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Fico Opens 'Slovak Field Days' Farming Exhibition

Fico Opens 'Slovak Field Days' Farming Exhibition

Dvory nad Zitavou, June 6 (TASR) – People working in agriculture are doing a lot for Slovakia, and they deserve respect for this, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) when opening the Sixth Slovak Field Days in Dvory nad Zitavou (Nitra region) on Tuesday. The two-day exhibition featuring 120 exhibitors is

Mitrik: We Want Public to Know How Public Funds Are Handled

Mitrik: We Want Public to Know How Public Funds Are Handled

Bratislava, June 6 (TASR) – It’s my priority to ensure that the people of this country are aware of how public funds are spent, said Supreme Audit Office (NKU) chairman Karol Mitrik on Tuesday when reviewing his two years in office. “We’re not shying away from topics that are

Kiska: Informatisation Has Long Served as Corruption Tool in Slovakia

Kiska: Informatisation Has Long Served as Corruption Tool in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 6 (TASR) – The current state of informatisation of society, the implementation of projects in this area as well as issues surrounding the process were high on the agenda at a meeting between President Andrej Kiska and representatives of the Slovensko.Digital civil association on Tuesday. “Informatisation has been

V4 Farming Chambers Denounce Unfair Food Business Practices to EU

V4 Farming Chambers Denounce Unfair Food Business Practices to EU

Bratislava, June 5 (TASR) – Agrarian chambers from the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) have sent a joint official letter to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan, urging him to deal with what they view as dishonest business practices in the farming

Pellegrini: University Graduates with Inferior Jobs Should Be Retrained

Pellegrini: University Graduates with Inferior Jobs Should Be Retrained

Bratislava, June 5 (TASR) – Money from the EU should be used for retraining university-educated people who have found rather inferior jobs, said Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) at a conference organised by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and Representation of the European Commission in Slovakia on

ZUNO Wound Up in Slovakia, All Activities Transferred to Tatra Banka

ZUNO Wound Up in Slovakia, All Activities Transferred to Tatra Banka

Bratislava, June 5 (TASR) – ZUNO bank ceased its operations on the Slovak banking market as of June 2, with Tatra banka of the same banking group, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI), acting as its successor, Tatra banka spokesperson Zuzana Povodova told TASR on Monday. RBI announced in early October 2016

V4 Plus Romania and Serbia Agree on Combating Illegal Employment

V4 Plus Romania and Serbia Agree on Combating Illegal Employment

Bratislava, June 1 (TASR) – Labour ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) plus Romania and Serbia agreed in Bratislava on Thursday on further activities aimed against illegal employment of people from third countries (i.e. outside the EU) and on sanctions for the