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Taraba: Amendment to Enviro Fund Act Needed to Continue 'Renovate Your Home'

Taraba: Amendment to Enviro Fund Act Needed to Continue 'Renovate Your Home'

Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The 'Renovate Your Home' programme is a successful project that has distributed more than €350 million to date, and in the future it should continue with approximately €150 million, which should come from the European Modernisation Fund, Vice-premier and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba

Premier Launches Process of Creating Vision for Slovakia's Development until 2040

Premier Launches Process of Creating Vision for Slovakia's Development until 2040

Bratislava, 28 January (TASR) - I've launched the process of drafting a Vision for the Development of Slovakia until 2040, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in his address at the old parliamentary building in Bratislava on Wednesday during an expert workshop, where, according to him, the aim

Train Drivers Submit Petition against In-cab Cameras to Transport Ministry

Train Drivers Submit Petition against In-cab Cameras to Transport Ministry

Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - Representatives of a petition committee submitted a petition against the installation of camera systems in engine cabs to the Transport Ministry on Tuesday, petition representative Matej Motycka confirmed for TASR on the same day. According to Motycka, more than 85 percent of active train drivers

Fico: Energy Prices in EU Must Be Addressed Radically; We Propose ETS Holiday

Fico: Energy Prices in EU Must Be Addressed Radically; We Propose ETS Holiday

Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The issue of high energy prices, which threaten the competitiveness of the European Union (EU), must be addressed radically, and Slovakia proposes, as one of the options, declaring a four- or five-year moratorium on the application of the emissions trading system (ETS), Prime Minister Robert

Premier: Trip to US in Line with Slovakia's Sovereign Foreign Policy

Premier: Trip to US in Line with Slovakia's Sovereign Foreign Policy

Washington, 16 January (TASR) - My working trip to the USA is fully in line with Slovakia's sovereign foreign policy, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on social media from Washington DC on Friday in response to critical comments from the opposition. According to him, Slovakia needs new sources

First Drivers Pass through Newly Opened Visnove Tunnel on Monday Evening

First Drivers Pass through Newly Opened Visnove Tunnel on Monday Evening

Visnove, 22 December (TASR) - The Visnove tunnel on the newly opened D1 motorway section between Lietavska Lucka and Dubna Skala in Zilina region officially opened to drivers on Monday evening, TASR was told by spokesperson for the National Highway Company (NDS) Tomas Ferencak. The construction of the tunnel took

Agriculture Minister Takac: I Support Farmers' Protest in Brussels

Agriculture Minister Takac: I Support Farmers' Protest in Brussels

Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takac has expressed his support for the protest by European farmers and food producers that is taking place in Brussels on Thursday joined by representatives of the agricultural sector from several EU-member states.