deadline to send them is May 15. The finals will take

Stats Office: Consumer Prices Up by 1 percent Y-o-Y in March

Stats Office: Consumer Prices Up by 1 percent Y-o-Y in March

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – Consumer prices in Slovakia increased by 1 percent year-on-year in March 2017, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Thursday. Prices increased y-o-y in the following categories in March: in transport – by 6.2 percent; in alcoholic beverages and tobacco – 3.2 percent; in health care – 3

Kiska: I Won't Found Any Political Party, Won't Run for Parliament Either

Kiska: I Won't Found Any Political Party, Won't Run for Parliament Either

Bratislava, April 12 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska announced in a video he posted on Facebook on Wednesday that he will not found any political party and will not run for an MP post, either. “I’m not going to found a political party. I won’t run for Parliament.

Inspectors Found 2,924 Illegal Labourers Last Year

Inspectors Found 2,924 Illegal Labourers Last Year

Bratislava, April 11 (TASR) – Control authorities carried out 25,931 inspections aimed at stopping illegal labour last year, according to a report on discovering and combating illegal labour for 2016, presented by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry and acknowledged by the Cabinet at its session on Tuesday.

Drucker: Health Sector Not Black Hole, But Changes Will Take Time

Drucker: Health Sector Not Black Hole, But Changes Will Take Time

Slovakia doesn’t have a bad health sector; it’s neither catastrophic, nor a black hole, said Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. Drucker realises that the public wants to see changes in the health sector immediately. This is