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Kiska's First Facebook Conference Watched by Thousands

Kiska's First Facebook Conference Watched by Thousands

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – On Tuesday thousands of people watched the live online conference hosted by President Andrej Kiska on Facebook, where he responded to questions and called on people to go out and vote in the March 5 Parliamentary election. “I’m convinced that every one of us should

Slovak Democrats-Ludo Kanik Pulls out of Election, Will Support SaS

Slovak Democrats-Ludo Kanik Pulls out of Election, Will Support SaS

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Ludovit Kanik and his party Slovak Democrats-Ludo Kanik will support Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) in the March 5 Parliamentary election, announced Kanik at a press conference in the Parliament on Tuesday. Kanik announced during a pre-election debate on public broadcaster RTVS on Monday that he and

20 Slovak Police Officers Depart for Greece to Address Migration Crisis

20 Slovak Police Officers Depart for Greece to Address Migration Crisis

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – Twenty Slovak police officers departed from Bratislava’s M.R. Stefanik Airport on Monday en route to Greece in order to assist with coping with the migration crisis there, and were seen off by Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. Slovak police officers, 19 men and one woman,

IVU: Over 560 University Lecturers Have Joined Strike so Far

IVU: Over 560 University Lecturers Have Joined Strike so Far

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – So far, more than 560 employees from 20 universities have joined the strike organised by the University Lecturers Initiative (IVU), which has now started its third week, announced IVU’s Juraj Halas at a briefing on Monday. “The strike at universities is continuing. The university employees

Midia Agro to Build Dairy to Process Quarter of Slovak Milk Production

Midia Agro to Build Dairy to Process Quarter of Slovak Milk Production

Kolinany, February 29 (TASR) – British company Midia Agro plans to build a new dairy for milk processing near Nitra, with a memorandum of understanding signed by the company’s representative Norman Patrick Turner, Prime Minister Robert Fico and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Lubomir Jahnatek at the Slovak Agriculture University

SDKU-DS Proposes Transformation of Education with More Money

SDKU-DS Proposes Transformation of Education with More Money

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – In its manifesto for the March 5 election, SDKU-DS is proposing increases in salaries for the best teachers of up to 50 percent, 6 percent of GDP for education, changes in ordinary financing per student and other measures, announced Tibor Matas from the party’s department

New Railway Carrier Arriva Slovakia to Begin Operating Trains

New Railway Carrier Arriva Slovakia to Begin Operating Trains

Bratislava, February 26 (TASR) – A new passenger rail carrier is coming to Slovakia, private company Arriva Slovakia, which will start operating trains on March 5, railway administrator Slovak Railways (ZSR) informed TASR on Friday. Arriva Slovakia will become the fourth carrier on the Slovak railway network, along with private firms