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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Opposition: Unwillingness to Publish Coalition Agreement Is Inexplicable

Opposition: Unwillingness to Publish Coalition Agreement Is Inexplicable

Bratislava, March 29 (TASR) – The unwillingness of governing coalition parties Smer-SD, the Slovak National Party (SNS), Most-Hid and Siet (Network) to publish the coalition agreement is inexplicable and indefensible, concurred representatives of the strongest Opposition parties Lubomir Galko (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) and Daniel Lipsic (OLaNO-NOVA) on Tuesday. “Our former

Nurses Expect Systemic Changes from New Health Minister Drucker

Nurses Expect Systemic Changes from New Health Minister Drucker

The Slovak Nurses and Midwives Chamber (SKSaPA) expects new Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) to make systemic changes and restore trust in the health-care sector, chamber president Iveta Lazorova has told TASR. SKSaPA welcomed Drucker’s nomination for the post, although he isn’t an expert directly from

Number of Tourists Visiting Slovakia Still on Rise in Early 2016

Number of Tourists Visiting Slovakia Still on Rise in Early 2016

Following a record year in 2015, when Slovakia was visited by 4.3 million tourists, demand for holidays in the country continued to grow at the beginning of this year. The number of visitors in Slovakia grew by 31 percent y-o-y in January, with 320,000 holidaymakers in total, a

Businessmen Reject Opposition Statements on Stimuli for SCP Mondi

Businessmen Reject Opposition Statements on Stimuli for SCP Mondi

Bratislava, March 24 (TASR) – Klub 500 (an association of companies with at least 500 employees) rejects the non-professional and political statements on planned stimuli for a company called Mondi SCP Ruzomberok made by representatives of Opposition parties OLaNO-NOVA and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), Klub 500 president Vladimir Sotak told the

Slovak Interior Minister Declares Second Level of Terrorism Threat

Slovak Interior Minister Declares Second Level of Terrorism Threat

Interior Minster Robert Kalinak declared a second level of terrorism threat in Slovakia as of Wednesday in connection with Tuesday’s (March 22) attacks in Brussels and the worsened security situation in Europe, TASR learnt from the communications and prevention department of the Slovak Police Corps’ President’s Office on

Trnava Carmaker Presents Its New Car Model to President Kiska

Trnava Carmaker Presents Its New Car Model to President Kiska

Trnava, March 22 (TASR) – A new model to be manufactured by PSA Peugeot Citroen Slovakia as early as of the end of 2016 was presented to President Andrej Kiska when he called in on the Trnava-based carmaker as part of his one-day visit to Trnava, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Kiska

Danko as Parliamentary Chairman Would Change Behaviour in House

Danko as Parliamentary Chairman Would Change Behaviour in House

Bratislava, March 21 (TASR) – I would like to change MPs’ behaviour in parliament, just as I did within my own Slovak National Party (SNS), said proposed parliamentary chairman Andrej Danko on Monday when arriving for talks among the eight parliamentary party leaders concerning the inaugural session of the House, which