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SAV Awards Slovak Scientist Vilcek with Respected Scientific Degree

SAV Awards Slovak Scientist Vilcek with Respected Scientific Degree

Bratislava, August 25 (TASR) – Professor Jan Vilcek was awarded the prestigious scientific degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences, honoris causa, at the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) on Thursday, SAV spokesperson Zuzana Vitkova told TASR on the same day. “I’m really impressed and very, very grateful for this outstanding

Bratislava Pays Tribute to Victims of 1968 Soviet Troops Invasion

Bratislava Pays Tribute to Victims of 1968 Soviet Troops Invasion

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Representatives of the Slovak Republic gathered in front of Bratislava’s Comenius University to pay tribute to the victims of the invasion of Soviet troops into the Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968, TASR learnt on Friday. Representatives of embassies of neighbouring countries, witnesses of the event

Lajcak: New Zealand Good Inspiration in Business and Education

Lajcak: New Zealand Good Inspiration in Business and Education

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – New Zealand can inspire Slovakia in many ways, such us in reducing youth unemployment, in the field of business as well as in dual education, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak after meeting his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully in Bratislava on Thursday.

Dissatisfied Siet MPs Leave Party, Want to Discuss with Most-Hid

Dissatisfied Siet MPs Leave Party, Want to Discuss with Most-Hid

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – MPs Andrej Hrnciar, Martin Fedor, Katarina Csefalvayova, Igor Janckulik and Eduard Adamcik announced on Tuesday that they’re leaving the governing party Siet (Network) and want to hold talks with Most-Hid, TASR learnt on the same day. The reason for it is their long-term discontent with

Brecely Scraps Tender for Atlas of Passive Infrastructure Project

Brecely Scraps Tender for Atlas of Passive Infrastructure Project

Bratislava August 12 (TASR) – Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Roman Brecely (a Siet/Network nominee) has scrapped the public procurement for an IT project regarding a centralised ‘Atlas of Passive Infrastructure’, TASR learnt on Friday. The tender, with a price estimated at €48 million, was launched under former transport

Stats Office: Nominal Salary in Industry Up 2 percent Y-o-Y in June

Stats Office: Nominal Salary in Industry Up 2 percent Y-o-Y in June

Bratislava, August 11 (TASR) – Average nominal monthly salaries in June 2016 increased in construction by 7.5 percent year-on-year to €675, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Thursday. Other increases in average nominal monthly salaries in June were: in restaurants and pubs – by 6.3 percent to €402, in the

Strabag to Build National Football Stadium for €59.77 million in 76 Weeks

Strabag to Build National Football Stadium for €59.77 million in 76 Weeks

Bratislava, August 9 (TASR) – A National Football Stadium (NFS) will be constructed by Strabag company for €59.77 million (VAT included), with the company winning the public tender for the construction of the stadium, TASR learnt on Tuesday. NFS, as the investor, has already inked the contract with the winner