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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

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

Danko: Slovaks Should Demand Slovak Trains, Not Regiojet's

Danko: Slovaks Should Demand Slovak Trains, Not Regiojet's

Slovaks shouldn’t be happy about 20-year-old repainted trains imported from Italy by private transport company RegioJet, but should be proud of and demand Slovak trains, said leader of the governing coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on