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Fico: State Energy Holding Will Be Strong on Financial Markets

Fico: State Energy Holding Will Be Strong on Financial Markets

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – The Government will draw up an amendment to the law on strategic companies aimed at boosting the position of the state in firms with its property involvement, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after the Coalition Council session on Tuesday. “We want to use far more

Fico: Posts of URSO and Regulatory Council Chairs to Be Separated

Fico: Posts of URSO and Regulatory Council Chairs to Be Separated

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – The posts of chairs of the Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) and URSO’s Regulatory Council will be disassociated from each other in order to prevent one person from holding both posts at the same time, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced after a

URSO: Two-component Water Prices Valid until New Price Decision is Issued

URSO: Two-component Water Prices Valid until New Price Decision is Issued

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – The two-component water prices in line with the price decision issued for 2017 are in effect until the Office for Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) issues a new price decision, URSO told TASR on Tuesday. “After URSO’s new price decisions are issued for regulated entities

Ministry Has No Doubts about Transparency of Bratislava Bypass Project

Ministry Has No Doubts about Transparency of Bratislava Bypass Project

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry has no doubts regarding the transparency and quality of the Bratislava road bypass project as a whole, the ministry’s communications department told TASR on Monday. The ministry also pledged its “readiness at all times to answer all enquiries concerning this

Richter: Labour Inspections to Focus on Firms with Foreign Staff

Richter: Labour Inspections to Focus on Firms with Foreign Staff

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry will pay more attention to companies with foreign staff in the wake of a recent report of a Serbian journalist who worked incognito for three months in allegedly dire conditions at the Samsung plant in Galanta (Trnava region)

Unemployment Rate Down to 8.64 percent in January

Unemployment Rate Down to 8.64 percent in January

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 8.64 percent in January, down by 0.12 percentage points month-on-month and by 1.75 percentage points year-on-year, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic reported at a press conference on Monday. The

Ersek in Talks on 6% Cut in Price of Presov’s Southwestern Bypass

Ersek in Talks on 6% Cut in Price of Presov’s Southwestern Bypass

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry led by Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) has already held talks with the contractor for the southwestern bypass around the city of Presov on the D1 motorway on reducing the price of the construction work, ministry spokesperson Karolina Ducka confirmed for TASR on