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Municipalities of Hlinné and Rudlov witness renewed flooding
Firefighters have assisted local residents in the municipalities of Hlinné and Rudlov in Vranov nad Topľou District, eastern Slovakia, after they experienced flooding on Thursday, May 13, for the second time in a week.
Slovak Parliament will not debate bailout for Greece
Members of the Slovak Parliament will not debate the €800-million loan that Slovakia, as a eurozone member, is slated to provide to Greece under the terms of an EU-agreed bailout plan. After parliament failed to reach a quorum for a fourth successive time after two days of trying, Speaker Pavol Paška decided on Thursday, May 13 to close the extraordinary session, which had been initiated by the opposition.
Ten Slovak football fans and one Czech to appear before Hungarian court
Hungarian police are expected to put 11 arrested football fans before the Municipal Court in Encs, a town in north-eastern Hungary, on Thursday, May 13, following disturbances linked to the Slovak Cup final on Tuesday.
Statistics Office estimates Slovakia’s GDP grew by 4.6 percent in 1Q10
According to a flash estimate published by the Statistics Office on Wednesday, May 12, the Slovak economy grew by 4.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of this year. This is the first registered growth in Slovak GDP since 4Q08.
No parliamentary debate on Greek rescue package after MPs fail to turn up
The absence of MPs from the governing coalition’s Smer and Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) parties as well as those from the opposition Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) on May 12 meant that parliament was unable to debate the Greek rescue package at an extraordinary session summoned earlier this week following a petition signed by opposition MPs.
SNS vice-chair accuses KDH’s Lipšic of lying
Slovak National Party (SNS) vice-chair Anna Belousovová interrupted a televised briefing by Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) representatives, broadcast live by TA3 television on Wednesday, May 12, to accuse KDH vice-chairman Daniel Lipšic of telling lies.
Employment in Slovakia in Q1 is down 3 percent year-on-year
According to Slovakia’s Statistics Office there were 2.133 million employed persons in the first quarter of this year and that figure is 3 percent less than the same period last year, the SITA newswire wrote. After seasonal adjustments the office reported that 2.142 million people were employed in the January-March period, a year-on-year drop of 3.2 percent.
OECD economist says Slovak fiscal consolidation plan is reliable
Slovakia's public finance consolidation plan is trustworthy, according to Pier Carlo Padoan, the chief economist for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) who met Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava on May 11, the TASR newswire reported. However, Padoan stated that the process of fiscal consolidation should be accompanied by reforms designed to boost the country's economic growth. According to him, Slovakia, along with many other countries hit hard by the global economic recession last year, is now recovering well in European terms, achieving rapid growth.
Slovak ice hockey team beats Belarus 4:2 at the World Championship
The second match of Slovak ice hockey players in the German city of Cologne at the World Championship had a dramatic and thrilling course. Slovaks knew from the beginning that a potential loss could complicate their ambitions.
Slovak Foreign Minister Speaks at Council of Europe meeting
Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák spoke at a meeting of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg. The supreme decision-making body of the Council of Europe meets once a year and one of the topics it is dealing with this year is the reform of the system ofprotection of human rights and streamlining the activitiesof the European Court of Human Rights, the SITA newswire reported.
NGO representatives challenge racism in election campaign
Representatives of non-governmental organizations think that open racism in the election campaign is an inadmissible violation of ethical, cultural and legal standards and that it is in direct conflict with the legal system of the Slovak Republic and international agreements, the SITA newswire wrote.
Interior ministers of the Salzburg Forum to meet in Bratislava
Interior Ministers from the eight countries making up the Salzburg Forum – Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia – as well as from two non-member states, Moldova and Croatia, will meet in Bratislava for two days from May 12.
Slovan clobbers Trnava to claim Slovak Football Cup
Slovan Bratislava football team won the 41st annual Slovak Cup after thrashing Spartak Trnava 6:0 in Michalovce (Košice Region) on Tuesday, May 11.
Industry group says 43% of software used in Slovakia last year was pirated
Last year, 43 percent of software used in Slovakia was illegal, according to anti-piracy organisation the Business Software Alliance (BSA).
HZDS to boycott parliamentary session on Greek loan
MPs from the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), one of the ruling coalition parties, will not take part in an extraordinary parliamentary session due to take place on Wednesday, May 12, to debate the EU's financial rescue package for Greece, according to the party's vice-chairman for the economy, Jozef Habánik.
Slovak Environment Minister approves controversial subsidies
The state-run Environment Fund approved hundreds of thousands of euros in subsidies for an obscure organisation for environment-related activities after the Environment Minister Jozef Medveď met the fund's president, Roman Kováč, on Tuesday, May 11.
Private sector employment in Slovakia shrinks by 9.1 percent in March
The number of Slovak employees in the non-governmental sector of the economy continued to fall in March, going down by 9.1 percent from a year earlier, the SITA newswire reported. The data released by Slovakia’s Statistics Office showed that wholesale businesses reported a decline in staff by 19.8 percent in March, information and communication technologies by 15.2 percent and restaurants and hotels by 9.5 percent y-o-y.
Critics say PM Fico misused STV appearance for campaign activities
The appearance of Prime Minister Robert Fico on public-service broadcaster STV during which he explained Slovakia’s aid to Greece and attacked opposition parties could be classified as pre-election campaigning, several political analysts told the ČTK newswire.
PM Fico says Slovakia is prepared to support financial stability in Europe
Slovakia is prepared to do its best, in cooperation with other eurozone countries, to support financial stability in Europe, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after an extraordinary session of his cabinet on May 10, which discussed the outcome of the meeting of EU finance ministers who okayed a set of measures to ensure other vulnerable countries can stave off similar crises as the current one in Greece, the SITA newswire reported.
Flashback to 1994: HZDS has another election campaign song
After using the “hit” song Vivat Slovakia in its 1994 election campaign, the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) has opted for another campaign song titled “Slovakia our patria”, the Sme daily reported.
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