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Dozens of Aircraft Are Parked at Bratislava Airport for Several Months

Dozens of Aircraft Are Parked at Bratislava Airport for Several Months

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – Up to 72 Bombardier aircraft leased by Eurowings, Austrian Airlines and other carriers could be grounded at M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava in the near future, Transport Minister Andrej Dolezal (a We Are Family nominee) said at a briefing on Friday. The airlines parked their

Smer MPs Podmanicky & Kery Push for Bill to Close Shops on Sundays

Smer MPs Podmanicky & Kery Push for Bill to Close Shops on Sundays

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) – Opposition Smer-SD MPs Jan Podmanicky and Marian Kery on Thursday announced that they’ll soon approach governing coalition law-makers to gain support for a bill to ban sales in shops on Sundays. If governing MPs refuse to join the initiative, the two Smer figures want to

Krajniak: Payment of 13th Pension Could Be Carried Out Up to Some Cap

Krajniak: Payment of 13th Pension Could Be Carried Out Up to Some Cap

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) – We Are Family party won’t support the scrapping of 13th pension payment, introduced by the previous government in its very final days, although labour minister Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) can envision that some cap on their payment could be instituted, TASR learnt on Thursday.

UVO: SSHR Violated Law When Procuring Medical Aids

UVO: SSHR Violated Law When Procuring Medical Aids

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) – The State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR) violated the public procurement law when procuring medical aids for over €12 million that should have been supplied by a firm called Lacorp, the Public Procurement Office (UVO) announced on Wednesday. Although the SSHR was entitled to make use of

Civilian Flights to Slovak Airports Banned at Least until May 14

Civilian Flights to Slovak Airports Banned at Least until May 14

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – The ban on civilian flights to Slovak airports has been prolonged at least until May 14, M. R. Stefanik airport in Bratislava has reported on a social network. The central Crisis Management Team originally ordered the ban on commercial civilian flights as of March 13, 2020,

Matovic: Pupils Could Be Allowed to Go to School for One Month in Summer

Matovic: Pupils Could Be Allowed to Go to School for One Month in Summer

BRATISLAVA – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO), speaking on RTVS’s politics discussion programme ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues), conceded that children could be “allowed” to go to school for at least a month during the two-month holidays in July and August to make it up at least partly for the coronavirus

UHS: Bad Polish Poultry Meat Imported to Slovakia, Ruins Domestic Firms

UHS: Bad Polish Poultry Meat Imported to Slovakia, Ruins Domestic Firms

Bratislava, May 1 (TASR) – Defective Polish poultry meat, which would ordinarily end up in incinerators, continues to be imported to Slovakia, at the same time causing economic troubles to domestic poultry breeders, TASR was told by Daniel Molnar, director of Slovakia’s Union of Poultry Breeders. “The fact that low-quality