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Michaela Kovacova

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.

Poll: Smer Still in Lead on 27.1 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

Poll: Smer Still in Lead on 27.1 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

Bratislava, April 28 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in April, it would have been won by the Smer-SD party on 27.1 percent of the votes, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by AKO agency, which released the results on Friday. The survey, which was conducted on

Lajcak Expects Smooth Approval of Guidelines for Brexit Negotiations

Lajcak Expects Smooth Approval of Guidelines for Brexit Negotiations

I expect European Council President Donald Tusk’s draft guidelines for negotiations on Great Britain’s exit from the EU to be approved smoothly, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) before the beginning of a meeting of the EU’s General Affairs Council in

Kiska: Slovakia Undiscovered Land for Austrians

Kiska: Slovakia Undiscovered Land for Austrians

Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) – Slovakia is an undiscovered land for Austrian people, even though Bratislava and Vienna are situated close to each other, stated Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday, with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen, who is paying an official visit to Slovakia, agreeing with this opinion.