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Wizz Air enters Slovak market, ready to take over from SkyEurope

Wizz Air Holding announced in Bratislava on Monday, June 29, that it intends to enter the Slovak flight market, launching its activities as of September with a Bratislava to Rome route, the TASR newswire wrote.

2. jul 2009

Slovak Supreme Court overrules outlawing of extremist group Slovenská Pospolitosť

The Slovak Supreme Court annulled the Interior Ministry's decision of November 12, 2008 to outlaw the extreme right-wing organisation Slovenská Pospolitosť (SP)(Slovak Togetherness), returning the matter to the ministry, Peter Preti from the Supreme Court told the TASR newswire on Wednesday, July 1.

2. jul 2009

NGOs give Slovak Deputy PM Čaplovič bad report on Roma problems

According to NGOs dealing with Roma rights who met in Bratislava on July 1 to protest against government’s policy on Roma issues, the results of three years of work by Deputy Prime Minister Dušan Čaplovič are inadequate, the TASR newswire wrote.

2. jul 2009

Slovak public budget deficit exceeds €1 billion in June

The state budget deficit reached €1.108 billion to the end of June, up from €832 million in May, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday, July 1. The deficit has now exceeded the sum planned for the whole of 2009 (€1.009 billion), the TASR newswire reported.

2. jul 2009

Parliament adopts bill fining poor Slovak linguists

Observance of usage rules for the Slovak state language will come under stricter supervision by the Culture Ministry because parliament approved the much-discussed amendment to the State Language Act on June 30. The amendment, which was approved by 76 of the 136 MPs present, will introduce sanctions for breaking the rules of standard Slovak in official communications, the TASR newswire reported.

1. jul 2009

Slovak PM Fico nixes loan to forestry company; director to be sacked

Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Tuesday, June 30, that he does not see any reason to provide a loan to the state-run Lesy SR (Forests of Slovakia) before the changes in the effectiveness of its management are seen, the Government Office press department told the TASR newswire.

1. jul 2009

Second pension pillar in Slovakia loses 34,500 participants

Around 34,500 participants have chosen to leave the privately-administered second pillar of the Slovak pension system since it was permitted for people to opt in or out beginning last November, while another 10,000 new savers have entered the pillar, the spokesman for state-run social insurer Sociálna Poisťovňa, Peter Višváder, told the TASR newswire on Tuesday, June 30 - one day before the second pillar was again sealed off.

1. jul 2009

Slovakia now confirms 13 cases of A/H1N1 novel flu

Slovakia has recorded four new confirmed cases of A/H1N1 novel flu, taking the overall number to 13, the country's chief public health officer, Ivan Rovný, said on Tuesday, June 30 to the TASR newswire.

1. jul 2009

Bernd Wagner steps down as SPP chair

In line with an agreement between shareholders concerning year-long stints at the helm of Slovak gas distributor SPP, incumbent chairman Bernd Wagner is to resign as of July 1, with Jean-Jacques Ciazynski replacing him.

1. jul 2009

Judge Viera Petríková to become new justice minister

Chairperson of Vranov nad Topľou District Court (Prešov Region) and vice-chair of the Judicial Council Viera Petríková will take up the post of justice minister, Prime Minister Robert Fico and fellow coalition party leader Vladimír Mečiar announced on June 30.

1. jul 2009

Solana opens conference in Bratislava

European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana opened a conference of Slovak ambassadors and leaders of representative offices abroad which is intended to discuss such topical issues as the accession of Balkan states to the EU.

1. jul 2009

Three people prosecuted following fatal accident on Dunajec river

Police have prosecuted two river pilots and their manager in connection with a tragic accident on Monday, June 29, on the Dunajec river, in north-eastern Slovakia, in which one Czech tourist died and five other people were injured.

1. jul 2009

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