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STV Council elects Štefan Nižnánsky as STV Director
The public service Slovak Television, which has been without a director since last December, finally has a new director general, the SITA newswire wrote.
One in five businesses see advantages in euro adoption
A survey by the National Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (NARMSP) found that 18 percent of medium-sized enterprises and self-employed people believe that euro adoption will have a positive impact on their business activities, the SITA newswire wrote.
Official's cars set on fire
The Žurnál weekly reported that someone set fire to two cars used by Stanislav Szabo, the Defence Ministry official in charge of armament, the SITA newswire wrote.
Medics to go to Brussels over gap in wages
The gulf in wages between different health sector employees is continuing to widen and might end up in Brussels, according to the financial daily Hospodárske Noviny in its April 16 edition. Trade unionists have chosen Brussels as one target of protests they are preparing. "We will go to Brussels to point out that the Slovak government is not solving the problems of the health sector in a way that medical staff and patients would expect it to," said Anton Szalay, chief of the Slovak Health Trade Union Organization, representing 27,000 members.
Slovakia has met the inflation criterion for euro adoption, says analyst
Slovakia has met the nominal inflation criterion for adoption of the euro, scheduled for January 2009. Slovenská Sporiteľňa analyst Michal Mušák told the SITA newswire that Slovakia met the criterion with a cushion of 1 percentage point, since the twelve-month average for harmonised inflation in Slovakia is now 2.2 percent. The reference value for evaluating the criterion is 3.2 percent. Mušák explained that the Slovak Republic met the qualification but that an assessment of whether this will be sustainable remains to be made. According to him, sustainability will probably be evaluated positively given the large cushion.
Swine fever returns
The Sme daily reports on April 16 that classic swine fever has reappeared in Slovakia after a three-year absence. It was found in two big farms, in Dolné Semerovce (in Levice district) and in Rimavská Sobota, which will result in thousands of animals having to be culled. The EU banned the export of animals, pork and other meat products from Slovakia. It will reconsider the ban on Monday, April 21. Both farms are in quarantine while vets inspect neighbouring properties. SITA
New cash registers for euro
Businessmen will have to replace almost half of the 170,000 cash registers in shops, restaurants and market places around Slovakia because of the introduction of the euro, the Pravda daily reports on April 16 in its lead story.
EU Greens blast Slovakia for arms trade agreement with Sri Lanka
The Greens faction in the European Parliament on April 15 in Brussels condemned an arms trade agreement between Slovakia and Sri Lanka that it says violates multiple provisions of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, the TASR newswire wrote.
Čaplovič: Record-high economic growth is unsustainable
It will be impossible for Slovakia to maintain its current high growth of gross domestic product (GDP) in the years to come, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Dušan Čaplovič said on April 15 in Bratislava.
Journalists Syndicate asks president not to sign Press Code
The Syndicate of Journalists (SSN) on April 15 requested in writing that President Ivan Gašparovič not sign the Press Code.
Prosecution remains tight-lipped about tunnel asset-stripping
Slovakia’s prosecution and police have declined to confirm Prime Minister Robert Fico’s statements on April 14 that former Slovak Road Administration (SSC) managers had been accused of illegal asset-stripping in the Branisko tunnel project, except to say that police are looking into the case, the TASR newswire wrote.
Agriculture Ministry presents report on food safety for last year
The Agriculture Ministry's report on food safety for 2007 shows that the State Veterinary and Food Administration (SVPS) sent 61 notifications about inferior quality food products sold by Slovak retailers to the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), which has been in place in EU member states for a few years already, the SITA newswire wrote.
SDKÚ criticises Labour Ministry proposal on inheritance
Pavol Frešo, an MP of the opposition SDKÚ-DS, called it “unacceptable” that Labour Minister Viera Tomanová has proposed to limit inheriting a second pension pillar policyholder’s savings if he or she dies before retirement, the SITA newswire wrote.
Hospitals join Trade Union in criticising health sector financing
The Slovak Association of Hospitals (ANS) has announced that it agrees with the Slovak Trade Union of Workers in Health Care and Social Services (SOZ) that the health care sector is underfunded, the SITA newswire wrote.
Procurement Office to reply to ministry lawsuit
The Public Procurement Office (ÚVO) received a request from the Bratislava Regional Court last week to provide its position on the lawsuit filed by the Transport Ministry against the office, the SITA newswire wrote.
Fico: Police accuse SSC's former management of fraud
Slovak police have charged members of the former management of Slovenská Správa Ciest/SSC (Slovak Road Administration) with fraud in connection with the construction of the Branisko tunnel (Prešov region), Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in Bern on April 14.
Gašparovič: More in store for Press Code
The office of the president won't be the last stop for the Press Code approved by the Slovak Parliament last week, President Ivan Gašparovič said at a news conference at the Council of Europe.
Distance adoption project helps underprivileged kids
The aim of the Distance Adoption of African Children project is to mediate financial gifts for the education of poor children and orphans, the main co-ordinator of the project in Slovakia, Marta Slavičková, told journalists in Bratislava on April 14.
Maďarič and Brajovic agree on cooperation
Slovak Culture Minister Marek Maďarič and his Serbian counterpart Vojislav Brajovic announced in Bratislava on April 14 that their ministries would begin cooperating. Among the discussed issues was Slovakia's support for the Slovak minority living in Serbia, particularly in the Vojvodina region, which includes Novi Sad, ministry spokesman Jozef Bednár told the TASR newswire. TASR
PES to look into Press Code
The Sme daily wrote on April 14 that the Party of European Socialists (PES) is monitoring the situation concerning Slovakia’s controversial Press Code that passed parliament last week.
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