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Number of unemployment benefit claimants rises sharply
The social security provider Sociálna Poisťovňa paid out unemployment benefits to almost 38,900 people last month.
VW Slovakia makes €283.5 million profit in 2008
Volkswagen Slovakia made a profit of €283.5 million last year, representing a 25.9-percent increase compared to 2007, the carmaker announced in Bratislava on Wednesday, March 18.
Slovakia 'losing its advantage' among the Visegrad 4
An analysis by the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) suggests that other Visegrad 4 member countries are catching up with group leader Slovakia, the Hospodárske Noviny financial daily reported in its March 19 edition.
Candidates says presidential campaign was free of personal attacks
The presidential campaign, which officially finished at 7:00 on Thursday, March 19, 48 hours before the voting booths will open on Saturday, didn’t depart from the bounds of correctness, six of the seven candidates said when asked by the TASR newswire on March 18. Incumbent president Ivan Gašparovič was the only candidate who did not respond TASR's questions within the set time period. TASR
Government approves investment subsidies for two firms
The Slovak government approved state subsidies for two companies, Kamax and Crown Bevcan Slovakia, as part of its individual, targeted anti-crisis measures on March 18, the TASR newswire reported.
Opposition submits anti-crisis legislation to parliament
The three opposition parties - SDKÚ-DS, KDH, and SMK - submitted several joint legislative proposals to parliament on March 18 designed to ward off the effects of the global recession, the TASR newswire wrote. Originally, the opposition wanted to recommend its proposals to the government for fast-track procedures through an extraordinary session of Parliament. Because the governing coalition blocked such a session, the opposition is now submitting them through the normal legislative process. When draft legislation is submitted, MPs must wait at least 15 days before beginning discussion in parliament, with the next session planned for mid-April. “The opposition parties submitted to parliament on Wednesday [March 18]six proposed amendments to laws that we regard as being of key importance from the perspective of the (anti-crisis) measures – for the protection of existing jobs and to support the creation of new jobs,” SDKÚ-DS vice chairman Ivan Mikloš told journalists.
Lajčák discusses new UN regional office for Bratislava
Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák met with the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and UN Deputy Secretary General Thoraya Ahmed Obaid in Bratislava on March 18 to discuss deepening cooperation between Slovakia and UNFPA, a Foreign Ministry spokesman told the TASR newswire.
Gašparovič is bookmakers’ favourite
Presidential candidate Ivan Gašparovič is the favourite of betting shops, with rates of 1.25-to-1 to 1.33-to-1 on his victory being offered online.
Prime minister warns foreign investors
At a conference about the current economic crisis on Tuesday, March 17, organised by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Prime Minister Robert Fico warned foreign investors that if they decide to leave Slovakia during the crisis, they may expect a harsh reaction from the Slovak government.
President signs revision to Criminal Code to keep mafia suspect in custody
President Ivan Gašparovič signed into law an amendment to the Criminal Code on March 18.
SkyEurope sales down, reports paper
After leasing companies withdrew seven new Boeings from loss-making low-cost airline SkyEurope in January 2009, complaints by passengers have risen, the Hospodárske Noviny financial daily reported on Wednesday, March 18.
More jobs in danger in eastern Slovakia
Another 200 jobs may be lost in Košice Region, report local labour offices have reported.
Presidential candidates trade blows in TV debate
The most heated exchanges so far in the Slovak presidential race were witnessed in a TV debate on Tuesday, 17 March.
Slovak central bank posts loss of €1.23 billion for 2008
The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), the country’s central bank, posted a loss of €1.23 billion in 2008, it announced on Tuesday, March 17.
Fico rejects Slovak link to murders of Roma in Hungary
Prime Minister Robert Fico, speaking on Tuesday, March 17, rejected reports which have emerged in Hungary suggesting that the Slovak secret services were involved in the recent murders of members of the Roma community there.
Unemployment increased to 9.72 percent in February
Slovakia’s unemployment rate reached 9.72 percent in February, a month-on-month increase of 0.69 percentage points, said the director of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre, Jan Sihelský, on Tuesday, March 17.
NBS: Euro brought no unjustified increase in consumer prices
The impact of the introduction of the euro on Slovakia’s Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) was only 0.2 percentage points, according to a paper approved by the bank board of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), Slovakia's central bank on Tuesday, March 17.
Graduation exams start today at secondary schools
Graduation or leaving exams started on March 17 at all the Slovak secondary schools. They have always been perceived as the ‘test of maturity’ and that is why their official name in Slovak is maturitné skúšky - maturity exams. This year, there are about 61,700 students taking these exams in Slovakia. The written part of the exams started with tests in the Slovak language and literature in the morning of March 17. In the afternoon students are writing essays on their choice of four topics taken from one envelope that was chosen by chance and then announced by the Education Minister Jan Mikolaj in a live broadcast on the public service Slovak radio, the SITA newswire reported. SITA
Opinion poll shows Smer could create a ruling coalition with one other party
Smer, the senior coalition party led by Robert Fico, could create a coalition with only one other party if the parliamentary elections took place in March 2009, according to the latest poll by the state’s Institute for Research of Public Opinion (ÚVVM), the SITA newswire reported.
General test of election ballot processing undertaken today
The Slovak Statistical Office (ŠÚ) performed its third test of vote processing procedures on March 17, simulating the real conditions that will exist for the first round of Presidential voting to take place on Saturday, March 21, the TASR newswire reported.
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