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More than Sk1 billion set aside for severely disabled
Severely-disabled people would prefer a much larger financial package than the one set aside by the government, but compared to the former government, which made allowances even smaller, it is still helpful, Labour Minister Viera Tomanová said on October 30.
AEJ: Civility is essential in a democracy
The Slovak branch of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) has released a statement in response to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s comments on October 29, in which called journalists from the country’s major dailies “idiots” for their allegedly biased coverage of several current events.
Tomanová: Thousands of jobs currently under threat
Some 3,550 jobs in Slovakia are currently under the threat of redundancies and another 1,700 may join them by the end of the year, Labour Minister Viera Tomanová said after meeting on October 30.
SAMP supports SDKÚ's anti-crisis measures
The Slovak Association of Small Enterprises (SAMP) agrees with the measures drawn up to deal with the impact of the global financial crisis by the opposition SDKÚ-DS party, SAMP president Vladimír Sirotka said on October 30 after a meeting with SDKÚ representatives.
The Slovak business environment and its challenges
As the turmoil on world markets continues, the impact of the global financial crisis is already being felt in Slovakia. To what degree will Slovakia be able to maintain its status as Central Europe’s tiger economy? Can the business environment of a country whose government’s declared aim is to build a socially-oriented state remain attractive to investors? What are the prevailing trends in Slovakia’s investment environment? The reporters and editors of our 9th annual Investment Advisory Guide set out to answer these questions.
Pensions in Slovakia will increase from January
Pensions in Slovakia will go up in January 2009, and not in July, after Parliament approved an amendment to the social insurance law.
Economy Ministry forms committee to monitor crisis' impact
The Slovak Economy Ministry has formed a special monitoring committee in response to the global financial crisis.
Czech and Slovak Parliament Speakers commemorate Martin declaration
The speaker of the Slovak parliament, Pavol Paška, and the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech parliament, Miloslav Vlček, met in Martin on October 30 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation, which is considered to have been of key importance in establishing Czechoslovakia in 1918.
Environment Ministry starts proceedings on Pezinok waste dump
Slovakia's Environment Ministry has started administrative proceedings to determine whether a decision by the Environmental Inspectorate to allow construction of a waste dump in central Pezinok should be overturned.
Fico: Journalists from Sme, Pravda, Nový čas and HN are ‘idiots’
Prime Minister Robert Fico described journalists from the country’s major dailies as “idiots” because of how they have reported his official visit to Vietnam, the reconstruction of the government's offices, the Belarussian Embassy and the financial crisis.
Crisis hits hard in Topoľčany and Vráble
The effects of the global financial crisis have extended to certain companies in Topoľčany district (Nitra region), which have cut their production volumes, Employment Office director Igor Galis told the TASR newswire on October 29. "Some companies have decreased from three shifts to two. We haven't been informed of any large-scale lay-offs so far, but firms have already stopped hiring new employees," Galis said.
SMK to comment on SDKÚ-DS's Protection Plan
The opposition ethnic-Hungarian SMK party is planning to issue a stance on the so-called Protection Plan drawn up by the SDKÚ-DS to support the growth and employment in Slovakia, SMK chairman Pál Csáky said on October 29.
Fico: Army won't buy transport aircraft in 2009
The announced purchase of transport aircraft for the Slovak Armed Forces will not take place as early as 2009 after all, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced after the government session on October 29. He said that the military would have to get by with less funding in the years ahead.
Fico still committed to highway construction target
Prime Minister Robert Fico is still standing by his commitment to connect Bratislava and Košice by a highway by 2010.
SMK's revision to school law advanced to second reading
A draft revision to the school law proposed by the opposition Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), which is intended to ensure that textbooks for ethnic Hungarian pupils contain geographical names in Hungarian, has passed to its second reading in parliament.
Cabinet deals with market crisis caused by bumper grain crop
The Slovak cabinet has approved measures to address a crisis situation in the market for cereal crops which has arisen as a result of this year’s bumper harvest.
Apparent thaw between opposition parties
The leaders of two opposition parties, the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) and the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), broke a long silence by unexpectedly meeting on October 29.
Parliament approves amendment to Public Procurement Act
An amendment approved by parliament on October 28 aims to speed up the public procurement process. The amendment, which toughens the conditions for raising objections to the tender organiser’s actions, received 78 votes in favour, 40 against and 21 abstentions. One incentive for the move comes from the numerous objections raised by unsuccessful bidders to the country's electronic road-toll tender. According to a cabinet statement, the state is suffering economic damage due to prolonged procurements.
Mikolaj suggests placing Slovak and Hungarian place names side-by-side
Education Minister Ján Mikolaj recommended on October 28 that a recent controversy over school books for ethnic minorities be resolved by writing geographical names in Slovak, adding a slash, followed by the name in Hungarian.
Chertoff: U.S. to abolish visas requirement for Slovaks on November 17
The visa requirement for Slovaks travelling to the U.S. will end on the symbolic date of November 17, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák in Bratislava on October 28. November 17 is a public holiday in Slovakia that commemorates the fall of the Communist regime in 1989.
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- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
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