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Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in July Ahead of SaS and SNS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in July Ahead of SaS and SNS

Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) – Had a general election been held in mid-July, the governing Smer-SD party would have been voted by 26.4 percent of people, which is equivalent to 44 legislators in Parliament, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by Focus agency, which released the results on Wednesday.

Jahnatek Aims to Open Up URSO to Public Eye

Jahnatek Aims to Open Up URSO to Public Eye

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – Newly anointed chairman of energy regulator URSO Lubomir Jahnatek said on Tuesday that he’s aiming to make his new office more open to the public, TASR learnt shortly after Jahnatek was installed in the role by Prime Minister Robert Fico on the same day. “I’

Ministry: OLaNO-NOVA's 'Uninformed' Attack Prompted by Our Success

Ministry: OLaNO-NOVA's 'Uninformed' Attack Prompted by Our Success

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry views claims by the Opposition OLaNO-NOVA party about calls for proposals towards research and innovations as an attack that is informed by its ignorance of the issue and comes in response to the ministry’s accomplishments under the tenure

OLaNO-NOVA to Attempt to Unseat Plavcan over Allocation of EU Funds

OLaNO-NOVA to Attempt to Unseat Plavcan over Allocation of EU Funds

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The Opposition OLaNO-NOVA party voiced its incredulity on Tuesday about the independence and expertise of people involved in evaluating calls for EU-funded projects towards research and development, TASR learnt on the same day. Funds have been allocated to tiny firms that have no research capabilities and

Kocan: VsZP Meeting Recovery Plan; Some Delays Emerge

Kocan: VsZP Meeting Recovery Plan; Some Delays Emerge

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The state-run health insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP) is meeting its revival plan, stated VsZP head Miroslav Kocan at a press conference in Bratislava on Tuesday, admitting that not all measures of the plan are being implemented as planned, however. “We expect the economic result for

IFP: Motorways Not Panacea for Unemployment

IFP: Motorways Not Panacea for Unemployment

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – A highway can reduce the unemployment rate in a given district by 0.9-1.6 percentage points, the Finance Ministry’s Financial Policy Institute (IFP) stated on Tuesday. Even though the construction of a motorway or an expressway in regions with rampant unemployment can indeed have

Fico Inaugurates Jahnatek, Praises His Commitment to Energy Regulation

Fico Inaugurates Jahnatek, Praises His Commitment to Energy Regulation

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – Former economy and agriculture minister Lubomir Jahnatek belongs to a “stream of politicians and experts who’ve always stood for a strong regulatory framework”, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said after inaugurating him as chairman of the regulatory authority URSO on Tuesday. Fico noted that Jahnatek