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Visegrad Four and western Balkan foreign ministers to meet in Prague
Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda is scheduled to meet his Czech counterpart Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague on November 4 along with the two other foreign ministers of the Visegrad Four and foreign ministers from western Balkan countries, according to a statement released by the Foreign Ministry's communications department. Among the points for discussion at the meeting are the current situation in the EU and developing a common stance regarding the EU's enlargement plans, the TASR newswire wrote.
State budget deficit in October is one-third lower than last year
Slovakia’s state budget deficit rose from €2.159 billion in September to €2.341 billion in October, the Finance Ministry announced on November 2 while stressing that in annual terms the deficit was 30.6 percent lower than in October 2010 when it had reached €3.373 billion, the TASR newswire reported. A deficit of €3.8 billion is projected for all of 2011 compared to the €4.4-billion deficit recorded in 2010.
Mikuláš Dzurinda confirmed as SDKÚ election leader
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) party, the largest party in the current coalition, will be led in the March 2012 election by its chairman and two-time former prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda, SDKÚ spokesman Michal Lukáč confirmed on Wednesday, November 2, the TASR newswire reported.
Poll: Current governing parties would be able to form new coalition
Less than half of the Slovak electorate would have gone to the polls had a general election taken place in late October, according to an MVK poll published on Wednesday, November 2.
Svätý Kríž to get first new mayor in 25 years
The village of Svätý Kríž in Žilina Region (700 inhabitants) will soon have a new mayor for the first time in almost 25 years, as the current mayor will have to vacate his post following his conviction for driving without a licence, the TASR newswire reported on Wednesday, November 2.
Hrinková resigns as head of State Material Reserves
The chairperson of the State Material Reserves, Eva Hrinková, who was nominated by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), resigned on Wednesday, November 2, over a scandal caused by the reserves’ controversially low-priced sale of platinum, Defence Minister Ľubomír Galko (Freedom and Solidarity (SaS)) announced after a government session the same day.
Road Traffic Act amendment comes into force
As of November 1, an amendment to the Road Traffic Act came into effect, bringing with it several big changes, the Sme daily wrote on Wednesday, November 2.
Student Loan Fund members paid themselves hundreds of thousands of euros
Head of the Student Loan Fund Ľubomír Zburín has been sacked over suspicions of mismanagement, the Sme daily wrote in its Wednesday, November 2, issue.
Fall in number of flats completed in Bratislava Region
A total of 1,825 new flats were completed in Bratislava Region in the first half of 2011, representing a drop of 411 flats year-on-year, the Statistics Office has announced. Bratislava Region accounted for 29.5 percent of all flats completed in Slovakia between January and June of this year, the TASR newswire wrote. Its share was 3.2 percentage points higher in the same period of 2010.
Spoiling tactics mean Matovič must find alternative name for new party
The Ordinary People and Independent Personalities faction – known colloquially as Ordinary People – that leader Igor Matovič is seeking to establish as a new party will have to find a new name, the Sme daily reported on November 2.
Ethnologist: Halloween no threat to All Saints Day in Slovakia
American-style Halloween is not obliterating the true sense of commemorating the dead in Slovakia.
Slovak soldiers in Afghanistan disable car bomb
Slovak soldiers serving in Afghanistan with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit identified and then disabled explosives installed in a car that enemy forces intended to use during an attack on an allied military base in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan.
Dzurinda looks set to lead SDKÚ into March elections
With only hours before nominations close, no alternative candidate has yet come forward to challenge Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) leader Mikuláš Dzurinda for the top place on the party’s election list in next year’s general election.
Around half of Slovaks hold negative views of foreigners, survey finds
The three most widespread misconceptions concerning immigrants in Slovakia is that foreigners are taking jobs away from Slovaks, spreading dangerous diseases and increasing the crime rate, according to a recent survey carried out by the Focus polling agency, the TASR newswire reported.
Police uncover suspected large-scale tax fraud
The police have uncovered a ring of people suspected of tax evasion in a scheme that involved bogus value added tax (VAT) deductions, Interior Minister Daniel Lipšic announced on Tuesday, November 1, as reported by the TASR newswire.
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