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Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – The 2018 state budget draft assumes that the GDP growth in Slovakia will accelerate, while the living standards will somehow be lagging behind, reflecting recent developments with the economic well-being of Slovak households growing at the slowest pace in the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary,

Fico: NGOs to Get More Money to Help Boost Transparency in Public Life

Fico: NGOs to Get More Money to Help Boost Transparency in Public Life

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – The amount of money for NGOs as part of the Effective Public Administration Operational Programme to help in combating corruption and boosting transparency will be increased from €15 million to €30 million, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry, which has

MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – A prosecutor at the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor’s Office has pressed charges of slander against MP Igor M. over his claims that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) had secret accounts in Belize, the prosecutor’s office’s spokesman Michal Surek told TASR on Thursday. According to

Slovakia's Defence Budget to Reach 1.22 percent of GDP in 2018

Slovakia's Defence Budget to Reach 1.22 percent of GDP in 2018

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The Defence Ministry’s budget in 2018 should reach €1.08 billion, up by 9.29 percent year-on-year, reaching 1.22 percent of Slovakia’s GDP, according to the state budget draft released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday. At the same time more than €325

Ministries of Interior and Labour Top Receivers of State Money in 2018

Ministries of Interior and Labour Top Receivers of State Money in 2018

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The state budget in 2018 should post a deficit of €1.973 billion, with the overall income projected at €13.983 billion and expenditures at €15.956 billion, according to the state budget draft released by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday. The highest volume of expenditures

Kalinak: President Kiska a Tax Fraudster, He Needs to Assume Responsiblity

Kalinak: President Kiska a Tax Fraudster, He Needs to Assume Responsiblity

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) thinks that President Andrej Kiska is a tax fraudster and called upon him to assume responsibility and release documents on the funding of his presidential campaign, TASR learnt on Wednesday. “I think yes. It’s yes for sure,” Kalinak responded to

Cabinet Approves Higher Voluntary Contribution for Projects of Slovakia and OECD

Cabinet Approves Higher Voluntary Contribution for Projects of Slovakia and OECD

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – The voluntary contribution to co-financing joint projects between Slovakia and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will go up from €70,000 to €100,000 between 2018-20, according to a Foreign and European Affairs Ministry-sponsored document, which was approved by the Cabinet on Wednesday.