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Tomas Zelenka

Rate of Registered Unemployment Stood at 5.03 Percent in March

Rate of Registered Unemployment Stood at 5.03 Percent in March

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – The rate of registered unemployment in Slovakia in March stood at 5.03 percent while it dropped by 0.13 percentage points (p.p.) in month-to-month terms and fell by 0.52 p.p. y-o-y, according to data released by the Labour, Social Affairs and the

Pellegrini Tired of Never-ending Saga around Constitutional Court

Pellegrini Tired of Never-ending Saga around Constitutional Court

Bratislava, April 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Wednesday expressed his belief that Parliament will manage to elect enough candidates to render the Constitutional Court operational, adding that he doesn’t know whether Parliament will strive to elect ten candidates, i.e. the number President Andrej Kiska mentioned

Lajcak: Casting Doubt on Slovakia's Foreign Policy Irresponsible

Lajcak: Casting Doubt on Slovakia's Foreign Policy Irresponsible

Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) at a Foreign and European Policy Evaluation Conference on Monday stated that attempts to cast doubt on Slovakia’s value and political anchorage via actions and rhetoric amount to irresponsible toying with the future of

USA Is Ever More Popular Tax Haven for Slovak Companies

USA Is Ever More Popular Tax Haven for Slovak Companies

Bratislava, April 10 (TASR) – Since the beginning of 2019 an extra 33 Slovak companies with headquarters in tax havens have been set up, consultancy company Bisnode has found out. Bisnode’s latest analysis shows that interest in Cyprus, one of the top 10 tax havens, has been dropping, while that

Opposition Expects Kamenicky to Carry Out Personnel Changes

Opposition Expects Kamenicky to Carry Out Personnel Changes

Bratislava, April 9 (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party stated on Tuesday that it expects the new finance minister Ladislav Kamenicky to take “resolute action” in the case of Financial Administration, including by appointing a new head. SaS thinks that manager of Financial Administration’s criminal section Ladislav

Bugar: We Want to Correct State Symbol Act Before It Enters into Force

Bugar: We Want to Correct State Symbol Act Before It Enters into Force

Bratislava, April 5 (TASR) – Head of Most-Hid Bela Bugar stated on Friday at a press conference that President Andrej Kiska promised him to veto the State Symbol Act that prohibits playing and singing of national anthems of foreign countries at public events if no official delegation of the given country

Fico: Smer-SD Still Haven't Closed Question of Next Finance Minister

Fico: Smer-SD Still Haven't Closed Question of Next Finance Minister

Bratislava, April 4 (TASR) – Smer-SD hasn’t decided the name of the next finance minister, who will replace outgoing Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD), head of the party Robert Fico stated on Thursday. The party’s management has to deal with the question by the end of next week. The