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Rybnicek: Towns and Villages Will Have to Consider Increasing Taxes and Fees

Rybnicek: Towns and Villages Will Have to Consider Increasing Taxes and Fees

Bratislava, May 25 (TASR) – Due to the Parliament-approved anti-inflation aid sponsored by the Finance Ministry, towns and municipalities will have to consider increasing property taxes, school and nursery fees or making decisions that will be unpopular among their inhabitants, TASR learnt from Slovak Towns Union (UMS) head and Trencin mayor

ZMOS Enters Strike Alert, also Calling on Its Members to Do So

ZMOS Enters Strike Alert, also Calling on Its Members to Do So

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) enters a strike alert on Thursday (May 19), calling on its member towns and municipalities to also take such a step, ZMOS representatives told a press conference on Wednesday following their extraordinary congress in Senec (Bratislava region). The association

Gov't: Amounts of Tax Bonus and Child Allowance to Increase

Gov't: Amounts of Tax Bonus and Child Allowance to Increase

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – The amount of the tax bonus is expected to be increased to ensure higher net disposable income in households with children where at least one parent works, while the group of taxpayers claiming the tax bonus is to be expanded, according to the draft law on

NAKA Detains Ex-justice Minister Stefan Harabin

NAKA Detains Ex-justice Minister Stefan Harabin

Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) has detained former head of the Supreme Court, justice minister and unsuccessful presidential candidate Stefan Harabin, the police have reported on Facebook. The ex-judge has been charged with extremism and approving a criminal act. The police claimed that they’ll provide

Kalinak: My Prosecution Is Political Process

Kalinak: My Prosecution Is Political Process

Bratislava, May 13 (TASR) – Ex-interior minister Robert Kalinak, who was released from custody by the Supreme Court on Friday, stated on the same day that he views the criminal proceedings against him as a political process. Following his release, Kalinak stressed that courts have only decided on whether or not

Premier Calls for Independence from Supplies of Siberian Gas and Oil

Premier Calls for Independence from Supplies of Siberian Gas and Oil

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – There is only one way for Slovakia to break out of Russia’s energy trap, it must finally stop being dependent on Siberian gas and oil supplies, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) posted on a social network on Thursday. “For decades of Russian oil and gas

Premier: Slovakia Took Right Side in History Concerning War in Ukraine

Premier: Slovakia Took Right Side in History Concerning War in Ukraine

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) – Slovakia took the right side of history in relation to the war in Ukraine; it will support Ukraine until a complete victory, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated on Monday at a gathering in Bratislava called ‘Let’s Finish It’. The event in support of Ukraine