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SNS Programme: Special Tax on Monopolies and Banks Needed

SNS Programme: Special Tax on Monopolies and Banks Needed

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – Whatever the government following the March 5 election looks like, it should introduce special taxation of monopolies and banks at a rate of at least 6 percent of their incomes, the Slovak National Party (SNS) states in its election programme. The most recent example of how

Zilina Hospital Provides Health Care in Full Scope after Nurses Leave

Zilina Hospital Provides Health Care in Full Scope after Nurses Leave

Zilina, February 1 (TASR) – Notwithstanding the departure of some 175 nurses, emergency health care at Zilina Faculty Hospital is being fully maintained and elective care partially, hospital director Ivan Macuga told a press briefing Monday. “First of all, I would like to say that it’s a pity nurses who

Teachers on Strike Buoy Their Cause by Forming Human Chains

Teachers on Strike Buoy Their Cause by Forming Human Chains

Bratislava/Kosice, February 1 (TASR) – The teachers who have joined the ongoing strike under the umbrella of the Slovak Teachers’ Initiative (ISU), joined by supporters of their cause, formed human chains in a number of Slovak cities and towns including Bratislava and Kosice on Monday, TASR learnt on the same

Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Juraj Draxler is carefully taking the requirements of the education sector into consideration, according to ministry spokesperson Beata Dupalova Ksenzsighova on Monday. She was speaking in response to an evaluation of the incumbent Cabinet’s activities by the Slovak Teachers

Nurse Labours: Cislak's Criminal Complaint Hardly a Surprise

Nurse Labours: Cislak's Criminal Complaint Hardly a Surprise

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – The criminal complaint filed by Health Minister Viliam Cislak comes hardly as a surprise to nurses on strike, nurse labour unions head Monika Kavecka said on Monday. Regardless, the nurses won’t be intimidated into falling silent about the situation prevailing in health care, said nurse

Minister Cislak Files Criminal Complaint over Scaremongering

Minister Cislak Files Criminal Complaint over Scaremongering

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Health Minister Viliam Cislak is filing a criminal complaint concerning scaremongering with respect to claims by nurses that health care has been put in jeopardy, TASR learnt on Monday. Cislak takes objection to statements by organisations representing nurses, according to which health care for over a

Opposition Prefers Nurses' Strike to Be Tackled by Health Committee

Opposition Prefers Nurses' Strike to Be Tackled by Health Committee

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – The parliamentary Opposition parties would like to address the situation concerning health care at an extraordinary health committee session rather than a parliamentary one, representatives of KDH, OLaNO, Most-Hid and SaS told TASR on Monday. On the other hand, SDKU-DS chair Pavol Freso would prefer an