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Imrecze: Individual Failure behind Tax Information Leak Concerning Kiska

Imrecze: Individual Failure behind Tax Information Leak Concerning Kiska

Bratislava, November 6 (TASR) – The tax information leak concerning President Andrej Kiska was caused by an individual failure and not by a systemic error on the side of the Financial Administration (tax office), Financial Administration President Frantisek Imrecze told TASR on Monday. “It’s definitely a failure on the side

Slovakia and Hungary Ink Memorandum on Eastring Project in Kosice

Slovakia and Hungary Ink Memorandum on Eastring Project in Kosice

Kosice, October 30 (TASR) – Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) and Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Eastring gas pipeline project in Kosice on Monday, TASR learnt on the same day. According to the Economy Ministry, Slovakia has been pushing for the

Slovak Training Academy for Helicopter Pilots Opened in Kosice

Slovak Training Academy for Helicopter Pilots Opened in Kosice

Kosice, October 30 (TASR) – The Slovak Training Academy (STA), a training centre for helicopter pilots from all over the world, was ceremonially opened at Kosice Airport on Monday with Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in attendance. Slovak company MSM Group in cooperation with Czech firm European Air Services is behind

EuroGas Wants to Use Rusko's Arrest to Renew Arbitration with Slovakia

EuroGas Wants to Use Rusko's Arrest to Renew Arbitration with Slovakia

Bratislava, October 27 (TASR) – The arrest of and investigation into former economy minister (2002-05) Pavol Rusko could have an international dimension for Slovakia, as a company called EuroGas wants to make use of the situation in order to renew arbitration proceedings against Slovakia concerning the allegedly illegal withdrawal of a

Fico Signs Regulation on Minimum Wage Hike for 2018

Fico Signs Regulation on Minimum Wage Hike for 2018

Bratislava, October 26 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) on Thursday jointly inked a regulation according to which the minimum wage for next year will go up from the current €435 per month to €480, an increase of 10.

Solymos: Gabcikovo Power Plant Needs Repairs Worth €144.5 million

Solymos: Gabcikovo Power Plant Needs Repairs Worth €144.5 million

Gabcikovo, October 25 (TASR) – After more than 20 years in operation the Gabcikovo Hydroelectric Power Plant (Trnava region) on the Danube River needs some repairs that will cost more than €140 million, stated Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) on Wednesday. Solymos was speaking in Gabcikovo after an away-from-home Cabinet session

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Bratislava, October 23 (TASR) – The highest and lowest price bid might be automatically excluded from highway construction tenders, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said at the Meeting of Slovak Construction Leaders in Bratislava on Monday. “This is my vision, one of the alternatives that might at least partly