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Man Illegally Fells and Sells Wood for Over €76,400; Faces 5 Years in Jail

Man Illegally Fells and Sells Wood for Over €76,400; Faces 5 Years in Jail

An investigator from the criminal police department of the Regional Directorate of the Police Force in Banska Bystrica has accused one individual and one legal person with violating regulations for the protection of trees and shrubs under Section 306 of the Criminal Code by logging almost 1,400 m3 of

EC: Slovakia to Regain Pre-pandemic GDP Growth by End of 2021

EC: Slovakia to Regain Pre-pandemic GDP Growth by End of 2021

Brussels, February 11 (TASR) – The rollout of vaccination against COVID-19 and the gradual easing of pandemic-related restrictions should enable Slovakia’s economic growth to rebound quickly in the second half of this year, bringing annual GDP growth to 4 percent, according to the winter 2021 economic forecast published by the

MEP Duris Nicholsonova Considering Leaving SaS Party

MEP Duris Nicholsonova Considering Leaving SaS Party

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – MEP Lucia Duris Nicholsonova is considering leaving the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party, TASR learnt on Wednesday (February 10). According to information available to TASR, Duris Nicholsonova told members of the SaS leadership on Tuesday (February 9) that she’s quitting the party. TASR has contacted

Commuters Need Test Results and Registration to Enter Austria

Commuters Need Test Results and Registration to Enter Austria

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Cross-border commuters heading for Austria are obliged to present a certificate proving that they’ve tested negative for coronavirus as of Wednesday, reads information published by the Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry on its website. Although it doesn’t matter whether commuters have been tested with an

No Mass Inoculation of MPs against COVID-19

No Mass Inoculation of MPs against COVID-19

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – There won’t be any mass vaccination of lawmakers against COVID-19, Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar’s (We Are Family) spokesperson Michaela Jurcova told TASR on Tuesday. Kollar in late January asked caucuses to reconsider inoculation and to report the number of their MPs interested in it.

Petition Sheets for Referendum Published, Pellegrini Invites Signatures

Petition Sheets for Referendum Published, Pellegrini Invites Signatures

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – The petition committee supervising the collection of public signatures for a referendum on a snap election has approved the wording of the referendum question, and the petition sheets are now available at www.referendum2021.sk, committee representative Ervin Erdelyi told TASR on Friday. Ex-premier, Independent MP

For the People Party Wants Earlier Vaccination of Teachers

For the People Party Wants Earlier Vaccination of Teachers

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) – The co-governing For the People party supports reopening schools, but it’s aware of the inherent risk, and so its MP and member of the parliamentary education committee Viera Lescakova has asked for the committee to be convened in order to discuss earlier vaccination of teachers