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African Swine Fever Virus Finds Its Way into Slovakia for First Time

African Swine Fever Virus Finds Its Way into Slovakia for First Time

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – The African swine fever virus (ASFV) has been diagnosed for the first time in Slovakia, with a case confirmed in Strazne (Kosice region) near the border with Hungary, the Agriculture Ministry reported on Thursday. The ministry’s press team stated that the presence of the disease

Retail Association: We Won't Take Blame for Growth in Food Prices

Retail Association: We Won't Take Blame for Growth in Food Prices

Bratislava, July 24 (TASR) – The Retail Association (ZO) denounces the stance by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development that retailers are to blame for the recent growth in food prices, ZO President Martin Katriak told TASR on Wednesday. The ministry maintained that Slovakia’s growth in food prices in June

Growth in Food Prices in Slovakia Steepest among V4 Countries in June

Growth in Food Prices in Slovakia Steepest among V4 Countries in June

Bratislava, July 24 (TASR) – Growth in food prices in Slovakia in June exceeded those of the other Visegrad Four countries (the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary), Michal Feik of the Agriculture Ministry stated on Wednesday, adding that even though businesses keep raising their prices, Slovak food producers are being forced

SaS MP Galek Calls on Prime Minister to Dismiss URSO Head Jahnatek

SaS MP Galek Calls on Prime Minister to Dismiss URSO Head Jahnatek

Bratislava, July 23 (TASR) – Opposition MP Karol Galek (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) called on Tuesday on Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) to dismiss head of the Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) Lubomir Jahnatek. Galek wants to point to the Office’s dependent action and to initiate proceedings

Gov't Spending Grew Too Fast, RRZ Suggests Launching Correction Mechanism

Gov't Spending Grew Too Fast, RRZ Suggests Launching Correction Mechanism

Bratislava, July 22 (TASR) – Last year’s government spending grew faster than permitted by the spending rule, stated the Budgetary Responsibility Council (RRZ), stressing a need to trigger a correction mechanism in order to move the general government budget back towards balance. However, the RRZ differs in this opinion from

Danko: If Smer Doesn't Submit Changes to Maintenance Collection, I'll Do It

Danko: If Smer Doesn't Submit Changes to Maintenance Collection, I'll Do It

Bratislava, July 21 (TASR) – If Smer-SD doesn’t present a proposal for changes in the system of collecting child maintenance, I’ll do it, Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) has told TASR, adding that he’ll submit the proposal to Parliament in the autumn. Danko added that

NDS: OLaNO's Claims about Visnove Misunderstanding or Campaign

NDS: OLaNO's Claims about Visnove Misunderstanding or Campaign

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – OLaNO’s statements concerning the construction of the Lietavska Lucka-Visnove-Dubna Skala (Zilina region) D1-motorway stretch show a fundamental misunderstanding of the contracts and their addendums or concern the launch of an election campaign that doesn’t respect facts and only distorts them, said National Highway Company