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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Fico: Energy Prices to Return to 2016 Levels across Slovakia

Fico: Energy Prices to Return to 2016 Levels across Slovakia

Bratislava, February 6 (TASR) – Electricity will make a U-turn back to the level seen in 2016 for the whole of Slovakia, said Prime Minister Robert Fico and Economy Minister Peter Ziga (both Smer-SD) following their talks with representatives of power utilities and the Office for Regulation of Network Industries (URSO)

Health Minister: Situation with Medicaments' Inaccessibility has Improved

Health Minister: Situation with Medicaments' Inaccessibility has Improved

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – The situation regarding the inaccessibility of medication for Slovak patients has improved since the beginning of January, Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) told a news conference in Bratislava on Friday. “The number of missing medicaments is gradually decreasing, I think it’s quite a

State-Run ZSSK Introduces Three New IC Trains to Kosice, Scraps One

State-Run ZSSK Introduces Three New IC Trains to Kosice, Scraps One

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) – State-run rail passenger carrier Zeleznicna Spolocnost Slovensko (ZSSK) will introduce three pairs of new InterCity (IC) trains on the Bratislava-Kosice route as of February, ZSSK economic director Patrik Horny told a news conference in Bratislava on Thursday. Meanwhile, ZSSK will scrap one of its current pairs

Parliamentary Caucuses to Get €35 Monthly per MP also in 2017

Parliamentary Caucuses to Get €35 Monthly per MP also in 2017

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Parliamentary caucuses will get €35 monthly per member, just as they did in 2016, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) decided on Monday. The highest sum will go to the Smer-SD caucus which has 49 members and will thus get €1,715 monthly from

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Politicians who have gained their military ranks while actively serving in politics should be automatically deprived of them, OLaNO-NOVA leader Igor Matovic told a news conference on Monday, adding that his movement plans to submit an amendment to the law on conscription governing the granting of

Sulik Asked Farage Why He Bugged Out After Brexit Referendum

Sulik Asked Farage Why He Bugged Out After Brexit Referendum

The now former UKIP leader Nigel Farage should not have ‘bugged out’ from the party’s top as soon as Brexit results were announced, MEP and leader of the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulik said on TA3’s discussion programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. UKIP

Fico: Fascism is Not Creeping in Slovakia, It Is Present Here

Fico: Fascism is Not Creeping in Slovakia, It Is Present Here

Klak/Ostry Grun, January 22 (TASR) – During Sunday’s commemorative gathering to mark the 72nd anniversary of the burning down of the villages of Klak and Ostry Grun (both Banska Bystrica region), Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) offered harsh words not only to the residents of these villages in the