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Court Remands Greenpeace Protesters at Novaky Mine in Custody

Court Remands Greenpeace Protesters at Novaky Mine in Custody

Prievidza, December 2 (TASR) – Twelve Greenpeace activists from several countries who on Wednesday climbed a mining tower at Novaky (Trencin region) mine with banners to protest against coal mining in Slovakia will be prosecuted while in custody, Prievidza (Trencin region) District Court decided on Sunday. The judge said that there

Makuch to Quit as Slovak Central Bank Governor in March

Makuch to Quit as Slovak Central Bank Governor in March

Bratislava, November 27 (TASR) – Central bank (NBS) governor Jozef Makuch at a meeting of the NBS Banking Council on Tuesday stated that he’ll quit his post in March of next year. Makuch, whose official tenure should have ended in 2021, also said that he’ll carry out his tasks

Economy Minister Ziga Presents Third Anti-bureaucracy Package

Economy Minister Ziga Presents Third Anti-bureaucracy Package

Bratislava, November 26 (TASR) – Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) presented a third anti-bureaucracy package containing 36 measures to reduce red tape and support business and digitisation at a news conference on Monday with Economy Ministry State Secretary Rastislav Chovanec in attendance. According to Ziga, the latest collection of 36 measures

Danko: SNS Won't Back Down from Imposing Special Levy on Chain Stores

Danko: SNS Won't Back Down from Imposing Special Levy on Chain Stores

Bratislava, November 23 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) won’t backtrack from its plan to promote a special levy for retail chains and its nominees won’t allow themselves to be intimidated, SNS leader and Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko said at a press briefing in the company of Minister

Matecna: Farmers to Receive Money from Green Diesel Project in 3Q19

Matecna: Farmers to Receive Money from Green Diesel Project in 3Q19

Bratislava, November 21 (TASR) – The so-called Green Diesel project will make Slovak farmers more competitive, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS) at a press conference on Wednesday, adding that the total amount of money earmarked for the project will reach €30 million. Matecna added

Ziga: Slovak Government Ready to Support Kia's Investment in 4.0 Industry

Ziga: Slovak Government Ready to Support Kia's Investment in 4.0 Industry

Teplicka nad Vahom, November 21 (TASR) – The Slovak Government is ready to support Kia Motors Slovakia’s investments in the field of 4.0 industry and in cars with alternative fuels, Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) said following his meeting with Kia’s president and chief executive officer Dae Sik

Pellegrini: 2019 General Government Budget Will Be Balanced

Pellegrini: 2019 General Government Budget Will Be Balanced

Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) – The 2019 general government budget will be balanced and this will be achieved by submitting an amendment when the budget is discussed at the next parliamentary session, Premier Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said at a briefing on Tuesday after a Cabinet session. “Based on the latest analyses