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Price of Sugar Constantly Falling; Growers and Producers Calling for Help

Price of Sugar Constantly Falling; Growers and Producers Calling for Help

Diakovce, September 7 (TASR) – The Agriculture Ministry continues to support the cultivation of beet sugar and sugar production in Slovakia, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Friday after meeting beet sugar growers and sugar producers. According to Matecna, almost a year after the

Imrecze: e-Kasa Should Contribute towards Elimination of Tax Fraud

Imrecze: e-Kasa Should Contribute towards Elimination of Tax Fraud

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – As of April 2019, all hotels, restaurants, cafeterias and petrol stations in Slovakia should use cash registers with an online connection to the website of Financial Administration (the tax office) within the e-Kasa (electronic cash register) project prepared by the Finance Ministry, TASR learnt on Thursday.

Tourism in Slovakia Constantly Growing 4th Year in Row

Tourism in Slovakia Constantly Growing 4th Year in Row

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – More than 2.5 million tourists spent at least one night in Slovakia in the first half of 2018, up by almost 4 percent compared to the same period last year, TASR learnt from the Transport and Construction Ministry, which manages the tourism sector. According to

Trade Unions Have 135,000 Signatures for Retirement Age Referendum

Trade Unions Have 135,000 Signatures for Retirement Age Referendum

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – Trade unionists have managed to collect 135,000 signatures so far for a petition calling for a referendum on introducing retirement age caps, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The unions believe that they’ll have collected 350,000 signatures by the end of this year so that

Remisova: Fico's Proposal of Free Lunches for Schoolchildren Ill-advised

Remisova: Fico's Proposal of Free Lunches for Schoolchildren Ill-advised

Bratislava, September 4 (TASR) – Smer chairman Robert Fico’s proposal to introduce free-of-charge lunches for all final-year nursery and primary school children is ill-advised, as there are still a large number of schools in Slovakia without canteens and the motion also falls short in addressing food quality, said MP Veronika

Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Bratislava, September 4 (TASR) – Free lunches for all pupils of primary schools and last grades of nursery schools should become a reality as of January 1, 2019, Smer-SD leader Robert Fico told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. This social measure supported by Smer-SD party will apply to about

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Neither representatives of employers at a meeting on Monday (August 27) nor representatives of trade unions at a meeting on Tuesday said that introducing recreational vouchers is a bad measure, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) after discussing recreational vouchers designed to support