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Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Use of the Electronic Contractual System (EKS) in public procurements has so far saved a total of €168 million in almost 50,000 deals, said Interior Ministry spokesman Petar Lazarov on Thursday. According to Lazarov, the system, thanks to its transparency, has done away with all

Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – No other Slovak constitutional official had to make such difficult and painful decisions within such a short period of time as former president (1993-98) Michal Kovac, said current President Andrej Kiska in a speech at a Requiem Mass for Kovac at St. Martin’s Cathedral in

President's Guard Bids Farewell to Kovac with Military Honours

President's Guard Bids Farewell to Kovac with Military Honours

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – The Slovak President’s Honour Guard said farewell to former Slovak president Michal Kovac (1993-98) with a military ceremony and honours on the Presidential Palace courtyard on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the first part of Kovac’s state funeral took place at Bratislava Castle, where

Sulik: Kovac Protected Slovakia So It Wouldn't End up Like Belarus

Sulik: Kovac Protected Slovakia So It Wouldn't End up Like Belarus

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Richard Sulik on Thursday said that he will remember first Slovak president Michal Kovac as the only person from that period who protected Slovakia so that it wouldn’t end up like Belarus. Sulik said that he didn’t get

Kalinak: EASO Report Proves Resettlement Scheme Was Debacle

Kalinak: EASO Report Proves Resettlement Scheme Was Debacle

Brussels/Bratislava, October 12 (TASR) – The migrant resettlement scheme can be evaluated as a failure, said Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on Wednesday. Kalinak was speaking in response to a report drafted by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), which evaluated the situation in the year since the scheme involving the

Fico: Relations between Gov't and Trade Unions in Slovakia Very Correct

Fico: Relations between Gov't and Trade Unions in Slovakia Very Correct

BRATISLAVA, October 12 (TASR) – Relations between the Government and trade unions in Slovakia are extremely correct, stated Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in his speech at an extraordinary meeting of the Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Bratislava on Wednesday. At the meeting, held

Minimum Wage Will Increase to €435 per Month in 2017

Minimum Wage Will Increase to €435 per Month in 2017

Bratislava, October 12 (TASR) – The Cabinet at its session on Wednesday approved the minimum wage hike from €405 to €435 per month. Social partners were repeatedly negotiating the minimum wage hike, but they didn’t come to an agreement. Consequently, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry was responsible