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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Richter: Total Number of Registered Unemployed at Nine-Year Low

Richter: Total Number of Registered Unemployed at Nine-Year Low

Bratislava, Mach 20 (TASR) – Positive developments in unemployment are continuing in Slovakia, stated Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD), adding that the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre is, nevertheless, preparing further projects to enhance the creation of new jobs. “The registered unemployment rate has

Stats Office: Average Salary in Industry Up 5.7% Y-o-Y to €984 in January

Stats Office: Average Salary in Industry Up 5.7% Y-o-Y to €984 in January

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) – The average nominal monthly salary in industry in January 2017 increased on an annual basis by 5.7 percent to reach €984, while the most significant leap in salary was observed in restaurants and pubs – by 11.7 percent to €440, the Slovak Statistics Office reported

Hreha: We've Gone Back Ten Years with Water Supply Prices

Hreha: We've Gone Back Ten Years with Water Supply Prices

Kosice, March 15 (TASR) – The price of water supplies remains at the level seen in 2016, water management company serving eastern Slovakia Vychodoslovenska vodarenska spolocnost announced on Wednesday. The firm’s general director Stanislav Hreha claims that a decision not to introduce a double-component price requested by the company has

SNS Wants to Introduce Compulsory 13th Salary in Firms in Slovakia

SNS Wants to Introduce Compulsory 13th Salary in Firms in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – The governing Slovak National Party (SNS) wants to ensure that people who work for a firm at least for one year will get a 13th salary, TASR learnt on Friday. The proposal should be a part of a new social programme through which the party will

URSO Concludes Price Decisions for Main Power Suppliers in Slovakia

URSO Concludes Price Decisions for Main Power Suppliers in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 9 (TASR) – The Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) concluded on Thursday its issuing of price decisions for all significant power suppliers in Slovakia, including the small ones, TASR learnt from URSO spokesman Radoslav Igaz on the same day. “Suppliers delivering electricity to over 99 percent

Kollar Denies Immoral Behaviour, Points to Campaign to Discredit Him

Kollar Denies Immoral Behaviour, Points to Campaign to Discredit Him

Bratislava, March 8 (TASR) – Accusations of immoral behaviour regarding a 15-year-old drug addict resident of the Clean Day resocialisation centre in Galanta (Trnava region) are nothing but a campaign to discredit me, Opposition We Are Family party leader Boris Kollar told a news conference held in Parliament on Wednesday. Kollar,

Danko: Potential Loss of MP Mandate Is Sensitive Thing

Danko: Potential Loss of MP Mandate Is Sensitive Thing

Interference with an MP’s rights or the potential loss of an MP mandate is a sensitive thing, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party) said on Tuesday in reaction to the Constitutional Court’s verdict confirming a fine equalling six monthly salaries for OLaNO-NOVA leader Igor Matovic for not