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Decline in construction output slowed in August
The year-on-year decline in construction output, persisting since the beginning of the year, slowed in August by 0.2 percent to €566.1 million, the SITA newswire wrote. In July, construction output shrank 5.7 percent y-o-y, following June's softening of 0.3 percent.
SNS turns to general prosecutor to seek SMK’s abolition
The leaders of the one of the junior coalition partners in the Slovak government, the Slovak National Party (SNS), have filed a motion with the country’s General Prosecutor’s Office seeking to have another parliamentary party, the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), disbanded.
SMK unruffled by SNS bid to have it dissolved
Slovakia’s Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) is not worried that it might be dissolved, as it views an attempt by the Slovak National Party (SNS) to have it abolished as merely part of a campaign in the run-up to regional and local administration elections in November and next year's general election, SMK MP József Berényi said on October 7.
Štefanov: We won't lose a single euro over bulletin-board tender
Construction and Regional Development Minister Igor Štefanov said his visit to Brussels on Tuesday, October 6, to discuss the so-called bulletin-board tender was a success, the minister announced at a press conference on Wednesday, October 7. This was despite the EC announcing that Slovakia would not be reimbursed for around €11 million of costs arising from the tender because of serious irregularities in the way it was conducted. The costs must instead be borne by Slovak taxpayers.
Fair-Play Alliance withdraws action against Construction Ministry
The Fair-Play Alliance (AFP), a Slovak transparency watchdog, has withdrawn its complaint against the Construction and Regional Development Ministry because the case has been taken over by the Prosecutor's Office, which is now deciding whether it will pursue the alleged 'unjustified enrichment' of companies engaged in the so-called bulletin-board tender, according to a statement issued by AFP on Wednesday, October 7.
Health-care facilities owe €41.7 million to Sociálna Poisťovna
Receivables of the social insurance provider Sociálna Poisťovňa (SP) from health-care facilities amounted to €41.713 million as of the end of June 2009, states a document submitted to the Slovak cabinet on unpaid health insurance premiums on October 6, the SITA newswire reported. Hospitals owed €32.672 million to the social security provider in the same period a year ago.
Proposal seeks to improve R&D and science in Slovakia
At its October 7 session, the Slovak Cabinet is expected to discuss a new funding model for science and research in Slovakia submitted by Education Minister Ján Mikolaj, the SITA newswire reported.
SNS’s Slota says media should refund funds paid in ‘bulletin-board’ scandal
The funds from the bulletin-board tender at the Slovak Environment Ministry which cost Marián Janušek his ministerial post were spent mainly for advertising in media, according to the Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman, Ján Slota. “Those media are now the first to beat around and criticise. Well, let them return the money – this should be a little problematic, I guess,” Slota said in an interview with the SITA newswire.
Čaplovič to speak with Swedish Environment Minister about UN climate conference
Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren is meeting with the Slovak Vice-Prime Minister for a Knowledge-Based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities, Dušan Čaplovič, on October 7 in Bratislava to discuss preparations for the World Climate Conference later this year, the TASR newswire was told by Ľubomír Šišák from Čaplovič's office. The conference hopes to establish a new global agreement on climate change. Sweden, which currently holds the EU presidency, wants EU countries to intensively negotiate future co-operation in dealing with climate change. The basic question is: how much reduction in emissions is the EU able to approve as its commitment in the new global convention after 2012. Countries such as Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Great Britain promote a 30-percent reduction by 2020 compared to the emission levels in 1990.
Judicial Council denounces judges' protest
The Judicial Council considers the 'Five Sentences' initiative, in which 105 judges expressed their discontent with the state of the judiciary in Slovakia, to be an attempt to drag the judiciary into politics, council member and spokesman Juraj Sopoliga said on October 6.
Foundation stone of new steam and gas plant laid near Trnava
A new steam and gas (so-called combined cycle) power plant, the foundation stone of which was laid in Malženice near Trnava on October 6, will be one of the most advanced and eco-friendly facilities of its kind in Europe, according to its builder.
EU Commission will not reimburse Slovakia for bulletin-board tender
The European Commission confirmed on Tuesday, October 6, that it had finished studying the issue of the Slovak Construction Ministry’s controversial bulletin-board tender with Slovakia and that as a result Brussels will not reimburse the costs of the tender.
MP calls for colleagues’ immunity to be reduced
The current scale of the immunity enjoyed by Slovak MPs is outdated and should be reduced, the chair of parliament’s Mandate and Immunity Committee, Renata Zmajkovičová (Smer), said on Tuesday, October 6.
Lajčák says Macedonia can count on Sovakia's support in EU bid
Slovakia is ready to help Macedonia in its efforts to enter the European Union, Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák told Macedonia's Vice-Premier for European Affairs, Vasko Naumovski, during his visit to Bratislava on Monday, September 5, the TASR newswire wrote.
Slovakia’s National Convent on the EU discusses renewable energy sources
The National Convent on the European Union will discuss the use of renewable energy sources in Slovakia in Nitra on October 6, the TASR newswire wrote.
Visegrad Group foreign ministers meeting in Budapest
Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák is attending a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of countries of the Visegrad Group (V4)taking place on October 6, in Budapest, the SITA newswire was informed by the minister's spokesperson, Peter Stano. Their talks will focus mainly on intensifying and coordinating their common approach toward strengthening stability and democracy of the countries of the western Balkans and on supporting countries of this region in their effort to join the European Union and NATO.
Telecoms Office deregulates wholesale transit services market
The Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic lifted all duties imposed on the company Slovak Telekom related to wholesale transit service in the fixed public network in a decision released on October 2, the SITA newswire reported.
Economy Ministry and Enel agree on final purchase price for Slovenské Elektrárne
The Italian energy giant Enel is satisfied with the outcome of talks with the Slovak government on the final price of the 66-percent stake in theSlovakia’s dominant electric energy producer, Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), the spokesman of the Italian company confirmed to the SITA newswire on October 5.
Police accept complaint made against chairman of Slovakia’s Supreme Court
Police have accepted a complaint made against Supreme Court chairman Štefan Harabin filed by a critic - Judge Peter Paluda - at the end of June, the spokesperson for the Bratislava Police Corps Presidium, Andrea Poláčiková, confirmed for the TASR newswire on Monday, October 5.
Radiation to be measured at railway scanner on Ukraine border
Slovakia and Ukraine agreed on joint radiation measurements of the contentious x-ray scanner that checks freight trains on the border checkpoint from Ukraine to Slovakia, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said on Monday, October 5 to the TASR newswire.
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