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Matecna: Double Standards in Quality Exist; Customer Doesn't Want to Be Fooled

Matecna: Double Standards in Quality Exist; Customer Doesn't Want to Be Fooled

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Double standards in food quality do exist in the EU and consumers are often being deceived by producers, concurred the participants in the Summit on Equal Quality Products for All, which took place in Bratislava on Friday. According to Slovak Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela

Fico: I Won’t Have Calm Mind Until Unfair Practices Disappear

Fico: I Won’t Have Calm Mind Until Unfair Practices Disappear

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – The problem with double standards in food quality isn’t negligible and certainly doesn’t concern only Slovakia, said Prime Minister Robert Fico in his opening speech at the Summit for Equal Quality of Products for All held in Bratislava on Friday. “I’m openly declaring

Opposition Urges People to Cast Vote in Regional Elections

Opposition Urges People to Cast Vote in Regional Elections

Bratislava, October 10 (TASR) – The Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), OLaNO, Christian Democrats (KDH) and Slovakia’s Democrats (SD) are calling on people to participate in the November 4 regional elections, as every vote has the power to influence Slovakia’s future. Speaking at a joint press conference in

Solymos: Some €100 Million to Be Allocated to Measures against Drought

Solymos: Some €100 Million to Be Allocated to Measures against Drought

Bratislava, October 10 (TASR) – Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) on Tuesday unveiled an Environment Ministry-sponsored action plan entitled ‘H2odnota v krajine’ (Value of H2O in the country) that is aimed at combating the effects of drought in Slovakia, TASR learnt on the same day. Speaking at a press conference in

Matecna to Support Non-productive Functions of Forests with €2 million

Matecna to Support Non-productive Functions of Forests with €2 million

Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) – The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has prepared a decree, in effect from October 1, on providing support in forest management for meeting the so-called non-productive functions of forests, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at a press

Cabinet Approves Higher Voluntary Contribution for Projects of Slovakia and OECD

Cabinet Approves Higher Voluntary Contribution for Projects of Slovakia and OECD

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The voluntary contribution to co-financing joint projects between Slovakia and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will go up from €70,000 to €100,000 between 2018-20, according to a Foreign and European Affairs Ministry-sponsored document, which was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday.

Danko: Without Djukanovic, Montenegro Wouldn't Have Been Where It Is Now

Danko: Without Djukanovic, Montenegro Wouldn't Have Been Where It Is Now

Podgorica/Bratislava, October 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Following the talks with Montenegro’s Parliamentary Chairman Ivan Brajovic on Monday, Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) as part of his two-day working visit to Montenegro also met with head of the governing Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) and former Montenegro’