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Unemployment Rate Down to 6.42 percent in September

Unemployment Rate Down to 6.42 percent in September

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 6.42 percent in September, down by 0.12 percentage points (p.p.) month-on-month and by 3.00 p.p. year-on-year, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic told a press conference in Bratislava

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

The question of how long double standards in food (and goods) quality will exist on the market is difficult to answer, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on RTVS’s political discussion programme ‘O pat minut dvanast’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on

Matecna: Double Standards in Quality Exist; Customer Doesn't Want to Be Fooled

Matecna: Double Standards in Quality Exist; Customer Doesn't Want to Be Fooled

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Double standards in food quality do exist in the EU and consumers are often being deceived by producers, concurred the participants in the Summit on Equal Quality Products for All, which took place in Bratislava on Friday. According to Slovak Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela

Fico: I Won’t Have Calm Mind Until Unfair Practices Disappear

Fico: I Won’t Have Calm Mind Until Unfair Practices Disappear

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – The problem with double standards in food quality isn’t negligible and certainly doesn’t concern only Slovakia, said Prime Minister Robert Fico in his opening speech at the Summit for Equal Quality of Products for All held in Bratislava on Friday. “I’m openly declaring

Govt: Minimum Monthly Wage to Go Up to €480 Next Year

Govt: Minimum Monthly Wage to Go Up to €480 Next Year

Bratislava, October 11 (TASR) – The minimum wage for next year will grow from the current €435 to €480 per month, up by 10.34 percent, according to the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry’s proposal passed by the Cabinet at its regular session on Wednesday. The minimum hourly

Fico: Summit in Bratislava Should Tackle Dual-quality Standards

Fico: Summit in Bratislava Should Tackle Dual-quality Standards

Bratislava, October 8 (TASR) – A summit of several European countries entitled ‘For Equal Quality of Products for All’, which is scheduled to take place in Bratislava next Friday, should put pressure on relevant EU bodies and the European Commission to present measures aimed at tackling dual-quality standards of products sold

Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Beblavy & Mihal: 2018 State Budget Draft Disregards Living Standards

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – The 2018 state budget draft assumes that the GDP growth in Slovakia will accelerate, while the living standards will somehow be lagging behind, reflecting recent developments with the economic well-being of Slovak households growing at the slowest pace in the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary,