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Jozef Kiss to Be New Chief of Agricultural Payment Agency

Jozef Kiss to Be New Chief of Agricultural Payment Agency

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Jozef Kiss will be the new general director of the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) as of July 1, Agriculture Minister Samuel Vlcan (an OLaNO nominee) announced during the Cabinet session on Wednesday. At the same time, the agriculture minister dismissed the present PPA chief Jaroslav Janos

Micovsky to Resign as Environment Minister Due to Situation at SPF

Micovsky to Resign as Environment Minister Due to Situation at SPF

Bratislava, May 25 (TASR) – Agriculture Minister Jan Micovsky (OLaNO) announced on Monday that he will resign from his post. Micovsky, who wants to step down on Monday, May 31, stated this at a news conference held in connection with what has been happening at the Slovak Land Fund (SPF). According

Foreign-trade Deficit in Farming Products Down by 24.1% Y-o-Y in Jan-Feb

Foreign-trade Deficit in Farming Products Down by 24.1% Y-o-Y in Jan-Feb

Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) – Slovakia’s foreign trade with farming and food products in January and February posted a deficit of €212.6 million, which was 24.1 percent less year-on-year, TASR was told by Matej Korpas from the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber’s (SPPK) press department. Trade-balance deficits

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Matovic Attends Online Summit with Xi, Protocol on Lamb Meat Export Signed

Bratislava, February 9 (TASR) – This year will be one of co-operation in agricultural diversity between China and countries of Central and Eastern Europe, with Slovakia having signed a protocol on exports of lamb meat to China, Slovakia’s Government Office told TASR on Tuesday. The protocol was signed during an

Linhart: Whole World Could Envy Slovakia Its 'Food Traffic Light'

Linhart: Whole World Could Envy Slovakia Its 'Food Traffic Light'

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – A project called ‘food traffic light’, making part of an amendment to the Food Act, was passed earlier this week in Parliament by the votes of all 123 MPs present, with its author MP Patrick Linhart (We Are Family) claiming that “not only the entire Europe,

Hunters Kill Several Horses and Pony, Hunting Law to Be Changed

Hunters Kill Several Horses and Pony, Hunting Law to Be Changed

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) – A newly created commission for veterinary issues and animal protection was convened in Parliament on Tuesday to discuss amending the Hunting Law after hunters killed four horses and a pony on private properties within what are officially considered to be built-up areas in Banska Bystrica region,

First Domestic Breeding African Swine Fever Case in 11 Months Reported

First Domestic Breeding African Swine Fever Case in 11 Months Reported

Trebisov, July 13 (TASR) – For the first time in 11 months a case of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) has been found in domestic rearing in Slovakia, with the site of infection identified at a small holding in the village of Cierna, Trebisov district (Kosice region), the State Veterinary