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Matecna: Slovak Consumers No Longer Looking only at Price of Foodstuffs

Matecna: Slovak Consumers No Longer Looking only at Price of Foodstuffs

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – Slovak consumers no longer consider the price of foodstuffs as primary, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a news conference following the SIMPLY 2017 forum on craft food held in Bratislava on Friday. The ministry carried out a

Stats Office: Nominal Salary in Industry Up 4.4% Y-o-Y to €1,033 in March

Stats Office: Nominal Salary in Industry Up 4.4% Y-o-Y to €1,033 in March

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – The average nominal monthly salary posted the highest annual rise in March in restaurants and pubs, increasing by 9.2 percent to €426, TASR learnt from figures that the Stats Office released on Friday. Other year-on-year increases in nominal salaries were in retail – by 6.3

Richter: Social Measures Will Be Subject of Discussion with Employers

Richter: Social Measures Will Be Subject of Discussion with Employers

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – The Government’s social measures are only in the stage of being prepared and will be the subject of discussion with employers, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) said following the Cabinet session, adding that each measure will be preceded by an

Gov't Okays Dispossession Changes for Road Construction Processes

Gov't Okays Dispossession Changes for Road Construction Processes

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – Some construction-related works will be legally allowed on lands where future highways and roads are to be built even before they are dispossessed, according to an amendment to the Act on One-Off Extraordinary Measures in Preparation for the Construction of Some Highways and Roads approved by

Fico: Quality of Cooperation between Gov't and ZMOS Exceptionally High

Fico: Quality of Cooperation between Gov't and ZMOS Exceptionally High

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) – Cooperation between the Slovak Government and the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) is of excellent quality, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after meeting ZMOS chairman Michal Sykora and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Tuesday. “This

UNESCO Project to Help to Show Poloniny National Park to World

UNESCO Project to Help to Show Poloniny National Park to World

Nova Sedlica, May 7 (TSAR) – A UNESCO-sponsored micro-project is due to be launched in the autumn in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians in order to unfold the largely hidden potential for tourism at the Poloniny National Park in north-eastern Slovakia, TASR learnt on Sunday. James Rebanks, a member

SaS: Some Government Measures to Improve Business Can actually Harm It

SaS: Some Government Measures to Improve Business Can actually Harm It

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) – It’s high time to improve the business environment, stated Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Richard Sulik at a news conference in Bratislava on Friday, praising the fact that the Government has realised the need for such steps. However, it’s the Smer-SD governments that