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Government deems Harabin's complaint to ECHR inadmissible
The outgoing Slovak government considers inadmissible a complaint by Supreme Court chairman Štefan Harabin by which he is suing Slovakia for damages of €150,000 at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg. He objects to disciplinary proceedings brought against him for his repeated obstruction of Finance Ministry attempts to audit the Supreme Court. The proceedings were upheld by the Constitutional Court in a ruling on June 29, 2011, in which the court ordered that Harabin’s salary be reduced by 70 percent for one year.
IFP: Slovakia lost €2.3 billion in uncollected VAT in 2010
Slovakia’s estimated losses from uncollected VAT amounted to €2.3 billion in 2010, equivalent to 3.5 percent of GDP, the Financial Policy Institute (IFP) of the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday, March 14.
Slovak Tokaj vineyards damaged by fire
A significant area of Slovakia’s Tokaj vineyards near Čerhov (in Trebišov district, eastern Slovakia) was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, March 14). Locals and well as volunteer firemen helped extinguish the fire.
Former NBS vice-governor Kohútiková may lead Finance Ministry, MP Pellegrini tipped for Transport
Elena Kohútiková, a former central bank (NBS) vice-governor and the current deputy general director of Všeobecná Úverová Banka (VÚB), may become the next finance minister, the TASR newswire reported on Wednesday, March 14.
Hora
AS YOU call into the wood, so the wood (hora) replies. And I’ll only sing very gently into it. This is what Smer leader Robert Fico says about his next four years in office. What a change compared with the Fico we remember from the 2006-2010 period. Back then, other proverbs seemed more fitting: it was an eye for an eye (if not two eyes for one), and he who wasn’t stealing, was stealing from his family. No one knows how long the new façade will last. But let us consider the factors that will help hold it in place, as well as those that might cause a relapse.
No easy read on what Fico wants
AFTER its comprehensive election victory, there is now absolutely no reason why the Smer party cannot implement its entire political agenda – the question that must now be answered is what that political agenda is, and how the various factions within Smer will move to advance or retard particular interests, says Kevin Deegan-Krause, an associate professor of political science at Wayne State University and a long-term observer of Slovak political trends.
Number of new industrial orders increased by 10.9 percent in January
The volume of new industrial orders for Slovak businesses grew by 10.9 percent year-on-year to €3.135 billion in January 2012, according to data presented by the Statistics Office. It was the first double-digit rise in the number of new orders for three months, the SITA newswire reported.
Duray fined €300 for apologising to SNS in Hungarian
Miklós Duray, a former deputy chairman of the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), faces a fine of €300 for using the Hungarian language in an apology to the Slovak National Party (SNS) that he was ordered to make by a court, the TASR newswire reported.
Gorilla Protest organisers propose candle-lit demonstration
The organisers of the so-called Gorilla Protests, whose main aim is to fight against high-level political corruption, have established a new civil initiative called ‘Protest Gorilla’, which will focus on promoting their views and organising public debate. The founders of the new organisation also want to recruit new members and create a team of experts, the TASR newswire reported.
Gučík rumoured to be leaving TA3 TV news channel
The general director of the private TA3 TV news channel, Michal Gučík, has said he does not want to comment on a report by freelance journalist Miroslava Kernová that he would be leaving his job in the near future. Gučík said that he would leave at the moment he decided to do so, the SITA newswire reported.
Slovak MPs to lose immunity from criminal prosecution
Providing a law change proposed by the incoming government is passed, the police will no longer have to seek parliament’s approval to prosecute MPs accused of criminal offences. The Smer party, which won the March 10 parliamentary elections, has promised to prepare a draft amendment to the Criminal Code which will scrap MPs’ immunity from criminal prosecution, the Sme daily reported.
Krásna Hôrka Castle to be reconstructed using both Slovak and Hungarian resources
The reconstruction of Krásna Hôrka Castle, which was devastated by fire at the weekend, will be paid for partly by an insurance contract covering the protection of national cultural monuments concluded between the castle and the Culture Ministry. Some costs might also be covered from a public collection, as well from funds provided by the Hungarian government, the Sme daily reported.
First session of new parliament to be held on April 4
The first session of the new parliament will take place on Wednesday, April 4, President Ivan Gašparovič confirmed after a meeting with outgoing Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrušovský, the TASR newswire reported.
Experts from STU will check malfunctioning tax information system
The condition of information systems operated by the Financial Administration will be checked by experts from Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava. In particular, they are to make an audit of the recently launched but malfunctioning IT system of the Financial Administration and evaluate whether it needs to return to its old system, the SITA newswire reported.
ELECTION 2012: Smer invites other parliamentary parties for round-table talks
Round-table talks involving representatives from all the six parties that won seats in parliament in the general election on Saturday, March 10, will take place in the old parliament building on Župné Square in Bratislava on Thursday, March 15, the Smer party, which won the election, announced on Monday.
ELECTION 2012: Police register seven complaints concerning electoral corruption
Police have received seven complaints concerning alleged electoral corruption related to Saturday's general election, Police Corps spokesperson Denisa Baloghová told the TASR newswire on Monday.
ARDAL accepts offers for Slovak T-Bills amounting to €64.91 million
The Slovak Debt and Liquidity Agency (ARDAL) accepted all offers for treasury bills maturing on May 4, 2012, worth €64.91 million in an auction on Monday, March 12. €8 million of the offers were from non-resident investors, Juraj Pekár from ARDAL told the TASR newswire on the same day.
VW Slovakia almost doubled vehicle production last year
Volkswagen Slovakia (VW SK) recorded a turnover of €5.19 billion last year, up 28.5 percent year-on-year. Representatives of the company also told a news conference on Tuesday, March 13, that the carmaker's net profit surged 80 percent to €135 million, the SITA newswire reported.
Two dead in apparent murder-suicide in Bratislava
A man who shot dead a woman in Banšelova Street in the Bratislava borough of Trnávka earlier today is reported to have died after subsequently shooting himself. "According to the findings of an investigation, he shot the woman twice, wounding her fatally; she died on the site," police spokesperson Petra Hrášková said, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
NKÚ files criminal complaint over actions at Financial Administration
An inspection carried out by the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) has found that the law on information systems of public administration was violated in the introduction of the new information system for tax offices, the TASR newswire reported on Monday, March 12.
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