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Finance Ministry to introduce comprehensive consolidation plan in April
The Finance Ministry will in April introduce a comprehensive plan to consolidate the public finances that will form the second phase of a process designed to push the public finance deficit back under 3 percent, Finance Ministry State Secretary Vladimír Tvaroška announced on Thursday, January 27, the TASR newswire reported.
Police investigate PKO demolition
Police have launched an investigation into the planned demolition of Bratislava's well-known PKO Culture and Leisure Centre, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Andrea Dobiašová said on Thursday, January 27, as reported by the TASR newswire.
Greenpeace loses court battle against Slovak Environment Ministry
In a ruling on Thursday, January 27, the Slovak Supreme Court turned down a lawsuit filed by environmental organisation Greenpeace against the Environment Ministry which had claimed unlawful intervention by a public administration authority.
Government proposes to ban dual citizens from working in security forces
On January 26, the Slovak government approved a proposed amendment to the law on civil service prohibiting employees of the security forces such as police officers, intelligence service (SIS) officers, correctional and judicial guards and railway police from holding dual citizenship, the SITA newswire reported.
District traffic police chief in Senec charged with taking bribes
Police detained the head of the district traffic police inspectorate in Senec on the morning of January 26 when he was caught taking a bribe at his workplace, the Interior Ministry informed the SITA newswire.
Education Minister wants to target poor-quality universities and colleges
The Education Ministry is preparing a mechanism which it believes could eliminate schools with poor results, with the minister stating: "We will let into the system every higher educational institution which offers better quality than schools at the tail of the current ladder and will set the system in the way that the schools at the bottom drop out," as quoted by the SITA newswire.
Slovak government to allocate €11.73 million for bilateral development aid in 2011
Slovakia will contribute more than €65.5 million for official development aid (ODA) this year, the government agreed on January 26, the TASR newswire reported. Of this amount, more than €53 million will be contributions that Slovakia makes to various international organisations, including financial institutions.
Bratislava Airport’s passenger load dropped by 3 percent in 2010
Bratislava's M.R. Štefánik Airport (BTS) handled close to 1.67 million passengers in 2010, a fall of 3 percent year-on-year, the TASR newswire reported. "Compared to previous years this is a stable figure. It shows that the market is beginning to stabilise," said BTS board chairman Maroš Jančula. Six air carriers operated flights from the airport to 42 destinations last year. Ryanair accounted for the largest share of the total, with 1.1 million passengers. London topped the list of destinations with 315,839 passengers.
Health Minister Uhliarik denies banning abortions at Bratislava University hospital
Slovakia’s Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) told journalists after the government’s cabinet meeting on January 26 that he had not issued any decree banning abortions at facilities of the Bratislava University Hospital (UNB), the TASR newswire wrote. Uhliarik also stated that the head of the hospital complex, Jozef Sabol, had also ruled out the possibility that such a decision was made by top UNB representatives.
National bank governor says Slovakia will meet Maastricht criteria in 2013 or 2014
Slovakia's fiscal consolidation programme has been functioning well so far and it can be expected that the country will meet the EU criteria of a public finance deficit under 3 percent of GDP in either 2013 or 2014, said Jozef Makúch, the governor of Slovakia's central bank (NBS) on January 26. The government's current budget plan anticipates that the deficit will shrink from last year's 8 percent to 3 percent of GDP in 2013. The governor said the NBS appreciates the public finance consolidation programme particularly because it is difficult for the four-party centre-right coalition to reach agreement on individual consolidation measures.
Slovak cabinet approves proposed amendment to citizenship law
If a Slovak citizen obtains state citizenship of another country they will no longer automatically lose their Slovak citizenship according to a proposed amendment to the State Citizenship Act approved by the Slovak government on Wednesday, January 26, the TASR newswire reported. The initiative is aimed at returning to the applicable practices used before July 2010 when the government of Robert Fico adopted legislation in response to Hungary's dual citizenship act. According to that amendment adopted in 2010 anyone applying for the citizenship of another country would automatically lose Slovak citizenship.
Constitutional Court makes two major rulings
SLOVAKIA’S Constitutional Court has given the country two major rulings in a single day. Slovakia’s guardian of the constitution and overseer of laws enacted by parliament ruled in one of its decisions released on January 26 that legislation that prohibited private health insurers from paying dividends to their shareholders or autonomously deciding what to do with their profits violates Slovakia’s constitution.
Hospital denies political link to abortion halt
Bratislava University Hospital has rejected allegations that its new policy effectively ending abortion procedures was introduced based on a demand or call from Health Minister Ivan Uhliarik (Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)), hospital spokesperson Zuzana Čižmáriková told the TASR newswire on Tuesday, January 25. She was responding to a report published in the Pravda daily. Many KDH members have religious objections to abortion.
BVS chief Gemeran rejects responsibility for state of company
Bratislava Waterworks Company (BVS) general director Daniel Gemeran says he is not responsible for the worsening state of the company. “Responsibility lies with those who pass and carry out regulatory policies in practice,” BVS said in a press statement issued to the media on Tuesday, January 25.
Analysts: Slovak economy to grow by 3.6 percent this year
Bank analysts predict that growth in Slovakia’s economy will slow to 3.6 percent year-on-year in 2011, the TASR reported on Thursday, January 25.
Supreme Court ruling on judges’ pay suspended after Constitutional Court accepts case
Supreme Court ruling on judges’ pay suspended after Constitutional Court accepts case
Orbán to visit Slovakia on Friday to sign gas connection agreement
Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová and her Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán will sign an international agreement on cross-border gas connections on Friday, January 28, in Bratislava, the TASR newswire reported, citing Radičová’s spokesman Rado Baťo.
Slovakia and Turkey to form committee aimed at visa reform
Slovakia and Turkey will establish a committee to explore the possibility of cancelling the visa requirement for Slovak tourists visiting Turkey as well as liberalising visa requirements for Turkish citizens visiting Slovakia, it was jointly announced on Tuesday, January 25, by Slovak Foreign Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda and Turkey’s Minister for European Affairs and negotiator for Turkey’s EU application Egemen Bagis.
Sulík: Králik will be dismissed
The director of heating company Zvolenská Teplárenská, Juraj Králik, who was nominated by Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), will be summarily dismissed, SaS chairman Richard Sulík confirmed to the media on Tuesday, January 25.
Expert in Malinová case excluded from list of experts
The dean of the Medical School of Bratislava’s Comenius University, Peter Labaš, who was supposed to provide expert opinion on the widely reported case of Hedviga Malinová, has been excluded from a list of court experts published on the internet.
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