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Parliament Breaks Veto, Passes Anti-inflation Aid in Original Wording

Parliament Breaks Veto, Passes Anti-inflation Aid in Original Wording

Bratislava, June 22 (TASR) – Parliament on Wednesday overruled President Zuzana Caputova’s veto concerning the law on financing children’s leisure time. MPs approved the law in its original wording, thus rejecting the president’s comments. Under the law on financing children’s leisure time, children from five to 18

SPP Chief: Russia Halved Gas Supplies to Slovakia on Friday

SPP Chief: Russia Halved Gas Supplies to Slovakia on Friday

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – Russian natural gas supplies to Slovakia have continued to fall: while Russia decreased supplies to gas utility SPP by 10 percent on Tuesday (June 14), by 15 percent on Wednesday (June 15) and by over one third on Thursday (June 16), gas supplies will be halved

Sulik: Gas Prices for Households to Go Up by 34-59 percent Next Year

Sulik: Gas Prices for Households to Go Up by 34-59 percent Next Year

Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) – Natural gas prices supplied by gas utility SPP for households will increase by 34 to 59 percent from the beginning of next year, with the lower amount to be paid by customers who conclude a four-year contract with SPP from August to the end of the

Accused Tipos Head Marek Kanka Resigns from Post

Accused Tipos Head Marek Kanka Resigns from Post

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – General manager of state-run lottery company Tipos Marek Kanka has resigned after being charged by the National Crime Agency (NAKA) with property and economic crime, TASR learnt from Kanka’s press release on Wednesday. Kanka is convinced that the investigation will confirm his innocence, but he

President Caputova Vetoes Anti-inflation Package

President Caputova Vetoes Anti-inflation Package

Bratislava, June 7 (TASR) – Bratislava, June 7 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova announced on Tuesday that she has returned the so-called anti-inflation package to Parliament. The president is vetoing it in all sections concerning the measures that should take effect as of January 2023. If Parliament breaks her veto, she will

Matovic to Present Proposal for Higher Teachers' Wages Jointly with Higher Taxes

Matovic to Present Proposal for Higher Teachers' Wages Jointly with Higher Taxes

Bratislava, June 6 (TASR) – I’ll present a proposal for a ten-percent increase in salaries in education at the Government meeting on Wednesday (June 8), together with a proposal to tax gambling, alcohol, Russian oil and increase the regulated levy, Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said following a meeting with

Gyimesi: Sulik Has Damaged Slovakia, He Should Resign

Gyimesi: Sulik Has Damaged Slovakia, He Should Resign

Bratislava, June 3 (TASR) – Economy Minister Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) failed to make use of an opportunity to agree better conditions for Slovakia in connection with the EU embargo on Russian oil imports, thereby damaging Slovakia, MP Gyorgy Gyimesi (OLaNO) told a news conference on Friday, calling on