Economy

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Slovak gas transport company Eustream and Polish gas transport network operator Gaz-System have announced a binding Open Season procedure for the planned interconnection of the Slovak and Polish gas pipeline networks, TASR learnt on Sunday. According to Eustream, Open Season is aimed at allocating capacities due

Paris/Moscow, August 25 (TASR) – The Nordstream 2 gas pipeline due to lead from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea could significantly damage Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico said before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday. Fico noted that the existing pipeline transporting gas through Slovakia

Bratislava, August 25 (TASR) – The Government should also focus on consolidating public finances on the expenditures side rather than solely striving to increase incomes through elevating taxes and compulsory levies for businessmen, said Klub 500 executive director Tibor Gregor in an interview for TABLET.TV on Thursday. [Klub 500 is

Trebisov, August 24 (TASR) – As many as 1,540 new jobs should be created in Trebisov district (Kosice region) by 2020, according to an action plan aimed at reducing the high unemployment rate in the area that was approved by the Cabinet at its away-session in the town of Trebisov

Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) – One of the biggest ever environmental scandals in Austria could also influence the talc dispute in Slovakia involving EuroGas AG and Schmid Industrieholding (SIH), TASR learnt on Wednesday. People who suffered damages in the federal state of Carinthia following a hexachlorobenzene (HCB) leak from a blue

Sobrance, August 23 (TASR) – The Cabinet at its away-session in Sobrance (Kosice region) on Tuesday approved an Action Plan for the development of Sobrance district that is aimed at tackling unemployment. The plan is to reduce the unemployment rate by creating 1,225 new jobs by 2020. “We assume that