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Unemployment Rate in Slovakia Down to 5.37 percent in May

Unemployment Rate in Slovakia Down to 5.37 percent in May

Bratislava, June 19 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia in May stood at 5.37 percent, down by 0.05 percentage points (p.p.) month-on-month and by 1.98 p.p. year-on-year, TASR learnt from the latest data released by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) on

Experts Lambaste Smer-SD-sponsored Retirement Age Caps

Experts Lambaste Smer-SD-sponsored Retirement Age Caps

Bratislava, June 18 (TASR) – Introducing retirement age caps in Slovakia will increase expenditures for pensions and decrease the level of pensions itself, stated the Finance Ministry’s Institute for Financial Policy (IFP) director Lucia Sramkova at an expert conference on the draft constitutional law on introducing retirement age caps on

Premier: Slovak Gov't to Prepare Special Measures for Volkswagen Slovakia

Premier: Slovak Gov't to Prepare Special Measures for Volkswagen Slovakia

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – Bratislava-based carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia is the largest private employer in Slovakia, the largest tax payer and one of the most important investors in the country. Given its importance to the Slovak economy, the Government will immediately draw up special measures for this company, stated Prime Minister

Parliament Halts LSNS Bill Limiting Abortions

Parliament Halts LSNS Bill Limiting Abortions

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – MPs at a parliamentary session on Wednesday halted a vote on a bill restricting abortions sponsored by far-right People Party Our Slovakia’s (LSNS), as 76 MPs voted for a motion submitted by Smer-SD MP Juraj Blanar in which he proposed not to hold a vote

New Website Monitoring EU Funds Projects Launched

New Website Monitoring EU Funds Projects Launched

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The Stop Corruption Foundation has launched a new website called kamidueurofondy.sk (where EU funds go) aimed at better monitoring the projects funded by EU funds, TASR learnt on Wednesday. People will have better information about the EU-funded projects in their towns and villages and they

Pellegrini in Budapest Visits Bielik's Exhibition on 1968 Occupation

Pellegrini in Budapest Visits Bielik's Exhibition on 1968 Occupation

Budapest, June 12 (TASR) – At the end of his one-day official visit to Budapest on Tuesday, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) visited an exhibition of the work of Slovak photographer Ladislav Bielik (1939-1984) that involves large-scale photographs depicting moments from the occupation of Bratislava by Warsaw Pact troops in

Premier: Economic Interests Can't Come Before Protection of Nature

Premier: Economic Interests Can't Come Before Protection of Nature

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – No one’s economic interests should be superior to environmental protection, stated Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) after meeting Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) on Monday. “When Slovakia decides that its priority is to protect the environment and preserve sites, it’s the alpha and omega