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Slovakia confirms second case of swine flu
Out of twelve people suspected of having contracted the A (H1N1) novelty flu, also known also as swine flu, the virus has not been confirmed in seven cases.
Slovak household gas and electricity prices could fall
The price of natural gas for households in Slovakia may fall beginning in September, while electricity prices may follow suit next year, the TASR newswire wrote on May 29. The fall in gas prices would be caused by current price declines on global markets.
Harabin now has opposition for top job at Supreme Court
Slovak Justice Minister Štefan Harabin is no longer the only candidate for the post of Supreme Court chairman in the June elections, sources from the Supreme Court confirmed for TASR on Thursday, May 28. A proposal for another candidate - Eva Babiaková, signed by thirty judges - was submitted to the Judicial Council. May 28 was the deadline for the submission of proposals. Until now, Harabin was the only candidate for this post. The previous vote was scheduled for September 30, 2008 but it was adjourned indefinitely until a review – initiated by the Judicial Council – of financial conduct at the Court.
Justice Minister Harabin challenges polls on Special Court
Public opinion polls carried out about the preservation of Slovakia’s Special Court are anything but a reflection of the real situation in society, which was demonstrated by the “negligible attendance” recorded at two public protests organised by opposition parties on Wednesday, May 27, said Justice Minister Štefan Harabin (HZDS) on May 28 to the TASR newswire. According to a poll carried out by the Polis agency, as many as 58.9 percent of the respondents were disturbed by the Constitutional Court's ruling last week that the Special Court is unconstitutional. Only 23.5 percent of those questioned weren't concerned about this issue.
SDKÚ asks PM Fico to disclose contract between JAVYS and ČEZ
The opposition SDKÚ party has called on Prime Minister Robert Fico to disclose the contract between Slovakia’s Nuclear Decommissioning Company (JAVYS) and Czech energy firm ČEZ on the establishment of a joint venture to build a new nuclear power plant at Jaslovské Bohunice, the TASR newswire reported.
Pezinok inhabitants celebrate new waste dump hearing
Pezinok inhabitants expressed their joy on May 28, after the Slovak Supreme Court overturned the licence for a controversial waste dump in the western Slovak town and returned the case for reassessment to the Slovak Environmental Inspectorate (SIŽP).
Slovak Telecommunications Office issues regulation on number portability
The maximum time for telephone number portability in both fixed and mobile lines will shrink to five working days and the Slovak Telecommunications Office (TÚ) has specified in its regulations how number portability will be secured, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovak Economy Minister lobbies for EU energy agency in Bratislava
Economy Minister Ľubomír Jahnátek lobbied in Brussels on May 27 for Slovakia’s bid to locate the headquarters of the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) in the country. The minister highlighted the advantageous geographical location of Bratislava as well as the country’s well-developed energy sector, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovak Health Ministry: swine flu in Slovakia
Slovakia’s first case of novel flu virus – better known as swine flu – has been confirmed in a 37 year-old Bratislava man who recently returned from the USA, Health Minister Richard Raši announced at a special briefing.
Fico dismisses Sme report on emissions quotas
Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday, May 27, that he doesn’t view the Sme daily's reports, carried in that day’s edition, as proof that Slovakia sold its excess national emissions quotas at a very unfavourable price last year.
Opposition rallies in support of Special Court
A gathering organised by the SDKÚ, SMK and KDH opposition parties in support of the Special Court in front of the Justice Ministry in Bratislava on Wednesday, May 27, featured prominent opposition politicians and personalities from the cultural world.
SNS ‘blockade’ continues
An initiative aimed at ‘blockading’ the Bratislava headquarters of the Slovak National Party (SNS), one of the parties which forms the governing coalition, and its chairman Ján Slota continued on Wednesday, May 27
Lajčák: Orbán's claims ‘nonsensical and unfortunate’
Slovakia’s foreign affairs minister, Miroslav Lajčák, has described recent statements made by former Hungarian prime minister and chairman of Hungary’s Fidesz opposition political party Viktor Orbán as ‘factually nonsensical, politically unfortunate and highly irresponsible’
SMK schism continues
The Slovak Hungarian Coalition (SMK) vice-chair for strategy, Miklós Duray, says the party leadership is determined to continue negotiations with three MPs who announced on Tuesday, May 26, that they were discontinuing rapprochement talks with the party leadership.
Moody’s puts nine Slovak financial institutions on downgrade watch
International rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on May 26 placed the ratings of nine Slovak financial institutions on review for possible downgrade
Čaplovič discusses papal visit to Slovakia
Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs, Knowledge-based Society, and Human Rights and Minorities Dušan Čaplovič, who is on a working visit to Italy, on May 26 met Italy’s minister for co-ordination of european policies, Andrea Ronchi, and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
Coalition partners fail to agree solution for Special Court
Prime Minister Robert Fico submitted a draft bill to set up a specialised criminal court to the cabinet on Wednesday, May 27, despite failing to win support from his governing coalition partners at a meeting that took place shortly before.
Slovak judge Schwarz becomes candidate for European Court job
Juraj Schwarz became a candidate for the post of judge at the European Court of Justice of the First Instance in Luxembourg following a secret vote by Slovakia’s Judicial Council on Tuesday, May 26.
SNS HQ blockade halted as police arrest three protesters
The leader of a protest intended to blockade the headquarters of the Slovak National Party (SNS) in Bratislava on May 26 was detained by police after pulling down the party’s flag from the facade of the building.
Opposition accuses minister of lying
Opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) MP Tatiana Rosová has described the arguments of Education Minister Ján Mikolaj (a Slovak National Party (SNS) nominee) about the controversial disbursement of European Union funds by organisations directly controlled by his ministry as ‘duplicitous buck-passing’.
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