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STV sports channel gets off with a bang
THE OPENING of the Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8 also launched the broadcast of the sports channel of public Slovak Television, STV3. STV director general Štefan Nižňanský symbolically opened the first broadcast with a shot from a starter’s pistol, the SITA newswire wrote.
NGO allocation popular with Slovaks
SLOVAK taxpayers are increasingly willing to assign two percent of their income tax to non-governmental and civic organizations (NGOs).
EU-harmonised inflation accelerated from 4.3% in June to 4.4% in July
Slovakia's EU-harmonised inflation rate accelerated from 4.3 percent in June to 4.4 percent in July, the Slovak Statistics Office said on August 14.
Slovakia's GDP grew by 7.6 percent in 2Q08
Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.6 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2008, the Slovak Statistics Office announced in a preliminary estimate on August 14.
Kramplová is surprised about Mečiar's dissatisfaction
Agriculture Minister Zdenka Kramplová (HZDS) is surprised that party chairman Vladimír Mečiar wants her removed from the post, she told the TASR newswire on August 14.
Fico will propose that Gašparovič sack Kramplová
Prime Minister Robert Fico will submit a proposal that the president remove Agriculture Minister Zdenka Kramplová (HZDS) from her post within the next few days, he said at a press conference on August 14.
Foreign Ministry: Slovakia respects Georgia's sovereignty
Slovakia respects and supports Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity according to its internationally recognized borders, and all actions that threaten these principles are unacceptable, said Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Ministry in a statement provided to the media by its spokesman Ján Škoda. "The Slovak Republic rejects and will reject the use of force by anyone in solving problems and open issues, including disputes over South Ossetia and Abkhazia," the statement said.
PM Fico defends ban on insurers making a profit
Prime Minister Robert Fico has defended his government’s move to ban health insurers from turning a profit.
OLYMPIC WINDOW: Slovak shooter Barteková takes eighth place
Slovak athlete Danka Barteková has come in eighth in women’s skeet. Italian Chiara Cainer won with 93 points and set a new Olympic record in the first round by scoring 72 points. American Kimberly Rhode (93) came in second and German Christine Brinkerov (93) took third place after a tense final round, which started with all three athletes having the same number of points.
SNS nominates new Environment Minister
The Slovak National Party (SNS) has nominated MP Ján Chrbet for the post of Environment Minister, SNS vice-chair Anna Belousovová said at a press conference on August 13.
Fico: Government to press on minimum wage increase
The government will press on for an increase in the minimum wage to at least Sk8,900 (€295), Prime Minister Robert Fico pledged at a meeting of the Confederation of Trade Unions (KOZ) after the government, employers and unions failed to agree on the issue on August 12.
Poll: SkyEurope ranks as best low-cost carrier in Eastern Europe
According to a survey by the London-based company Skytrax Research, SkyEurope Airlines is the best low-cost airline in Eastern Europe and the third best low-fare carrier in Europe, SkyEurope Airlines communications manager Tomáš Kika told the TASR newswire on August 13.
Štefanec to Fico: Sack Tomanová over grant scandal
The opposition SDKÚ party expects Prime Minister Robert Fico to assume a principle-based stance and dismiss Labour Minister Viera Tomanová over the latest controversy surrounding subsidies that the Labour Ministry has decided to hand out for social projects, SDKÚ MP Ivan Štefanec said on August 13.
Olympic Window: Moravcová comes in 23rd in elimination round of 100-metre freestyle
Slovak swimmer Martina Moravcová was 23rd in the elimination round of the 100-metre freestyle, with a time of 55.20 seconds. This means she did not make it to the semi-finals, which take place on August 14.
Olympic Window: Hochschorners and Kaliská triumph in qualification
Brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner, gold winners in C2 (canoe double) at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, and kayak single athlete Elena Kaliská qualified to compete in the semi-finals on August 14.
Leasing market achieves higher growth rate in H1 2008
Leasing companies in Slovakia that are members of the Leasing Companies Association (ALS) reported 12.4 percent year-on-year growth in the volume of financed movable and immovable assets to Sk40.885 billion (€1.357 billion) in the first half of this year, the SITA newswire wrote.
Olympic Window: Slovak shooters give their best
Slovak shooter Daniela Pešková scored a nice victory at her first Olympic Games, where she almost made it to finals in air rifle, and placed ninth in the end.
No compromise on raising minimum wage
Negotiations involving labour, business and government failed to come to an agreement on the minimum wage at a session in Bratislava on August 12, Emília Kršíková, State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family, told the TASR newswire on August 12.
Communist Party nominates presidential candidate
The Slovak Communist Party (KSS) announced on August 12 that Milan Sidor is its nominee for the 2009 presidential elections.
Kremnica Mint to produce 500 million euro coins
The state-owned Kremnica Mint (Banská Bystrica region) will begin producing and supplying 500 million euro coins of all nominal values as of August 19, Jaroslav Setnický, the mint’s sales and marketing head, told the TASR newswire on August 12.
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