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Premier: Important for Slovakia to Move to Innovation via Skills

Premier: Important for Slovakia to Move to Innovation via Skills

Porto, May 7 (TASR-correspondent) – It is important for Slovakia to move towards innovation and work with higher added value, which won’t be possible without skills, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) told journalists during a summit of leaders of the European Union member states in Porto, Portugal on Friday.

EU Court of Justice Holds Hearing on Scrapped Meciar's Amnesties

EU Court of Justice Holds Hearing on Scrapped Meciar's Amnesties

Brussels/Luxembourg, May 6 (TASR-correspondent) – The Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday held a hearing on the 1995 kidnapping of ex-president Michal Kovac’s son to Austria and on the decision of the Slovak parliament in March 2017 to scrap the amnesties for those suspected of this

Michal Alac Becomes SIS Head

Michal Alac Becomes SIS Head

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Thursday appointed Michal Alac to the post of Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) head. Alac, born in 1985, has occupied several posts at SIS during his career. He studied criminal law at Trnava University and law at Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice.

Tenth Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, This Year also Available in Hungarian

Tenth Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, This Year also Available in Hungarian

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) – The IT Fitness Test, aimed at testing the digital skills of pupils, students, teachers and the broader public in Slovakia, started on Monday (May 3) and will last until July 31, Vice-premier and Investment and Informatisation Minister Veronika Remisova (For the People) told a news conference

Seliga Resigns as Parliamentary Vice-Chair after Violating Curfew

Seliga Resigns as Parliamentary Vice-Chair after Violating Curfew

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) – Parliamentary Vice-chair Juraj Seliga and parliamentary social affairs committee head Jana Zitnanska (both For the People) announced on Wednesday that they’re resigning from their posts after several media reported on the same day that they were seen sitting in a bar together with Bratislava region

Overall Death Rate in March 48%-higher Than Average for Past 5 Years

Overall Death Rate in March 48%-higher Than Average for Past 5 Years

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) – The overall death rate in Slovakia in March 2021 was 48-percent higher than the average for the past five years, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday, adding that the figure for March was the lowest in four months, however. A total of 7,232 people died

Heger's Government Obtains Confidence from Parliament, 89 MPs Support It

Heger's Government Obtains Confidence from Parliament, 89 MPs Support It

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – Eduard Heger’s (OLaNO) Cabinet obtained a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday, as 89 of the 144 MPs who took part in the vote supported the Government Manifesto, thus expressing their confidence in the reconstructed Government. Fifty-five MPs voted against the Government Manifesto. Heger’