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Slovak law on renewable energy sources published
The new legislation supporting renewable energy sources and efficient co-production of heat and power, which will take effect on August 1, was published in Slovakia’s Law Code on July 29, the SITA newswire reported.
Summer Slovak language school starts next week
The number of foreigners interested in learning the Slovak language is growing, at least according to the summer language school Studia Academica Slovaca (SAS) that will open next week and run until August 22, organisers told the TASR newswire on July 30.
Slovakia’s Christian Democrats hold news conference on ‘government parasites’
Daniel Lipšic, former justice minister and deputy chairman of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) party gave a news conference on July 30 to announce that he thinks “government parasites” in Slovakia are still winning over decent people, the SITA newswire wrote.
PM Fico: IVO survey aimed to help opposition parties
Prime Minister Robert Fico responded on Thursday, July 30 to the TASR newswire that the IVO (Institute for Public Affairs) survey on the degree of corruption as perceived by Slovakia's public is absolutely untrustworthy.
IVO says 74% of Slovaks concerned about corruption in government
Many Slovak citizens are concerned about corruption and cronyism in the government based on a survey carried out by the Institute for Public Affairs (IVO) from July 1-7 on a sample of 1,017 people aged over 18, the TASR newswire reported.
Over 200 Croats banished from Slovakia (VIDEO INCLUDED)
SLOVAKIA has banished 219 Croatian nationals, fans of the Hajduk football club from Split, after they attacked Slovak police before the July 30 European UEFA league football match between their team and the Slovak football club MSK Žilina. The Croats were ordered to leave Slovakia within two days and they have been banned from entering the country as well as all other EU member states for five years, the SITA newswire reported.
Western Slovakia energy cluster established
Trnava Region, the town of Trnava and four regional associations of towns and villages in Trnava County have signed a memorandum to establish the Energy Cluster-Western Slovakia. Trnava Region holds a 50 percent stake in the cluster, while other members hold 10 percent each, the SITA newswire wrote.
Public lighting systems to be modernised in Slovakia with EEA funds
Forty-five towns and villages in Slovakia will see at least 30 percent cuts in the annual electricity consumption by their public lighting systems following their modernization that will be funded through a grant provided by Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, the SITA newswire wrote.
Slovakia’s industrial confidence indicator increases in July
The mood in Slovak economy has considerably improved, said the Slovak Statistics Office on July 29 as its confidence indicator in Slovakia's industry continued rising for the seventh month, going up by five points to minus 8.3 points. Over the past two months, the indicator jumped eighteen points and its level in July was higher than in October of last year, when the significant deterioration of indicators started, the SITA newswire reported.
SDKÚ says management reshuffle in Lesy SR is not enough
The opposition SDKÚ party expressed appreciation for the top-level management reshuffle recently introduced in the state-run forestry company Lesy SR but its deputy chairman and former Finance Minister Ivan Mikloš is concerned that this may have been simply a gesture, which would not necessarily change the negative situation in the company, the SITA newswire wrote.
Contaminated water causes health problems for Slovak tourists in Italy
The health problems that afflicted Slovak holiday travellers in the Italian region of Calabria last week were caused by water containing elevated concentration of coli form bacteria, Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Peter Stano told TASR on July 29.
Fire at Baumax store in Košice was probably arson
The likely cause of the overnight fire in the Baumax store in Košice on July 29 was arson, the spokeswoman of the Košice police department, JanaDemjanovičová, informed the SITA newswire.
SMK to organise rally against Slovak State Language Act amendment
The ethnic Hungarian SMK party is planning to call a protest meeting aimed against an amendment to the State Language Act, with the rally likely to take place on September 1 in Dunajská Streda, SMK leader Pál Csáky told TASR on July 29. He added that the event is being backed by Hungarian NGOs that are active in Slovakia. “We've decided to call it on this very day because that's when the amendment to the language act will come into effect, and on the same day Slovakia's Constitution Day is celebrated,” said the SMK chairman.
Slota: Slovak Parliament should respond firmly to Hungary's request
In his reaction to Hungarian parliament's chairperson Katalin Szili's fax demanding the rescinding of the amendment to the State Language Act sent to Slovakia's parliamentary chairman Pavol Paška (Smer) on July 24, SNS chairman Ján Slota said that the governing coalition should respond as early as the next session of the Slovak Parliament, the TASR newswire reported. Slota called the behaviour of the Hungarian parliament arrogant. “I would like to express SNS' embitterment over the way in which they intervene in sovereign Slovakia’s internal affairs,” he said for TASR on July 29. He also said that the Hungarian minority ombudsman has compared Hungary's minority policy to genocide and the Third Reich. A joint declaration of Hungarian parliamentary parties calling on Slovakia to withdraw the amendment to the State Language Act was adopted on July 20. Meanwhile, Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Ministry has published (in the original English) the final version of the assessment by OSCE Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek regarding the Slovak amendment to the Act on the State Language, along with the Slovak translation.
Tender for independent expert to monitor Slovakia’s electronic toll systen
The Slovak National Highway Company (NDS) announced a competition to hire an independent expert who would check and oversee the company that operates Slovakia’s electronic toll system, SkyToll, so that if SkyToll fails to fulfil its contractual conditions, the state could then impose sanctions, according to the daily Sme’s website.
MOST-HID party issues statement on Slovakia’s State Language Act
Members of the newly established party MOST-HID, which features five former members of the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) are certain that application of the amended language law may have a negative impact on the use of languages of ethnic minorities, the SITA newswire wrote.
Automotive supplier in Topoľčany to lay off 430 more employees
Automotive wire harness manufacturer SEWS Slovakia, operating in Topoľčany, will lay off an additional 430 employees. The company had previously announced a mass layoff of 228 people. The company cited internal organizational changes and redundancy as the reason for the job losses, Rene Schmizing of the Topoľčany Labour Office informed the SITA newswire.
Fair-Play Alliance asks Slovak prosecutor to act in bulletin-board tender
The Fair-Play Alliance NGO has asked the Bratislava Prosecutor's Office to file a complaint for unwarranted self-enrichment in the so-called bulletin-board tender, Zuzana Wienk from Fair-Play told the TASR newswire on July 28.
Hungarian foreign minister criticises amended Slovak Language Act
Making Slovakia return to sober, normal solutions is the aim of the Hungarian Government with respect to Slovakia’s State Language Act, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Balázs declared in Budapest on July 28, as part of a speech marking his first 100 days in office.
NBS: Positive signals beginning to appear in Slovak economy
In its latest published assessment of the current economic situation, the Slovak central bank (NBS) reported on Tuesday, July 28, that some positive signals are beginning to appear.
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