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Sulik: Testing of Employees Won't Be Mandatory Any More

Sulik: Testing of Employees Won't Be Mandatory Any More

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – Entrepreneurs will no longer be required to test their employees who are not vaccinated and have not recovered from COVID-19 in the last 180 days, Economy Minister Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) said following the Government meeting on Wednesday. “It will be voluntary for everyone

Voice-SD Calls on Government to Cut VAT on Food and Gastronomy Sector

Voice-SD Calls on Government to Cut VAT on Food and Gastronomy Sector

Kosice, January 28 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party is once again calling on the Government to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on food and the gastronomy sector, otherwise it will face a threat of an inflationary spiral and further rapid growth in prices. “If the Government fails to adopt crucial

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Podhajska, January 27 (TASR) – The thermal spa facility in Podhajska (Nitra region) will reopen to the public for the first time in more than a year on Friday (February 28), TASR has learnt from Roman Ivan, mayor of Podhajska, the spa’s owner. “A demanding legislative process has been successfully

Stats: Inflation Swelled to 3.2 percent in 2021, Highest Value in Nine Years

Stats: Inflation Swelled to 3.2 percent in 2021, Highest Value in Nine Years

Bratislava, January 14 (TASR) – Yearly inflation in 2021 increased to 3.2 percent, the highest value in the past nine years, as a result of rapid growth in prices in the second half of the year, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. The statisticians noted that last year prices rose

FinMin Postpones Last Deadline for Seniors to Register for Vaccination Bonus

FinMin Postpones Last Deadline for Seniors to Register for Vaccination Bonus

Bratislava, January 13 (TASR) – The Finance Ministry has postponed the deadline for registration of seniors aged 60+ for a vaccination bonus, Vice-premier and Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) told a press conference on Thursday. “At its meeting yesterday, the government adopted a regulation that made the last extension of the

URSO Reduces Costs of Electricity Distribution and Transmission for 2022

URSO Reduces Costs of Electricity Distribution and Transmission for 2022

Bratislava, December 31 (TASR) – The Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) has significantly reduced the tariff for system operation and decreased the costs of distribution and transmission of electricity to mitigate hikes in the overall prices of electricity for Slovak households and businesses in 2022, URSO spokesman Radoslav

Remisova: Restaurants to Reopen in OP Mode as of January 3

Remisova: Restaurants to Reopen in OP Mode as of January 3

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The Government has reached an agreement on reopening restaurants, said Vice-premier and Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Veronika Remisova (For the People) during the Government session on Wednesday, adding that restaurants will be able to reopen as of January 3 in OP mode (vaccinated and