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Deadline for drawing flood-damage funds to be extended
The Environment and Finance Ministries want to modify a special system, set up last year to help municipalities affected by flooding, to allow towns and villages to continue drawing already-earmarked funds. As the rules stand, municipalities can draw the allocated €12.95 million which the Environment Ministry transferred to regional environment offices only until the end of March this year.
PAS: Entrepreneurial environment deteriorated in late 2010
The entrepreneurial environment in Slovakia deteriorated slightly in the final quarter of 2010, with the Business Environment Index (IPP) dropping 0.39 percent on the quarter to 91.5 points, thereby returning to the level seen in the second quarter of 2010, the Slovak Business Alliance (PAS) said on Tuesday, March 15.
IWCB awards honorary membership to three leading Slovak women
The International Women's Club of Bratislava, a non-profit, non-religious, non-political club made up of expatriate foreign women living in Slovakia, on March 15, awarded honorary membership to three Slovak women: Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, First Lady Silvia Gašparovičová, and Eva Dzurindová, the wife of the Foreign Affairs Minister. Radičová accepted her membership in person.
Psychological tests for gun licences might become mandatory after all
A controversial legal amendment to require that every gun-licence holder takes a mandatory psychological test at least once in their lifetime may be introduced later this year.
FNM recommends selling 100-percent stakes in heating companies
The most favourable option when privatising the six heating companies owned by the state is to sell 100-percent stakes via public tenders with international participation, the National Property Fund (FNM) has recommended in an analysis drafted in co-operation with the Economy and Finance Ministries. The document is due to be submitted to the next government session.
Jurzyca: We're looking into fees for full-time university studies
The education ministry is looking into the possibility of introducing fees for full-time university studies, said Education Minister Eugen Jurzyca (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)) in answer to a question posed by his predecessor, Ján Mikolaj (Slovak National Party (SNS)), at a session of the parliamentary education committee on Tuesday, March 15.
NBS posts huge loss for 2010
Slovakia's central bank, the NBS, posted a loss of more than €515 million last year, NBS spokesperson Petra Pauerová announced on Tuesday, March 15. The TASR newswire reported that Pauerová cited audited financial statements approved by the NBS Bank Board.
SE profits down 14 percent in 2010
Slovakia's dominant electricity generator Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), a daughter company of Italy’s Enel Group, posted a year-on-year slump in profits in 2010, the company announced in London on Monday, March 14.
Slovakia readies funds and rescuers for Japan
SLOVAKIA has prepared an aid package consisting of funds and rescue workers to support recovery efforts and humanitarian projects in Japan in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in mid-March.
Six illegal immigrants detained in eastern Slovakia
The Slovak border police have detained six refugees in the Sobrance district.
Low-income citizens to be paid “digitalisation support”
Slovaks on welfare who pay public media concessions have been given until August 31 to request a contribution of €20 towards the purchase of a new TV, set-top box or towards cable TV.
Cyprus’ Speaker of Parliament Marios Garoyian visits Slovakia
Slovak Speaker of Parliament Richard Sulík and his Cypriot counterpart Marios Garoyian have announced their intention to exert pressure on the European Union in a joint effort to push it to adopt a tougher position on the Cyprus Issue.
Economy Ministry to request state support for Honeywell investment
Economy Minister Juraj Miškov has officially confirmed the intention of Honeywell International Inc. to invest €38.31 million in Slovakia.
PM Radičová says retirement age will not be raised
Prime Minister Iveta Radičová has announced that the government will not draft a proposal to raise the retirement age.
Radičová: EC open to reassigning funds to highways
PM Iveta Radičová has announced that EC President Jose Manuel Barroso is now more open to shifting EU funding away from other operational programmes in order to support Slovakia’s motorway construction.
Memorial to controversial politician ignites passions
The ceremonial unveiling of a bust of former pro-Hungary Slovak MP János Esterházy in Košice drew a relatively small, though passionate crowd.
Self-employed unhappy with contributions reform
Representatives of the self-employed have expressed their dissatisfaction with the Finance Ministry’s planned changes to the social and health insurance contribution systems.
US firms to create 2,500 new jobs
Economy Minister Juraj Miškov has announced that US companies are set to create more than 2,500 new jobs in Slovakia in the near future.
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Eurobarometer: Idea of gender quotas not supported by women
The introduction of quotas for women to allow them to participate in public life more actively has low support among women themselves, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The survey was conducted in all 27 EU member states over the past few weeks, and presentation of the results marked last week's 100th anniversary of International Women's Day celebrations on March 8.
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