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Value for Money Project to See Some €400 million Spent More Efficiently

Value for Money Project to See Some €400 million Spent More Efficiently

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – Around €400 million should be allocated more efficiently within the expenditures of public administration over the next three years thanks to the Value for Money project, TASR learnt from Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) on Monday. The project will be launched in the health, IT and

Matecna: This Year's Harvest Rich; Prices to Go Down

Matecna: This Year's Harvest Rich; Prices to Go Down

Modra, July 22 (TASR) – This year’s harvest of crops will probably be the largest in recent years, with yields per hectare above average,” said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at a briefing on Friday. Speaking in the middle of a wheat field

Scientists Protesting against Cuts Worth €1 million from SAV Budget

Scientists Protesting against Cuts Worth €1 million from SAV Budget

Bratislava July 21 (TASR) – Scientists and university lecturers are rejecting the Finance Ministry’s proposal to cut more than €1 million from the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) budget, TASR learnt on Thursday. The Finance Ministry has recently asked SAV to draft measures by which SAV will economise the money,

Lajcak: Slovakia Forms Part of Closest Circle of Talks on EU Future

Lajcak: Slovakia Forms Part of Closest Circle of Talks on EU Future

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak discussed the Slovak Presidency of the EU Council and the future challenges of the EU with the representatives of NGOs and with EU-member state ambassadors to Slovakia on Wednesday, TASR has learnt from the ministry’s press department. Lajcak

Europe to Need Million New Researchers by 2020

Europe to Need Million New Researchers by 2020

Bratislava, July 19 (TASR) – By the end of 2020, Europe will need one million new researchers, said EU Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas after an informal meeting of EU ministers from the European Free Trade Association responsible for competitiveness (COMPET) in Bratislava on Tuesday. According to Moedas,

Ziga: EU Industry Modernised Via Innovations and Smart Technologies

Ziga: EU Industry Modernised Via Innovations and Smart Technologies

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – EU industry should be modernised via innovations as well as via the introduction of smart technologies, said Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) at a press conference in Bratislava on Monday. Ziga earlier in the day took part in the informal meeting of EU and European Free

OLaNO-NOVA Files Complaint Over Allegedly Forged Danko Signature

OLaNO-NOVA Files Complaint Over Allegedly Forged Danko Signature

Bratislava, July 14 (TASR) – Opposition party OLaNO-NOVA is filing a criminal complaint against an unknown perpetrator over a suspicion of forgery of Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko’s (SNS) signature to an authorisation document for Parliamentary Vice-chairman Andrej Hrnciar (Siet). OLaNO-NOVA MPs Daniel Lipsic, Veronika Remisova and Igor Matovic told a