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Slovak and Czech Presidents commemorate August 1968 in Bratislava
The Slovak and Czech Presidents, Ivan Gašparovič and Václav Klaus, laid flowers on August 21 at Šafárikovo Square in Bratislava, at a memorial commemorating the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of Soviet-led armed invaders in August 1968. August 21 marks the 40th anniversary of the invasion.
Sereď agrees to wind park project
The town of Sereď and surrounding villages have agreed to the construction of a nearby wind park.
Sixteen EU Member States have cheaper petrol than Slovakia
A recent decline in motor fuel prices has halted in several EU states. And according to internet portal natankuj.sk, Slovakia has dropped one spot in petrol price chart to the seventeenth position. As for diesel prices, the country maintained its twenty-sixth position. Bulgaria had the cheapest petrol with 95-octane petrol averaging of Sk32.43 (€1.076) per litre. It also led the diesel price chart, with an average price of Sk34.13 (€1.133) per litre. The average price of 95 octane petrol in Slovakia was Sk40.82 (€1.355) as of August 18; a litre of diesel cost Sk43.77 (€1.453) on average. SITA
Govt OKs pricing bill to prevent unjustified price rises
The government approved a draft amendment on August 20 to the Pricing Law that allows for the regulation of prices, as a last resort, in cases where unjustified growth upon switchover to the euro is identified, the TASR newswire wrote.
Anti-monopoly bureau slaps Slovak Telekom with Sk885 fine
Slovak Telekom (ST) has been fined Sk885 million (€28.38 million) for abusing its dominant position on the market, Alexandra Bernáthová from the anti-monopoly bureau (PMÚ) told the TASR newswire on August 20.
Local elections to take place at end of November
New local elections will take place on November 22, it was announced on August 20.
Jahnatek concedes expropriation of monopolies a possibility
Economy Minister Ľubomír Jahnátek says he views the expropriation of energy companies among the options in how to deal with operators that plan to raise prices by 20 percent this year.
Tender for DVB-T Multiplex operator begins
The Slovak Telecommunications Office (TU) kicked off a joint tender to select an operator for the first and second Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial (DVB-T) multiplexes in Slovakia, when it released an invitation to submit bids and applications on August 20. These must be delivered by November 20, 2008, the SITA newswire wrote.
Dušan Muňko to be new director of Sociálna Poisťovňa
The Cabinet decided at its session on August 20 that Environment Ministry State Secretary Dušan Muňko will become the new director of social security provider Sociálna Poisťovňa.
Harvest of grain crops exceeds last year's results
This year's harvest of grain crops and rape seed in Slovakia has entered its final phase, and looks to be significantly better than in 2007.
Opposition MP declares central bank report on Sk/€ parity ‘incomplete’
Ivan Štefanec, MP for the opposition SDKÚ-DS has said he considers a central bank report about discussions which took place before the readjustment of the central parity of the Slovak currency against the euro to be incomplete.
Eurowallet: Kremnica Mint launches euro coin production
The state-owned Kremnica Mint began the serial production of Slovak euro coins on August 19, 2008, with Finance Minister Ján Počiatek and central bank (NBS) governor Ivan Šramko in attendance.
Poll: Public prefers simple mobile phones
A considerable number of mobile phone users in Slovakia view easy use as the most important factor when choosing a mobile phone, with basic functions and a camera seen as sufficient, according to a survey published on August 19.
NBS finds no proof of information leak about central parity change
An investigation by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) failed to yield any proof of misuse of confidential information regarding the change in the Slovak crown's central parity level against the euro on May 28, 2008, according to an NBS report requested by Slovak parliament.
NBS starting to withdraw crown coins
The Slovak National Bank (NBS) is about to start withdrawing crown coins from circulation at a pace that will be regulated according to the situation on the market – enabling commerce to function normally until the end of the year, NBS governor Ivan Šramko told the TASR newswire on August 19.
Labour Ministry proposes to widen the effect of collective agreements
The Labour Ministry submitted for interdepartmental review a draft to extend the validity of higher collective agreements to employers who had not signed them.
Meeting of antique cars will include the oldest car in Slovakia
"We announced vehicles manufactured until 1945 in the bulletin, but half of them come from about 1920,” the club’s president, Jozef Pollág, told the SITA newswire.
Audit Office: Land Fund made mistakes in land restitutions
According to a report by the Supreme Audit Office released on August 18, the Slovak Land Fund (SPF) violated rules upon land restitutions to private individuals, the Church, and religious groups in the years of 2004 to 2007 and "there are still shortcomings in its operation".
Slovakia will not profit from electronic toll in 2009
Because of the delayed tender, the third budget of Finance Minister Ján Počiatek does not count include toll fees, meaning the state will lose Sk5 billion for building highways.
Legislation would not allow expropriation of firms, says lawyer
Legislation makes expropriation of energy monopolies impossible from the technical and legal standpoint, according to constitutional law expert Radoslav Procházka.
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