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Fico Urges Mayors to Show Zero Tolerance for Fascist Displays

Fico Urges Mayors to Show Zero Tolerance for Fascist Displays

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday urged town and village mayors attending a Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) congress in Bratislava not to countenance displays of fascism, TASR learnt on the same day. Such manifestations must be halted while there is still time, he added.

Matecna: Number of Beekeepers Rising, But They're Too Old

Matecna: Number of Beekeepers Rising, But They're Too Old

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – The number of beekeepers in Slovakia has risen by 16 percent since 2010, with the number of colonies being up by 12 percent over the same period, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS) nominee said after the Cabinet session on

Stats Office: EU-harmonised Inflation at 0.8 Percent in April

Stats Office: EU-harmonised Inflation at 0.8 Percent in April

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – EU-harmonised inflation in Slovakia stood at 0.8 percent year-on-year in April, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the average harmonised inflation rate for the 12-month period ending in April 2017 amounted to zero. As for monthly developments in April, the index of consumer

Analysts: GDP Growth Early This Year Matched Expectations

Analysts: GDP Growth Early This Year Matched Expectations

Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economy kept up a pace of growth in the region of 3 percent early into this year, having benefited from the continued pick-up in foreign and domestic consumer demand, said UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Tuesday. Korsnak was speaking

Nitra: SMK and Most-Hid Won't Take Part in Regional Elections Jointly

Nitra: SMK and Most-Hid Won't Take Part in Regional Elections Jointly

Nitra, May 16 (TASR) – The ethnic-Hungarian SMK party will not cooperate with the ethnic-reconciliation Most-Hid party in Nitra region in the upcoming regional elections, as the two parties failed to come to an agreement on a potential coalition during their negotiations, TASR learnt from Nitra self-governing region councillor and SMK

Pellegrini Shares Slovakia's Experience from Presidency with Estonia

Pellegrini Shares Slovakia's Experience from Presidency with Estonia

Tallinn, May 16 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia’s experience from its first presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2016 as well as the construction of infrastructure were among the main topics of a meeting between Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)

People Killed in Attempts to Escape to Free Europe Honoured at Devin

People Killed in Attempts to Escape to Free Europe Honoured at Devin

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – Devin is a place where we commemorate those who attempted to flee Czechoslovakia and live in a free Europe, said Slovak President Andrej Kiska at Devin on Monday. Kiska was speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Freedom Gate Memorial below Devin Castle, where he and