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SaS: Environment Ministry Indifferent to Environmental Burdens

SaS: Environment Ministry Indifferent to Environmental Burdens

Bratislava, August 30 (TASR) – The current management at the Environment Ministry is indifferent towards environmental burdens in the country, stated the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party at a press conference on Thursday, pointing to ignored landfill sites in Sered (Trnava region), Povazsky Chlmec (Zilina region) and Posa (Presov region)

Smer: We Won't Succumb to Do-gooders, We Won't Accept Refugees

Smer: We Won't Succumb to Do-gooders, We Won't Accept Refugees

Bratislava, August 29 (TASR) – The recent events in Chemnitz, Germany demonstrate that integrating refugees in society is a demanding and long process with rather uncertain results, the main governing party in Slovakia Smer-SD stated on a social network on Wednesday. “Protests and violence on the streets of this town, in

Pellegrini: People Challenging SNP Belong to Dung Heap of History

Pellegrini: People Challenging SNP Belong to Dung Heap of History

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, speaking at a commemorative event in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday marking the 1944 Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WWII, said that he regrets that many of those who took part in the resistance have to listen to opinions challenging their efforts.

Danko: Slovakia Can't Afford to Lose Historical Memory

Danko: Slovakia Can't Afford to Lose Historical Memory

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Arguably every family in Slovakia has its own stories and experiences from WWII, but it sometimes seems as though indifference to these events is felt in contemporary society, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at an event commemorating the 1944 Slovak National

Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Apparent peace, personal comfort, the unwillingness to face an unpleasant truth and false unity can’t serve as justifications for injustice and high-handedness among those in power against their own people, minorities and individuals, said President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday at the central commemoration marking

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Neither representatives of employers at a meeting on Monday (August 27) nor representatives of trade unions at a meeting on Tuesday said that introducing recreational vouchers is a bad measure, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) after discussing recreational vouchers designed to support

Premier: Employing Foreigners in Slovakia Must Be Speeded Up

Premier: Employing Foreigners in Slovakia Must Be Speeded Up

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Due to the shortage of labour in the country, Slovakia needs to adopt a number of measures in the area of the controlled import of labour, including a measure that will cut the time needed for companies to hire foreigners, stated Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)