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Quote of the week
“What kind of programme is this ‘autonomy’? And he fears for hislife? You know, this is like a primitive nervous system – you pinch it, and this happens.”Prime Minister Robert Fico, talking about Slovak-Hungarian leader Pál Csáky, who has proposed autonomy as a possible solution for Slovak Hungarians living in southern Slovakia.(For more information please see section Politics & Society, article: Uproar over autonomy)
Modern approach to recruitment
Sophisticated and systematic recruitment is key to company success. Unprecedented competitive pressure witnessed today is a compelling reason for companies to finding a new approach to selecting and keeping employees. Lack of suitable candidates has reshaped the position of HR experts on election procedures and manoeuvred them towards using the full potential of IT and HR marketingmechanisms.
Ministers to introduce a new concept to settle health sector debts
The ministries of health and finance are about to introduce a draft concept of settling the debt incurred by Slovakia's health care facilities.
Hungary requests explanations from Slovak ambassador
Hungary has asked Slovakia to explain the matter surrounding geographical terms in Slovakia used in textbooks for Hungarian minority schools, as well as about events in Slovakia following the meeting of the Forum of Hungarian Deputies of the Carpathian Basin in Budapest and allocations from the European Union for Hungarian minority schools in Slovakia.
Universal guidelines for PPP projects to be drawn up
Entities in the public administration should follow a methodological guideline when implementing projects financed from public-private partnerships (PPP).
FinMin washes its hands of the bill on health insurance companies
Slovakia's Finance Ministry does not want to bear responsibility for possible consequences of the revised bill on health insurance companies, which the Cabinet approved on October 1 and which would enact that budgets of private health insurance companies be approved by the Cabinet.
Eurostat: Slovakia's 9.9% unemployment rate second highest in EU
The unemployment rate in Slovakia reached 9.9 percent in August, which is the second highest in the EU, according to data published by the European Statistics Office on October 1.
Government amends Public Procurement Act
The government has decided to amend the Public Procurement Act in a fast-track legislative procedure, it was revealed on October 1.
ÚVO rejects Kapsch's objection to road-toll tender
Kapsch submitted the objection on August 28, complaining about the tender organiser, the National Highway Company (NDS).
Roma from Zemplín are intent on meeting Prime Minister Fico
The Unified Roma (ZRPS) political parties from the Trebišov district (Košice region) are preparing a letter to Prime Minister Robert Fico in which they ask for a meeting, Mikuláš Horváth, chairman of the political association, announced in Košice on October 1.
Estimates show health care system is short 9,000 nurses
According to estimates, Slovakia needs approximately 9,000 nurses and this shortage is felt most acutely by smaller hospitals, Maria Levayová, president of the Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Birth Assistants (SKSaPA), told the TASR newswire on October 1.
State budget showed surplus of Sk4.3 billion in September
Slovakia's state budget showed a surplus of Sk4.3 billion (€143.3 million) in the January-September period, the Finance Ministry announced on October 1. The figure is down from a surplus of Sk5.1 billion (€168.76 million) that was recorded to the end of August. Compared to September 2007, when the budget showed a deficit of Sk615 million (€20.41 million), the figure for September 2008 also constitutes a year-on-year improvement of Sk4.932 billion (€163.71 million). The state budget draft for the 2008 as a whole approved by parliament at the end of the last year projected a state budget deficit of Sk32 billion (€1.06 billion). Budget incomes for the first nine months of this year stood at Sk241.867 billion (€8.03 billion), or 69.45 percent of the planned sum for the whole of 2008 (Sk348.252 billion, €11.56 billion). State budget expenditures for the same period were Sk237.549 billion (€7.89 billion), which is 62.47 percent of the projected sum of Sk380.233 billion (€12.62 billion). TASR
Martináková launches petition drive for presidential bid
Zuzana Martináková, a presidential candidate from the Free Forum (SF), launched a Slovakia-wide petition drive on October 1 to collect the 15,000 signatures needed to make it onto the ballot.
Health insurer budgets to be approved by government
Health insurance companies will have to submit their budgets to the government for approval, according to an amendment to the law on health insurance companies and health care surveillance approved on October 1.
Prime Minister discussed Pezinok waste dump with town representatives
Environment Minister Ján Chrbet should meet representatives of the town of Pezinok and the civil initiative Waste Heaps Do not Belong in Towns in the coming days and examine documents and arguments against the construction of a waste dump in the town, reported Zuzana Čaputová, the legal representative of the initiative after a meeting with Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday, October 1.
Banks to compete for Sk30 billion in ‘iron reserves’ kept by Slovaks
Slovakia's residents are estimated to hold about Sk25 billion to Sk30 billion (€830 to €996 million) in so-called iron reserves in cash at home.
Cabinet approves bonus for low income earners
The Cabinet has approved a Finance Ministry proposal to introduce a so-called employee bonus at its session on October 1.
Cabinet passes Finance Ministry's revision to Eximbanka Law
A revision by the Finance Ministry to the law on the Exportno-Importná Banka (Eximbanka) is intended to widen the opportunity to support foreign trade transactions by Slovak importers and exporters through financial services.
Transparency Intl SK President resigns from anti-corruption workgroup
Emília Sičáková-Beblavá, president of Transparency International Slovakia, relinquished her membership in the workgroup for updating the 'National Program for Combating Corruption' on September 30.
Hrušovský: KDH won't co-operate with Csáky if he continues to radicalise politics
The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) reject any form of co-operation with SMK leader Pál Csáky unless he stops radicalising Slovakia's politics, KDH chairman Pavol Hrušovský said following his meeting with opposition SDKÚ leader Mikuláš Dzurinda in Bratislava on September 30.
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