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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Four Countries Submit Bids to Supply Tracked Vehicles for Slovak Army

Four Countries Submit Bids to Supply Tracked Vehicles for Slovak Army

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Four countries have submitted bids to supply tracked vehicles to the Slovak army: Hungary, Sweden, Spain and Poland, Defence Ministry spokesperson Martina Koval Kakascikova told TASR on Tuesday. The ministry invited 33 countries to submit bids within Slovakia’s procurement of tracked vehicles, said the spokesperson,

Heger: We'll Bolster NATO Military Presence on Eastern Border If Necessary

Heger: We'll Bolster NATO Military Presence on Eastern Border If Necessary

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – If there’s need to bolster NATO’s military presence on our eastern border in order to ensure the security of Slovakia and Europe, Slovakia will do so, Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) has posted on a social network. “There’s a rule in NATO: one for

Voice-SD Calls on Government to Cut VAT on Food and Gastronomy Sector

Voice-SD Calls on Government to Cut VAT on Food and Gastronomy Sector

Kosice, January 28 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party is once again calling on the Government to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on food and the gastronomy sector, otherwise it will face a threat of an inflationary spiral and further rapid growth in prices. “If the Government fails to adopt crucial

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Podhajska, January 27 (TASR) – The thermal spa facility in Podhajska (Nitra region) will reopen to the public for the first time in more than a year on Friday (February 28), TASR has learnt from Roman Ivan, mayor of Podhajska, the spa’s owner. “A demanding legislative process has been successfully

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Powers Might Not Bring Positive Results, Claims Jurzyca

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Powers Might Not Bring Positive Results, Claims Jurzyca

Strasbourg/Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – There is a risk that strengthening the powers of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) might bring increased bureaucracy and no positive outcome, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Eugen Jurzyca provided to TASR by the European Parliament’s (EP) press department on Thursday. Jurzyca was

Ministers in Charge of European Affairs Assess Results of CoFoE's Third Plenary

Ministers in Charge of European Affairs Assess Results of CoFoE's Third Plenary

Brussels/Bratislava, June 25 (TASR-correspondent) – EU ministers in charge of European affairs are assessing in Brussels results of the third plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). A TASR correspondent in Brussels also reported that participants in the plenary on Friday and Saturday (January 21 and 22)

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

Strasbourg/Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) – We can only effectively resolve a sudden shortage of medicines or medical devices by cooperating, as was shown during the COVID-19 pandemic, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Ivan Stefanec provided by the European Parliament’s (EP) press department. Stefanec was reacting to the EP’