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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Gov't Tasks Respective Ministries with Removing Country's Transposition Deficit

Gov't Tasks Respective Ministries with Removing Country's Transposition Deficit

Bratislava, December 7 (TASR) – Slovakia has failed to transpose the nine EU directives into its legislation that should have been transposed by November 20, states the latest report on the country’s transposition deficit okayed by the Cabinet at its regular session on Wednesday. The Government Office in the report

Ziga: If Americans Were Selling U.S. Steel, Gov't Would Be First to Know

Ziga: If Americans Were Selling U.S. Steel, Gov't Would Be First to Know

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – The Americans aren’t selling Kosice-based steelmaker U.S. Steel at the moment, and there’s no reason to panic, said Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) at a HNClub event hosted by Hospodarske Noviny daily on Tuesday. Ziga was reacting to news about investor bids concerning

Kiska Sees Politicians' Will behind Best-ever Slovak-Hungarian Relations

Kiska Sees Politicians' Will behind Best-ever Slovak-Hungarian Relations

Budapest, December 5 (TASR correspondent) – The will of politicians is behind the best-ever relationship between Slovakia and Hungary, Slovak President Andrej Kiska said following the meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Janos Ader in Budapest on Monday. “The will and the role of politicians was and is visible behind these all-time

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in November Ahead of SNS and SaS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in November Ahead of SNS and SaS

Bratislava, December 1 (TASR) – Had a general election been held between November 23-29, the governing-coalition Smer-SD party would have won on 23.3 percent (with 40 seats in the 150-seat House), compared to its result of 28.3 percent in the general election on March 5, TASR learnt on Thursday.

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – The Cabinet recommends Parliament to adopt a declaration on the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar when he was acting president in 1998. At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the declaration’s draft wording submitted by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD)

Parliament Passes Law of the Year, Deficit to Drop to 1.29% of GDP in 2017

Parliament Passes Law of the Year, Deficit to Drop to 1.29% of GDP in 2017

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – The public finance deficit should reach 1.29 percent of GDP in 2017, while it should drop to 0.44 percent in 2018 and switch to a surplus of 0.16 percent in 2019, according to the state budget draft for next year approved by Parliament

Kazimir: Budget Based on Prognoses That Haven't Been Fabricated

Kazimir: Budget Based on Prognoses That Haven't Been Fabricated

Bratislava, November 25 (TASR) – Parliament has concluded a debate on the state budget for next year, with over 30 MPs taking the floor on the issue in three days. “I can describe the debate on the law of the year as professional, but we didn’t avoid some theatrical performances