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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Ministry Preparing New Environment Strategy, Wants Public to Take Part

Ministry Preparing New Environment Strategy, Wants Public to Take Part

Bratislava, February 13 (TASR) – Slovakia might get a new Environmental Policy Strategy for the first time in many years, as the Environment Ministry plans to submit one to a Cabinet session by December, TASR learnt from the ministry’s State Secretary Norbert Kurilla on Monday. “The ministry wants a new,

Agriculture Ministry to Take Steps to Keep Slanske Forests in State Hands

Agriculture Ministry to Take Steps to Keep Slanske Forests in State Hands

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry and the state-run forestry company Lesy SR will take steps to ensure that the Slanske Forests remain the property of the Slovak Republic, Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a news conference held on Friday

Prime Minister: Coalition Living Its Normal Inner Life

Prime Minister: Coalition Living Its Normal Inner Life

Bratislava, February 8 (TASR) – The governing coalition has been living its normal inner life, said Prime Minister and Smer-SD leader Robert Fico ahead of the Coalition Council meeting on Wednesday. These are three parties that have different opinions on many things; but the coalition has been formed and is bound

Loss at US Court Might Complicate Slovakia's Position in Talc Arbitration

Loss at US Court Might Complicate Slovakia's Position in Talc Arbitration

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – American investigation authorities are examining reasons for arbitration between a company called EuroGas and the Slovak Republic concerning the allegedly illegal withdrawal of a licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region). The court of the State of Utah in Salt Lake City is currently

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