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Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Banska Bystrica, May 17 (TASR) – No other country that joined the European Union in 2004 has benefited from it more than Slovakia, stated Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Lajcak was addressing students

Danko: Elections, Not Revolutions, Serve to Replace Governments

Danko: Elections, Not Revolutions, Serve to Replace Governments

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – Initiatives aimed at inciting disputes and strong sentiments and thus, ultimately, at cutting the term of a government short prematurely aren’t specifically Slovak initiatives, but in democratic countries such actions result in no benefits, said Parliamentary Chairman and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko

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