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Survey: Slovaks spend €144 per month on entertainment in summer
The average Slovak spends €144 per month on entertainment in the summer, which is twice as much as at other times of the year, a Prima Bank survey released on Wednesday, August 15 has revealed.
€630 million is missing from budget to narrow gap to 2.9% of GDP
The Finance Ministry is set to submit another set of consolidation measures in the upcoming few weeks designed to bring an extra €630 million to the state coffers, the ministry's State Secretary Peter Pellegrini told a press conference on Wednesday, August 15. These funds are needed to squeeze next year's fiscal gap to 2.9 percent of GDP, which is necessary for Slovakia's compliance with the EU's Stability and Growth Pact.
Slovakia's harmonised inflation accelerated to 3.8 percent in July
The growth rate of consumer prices in Slovakia slightly accelerated in July. Inflation measured by the EU harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) achieved a 3.8 percent year-on-year increase over July, while a month ago it was at 3.7 percent. According to the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ), the average twelve-month inflation rate remained at 4.1 percent in July.
Petition in support of second pillar needs 10,000 more signatures
The opposition Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) party expects that its petition in support of the second private pension pillar, which has hitherto been signed by approximately 90,000 people, will be ready to be submitted to parliament by the beginning of September, said MP Ľudovít Kaník, chairman of SDKÚ's caucus.
Finance Ministry unveils 2013 state budget draft; deficit to fall to 2.9 percent
The state budget deficit is targeted to be on €3.317 billion in 2013, with revenues of €13.6 billion and expenses at €16.917 billion, according to a state budget proposal unveiled by the Finance Ministry on Wednesday August 15.
Creation of human rights committee for LGBT community in pipeline
Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák on Wednesday, August 15, submitted for comments a proposal extending the statutes of the Government Council for Human Rights, Ethnic Minorities and Gender Equality, envisaging the establishment of a committee for the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Košice Airport recorded 11-percent drop in passengers in 2012
Košice Airport handled almost 89,000 passengers in the first half of 2012, a decline of 11 percent from the previous year, the TASR newswire was told by the airport's deputy finance director Tomáš Jančuš on Wednesday, August 15. A similar decline (12 percent) was recorded by the country's largest airport in Bratislava.
Consortium of 4 companies tables lowest bid for D3 highway stretch
A consortium of four companies - Váhostav-SK, Doprastav, Strabag and Metrostav - has submitted the lowest bid to construct a section of the D3 motorway from Svrčinovec to Skalité (in the Žilina region) near the Polish border, the TASR newswire learned on Wednesday, August 15.
Malinová-Žáková will not be examined by a psychiatrist
The Nitra District Court has turned down the proposal of the General Prosecutor’s Office to examine the mental state of Hedviga Malinová-Žáková through an examination requiring an extended stay in a hospital. The judge considers the suggestion premature and recommends examining her in an outpatient unit instead, the Sme daily wrote in its Wednesday, August 15, issue.
SaS to propose new legislation on same-sex registered partnerships
The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party plans to submit to next month's parliamentary session a bill that would partially make the registered partnerships of homosexual couples equal to those of married heterosexual couples.
Foreign Ministry to summon Belorussian envoy over dispute with Sweden
The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry was to summon Belarus's ambassador to Slovakia, Vladimir Serpikov, on Wednesday, August 15, to communicate Slovakia's unease over the expulsion of Swedish ambassador Stefan Eriksson from Belarus and the measures that led to the closure of the Swedish embassy in Minsk, the TASR newswire learnt from the Slovak Foreign Ministry's press department.
ŠÚ: Employment up by 0.2 percent year-on-year in 2Q12
Employment in Slovakia grew by 0.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2012 to 2.216 million people, according to a Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) preliminary estimate published on Tuesday, August 14.
Stats Office flash estimate: GDP growth at 2.7 percent in 2012
The Slovak economy grew by 2.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of this year, the Slovak Statistics Office announced in a flash estimate on Tuesday, August 14. Meanwhile, the quarter-to-quarter rise, after seasonal effects are removed from the equation, stood at 0.7 percent.
Poll: Almost half of Slovaks OK with same-sex registered partnerships
Close to half of Slovaks agree with the introduction of registered partnerships that would put same-sex couples on an equal footing with married men and women, albeit with no right to adopt children, gay rights group 'Iniciatíva Inakosť' (Initiative Otherness) said on Tuesday, August 14.
Harabin will let judges testify in Vovčík case
President of the Supreme Court Štefan Harabin is ready to lift the oath of confidentiality of judges upon request of law-enforcement authorities, he told the SITA newswire through the press section of the Supreme Court. He writes this in response to a lawsuit against four judges filed by Jan Vovčík.
UNESCO’s eastern gem
In the beginning of the 13th century, the town of Bardejov was known across Europe as a crucial intersection of important trade routes. Today those roads are gone, but Bardejov remains a small town very proud of its past, and its protection as a UNESCO World Heritage List site. A visitor can still appreciate much of the town’s ancient history, hemmed into a beautiful centre by thick stone walls.
LOZ launches campaign against corruption among doctors
The Medical Trade Unions Association (LOZ) is launching an anti-corruption campaign with the slogan: 'Thanks, I don't accept bribes', the TASR newswire learned at a LOZ press conference on Monday, August 13.
Slovakia 35th-most attractive country for mergers and acquisitions
Slovakia currently ranks 35th in the 'M&A Maturity Index', which assesses the quality and maturity of investment environments in 148 countries around the world, thereby improving its position by one place when compared to 2011, Ernst & Young in Slovakia informed the TASR newswire on Monday, August 13.
Slovakia’s economy grew at 2.7 percent
SLOVAKIA’S economy continued growing in the second quarter of 2012, a time when some of the European giants either stagnated or grew at a rate slower than one percent. The country’s economy grew at a rate of 2.7 percent year-on-year, a slight fall from the 3.0-percent growth recorded in the first quarter of 2012. The economy maintains a solid quarter-on-quarter growth at 0.7 percent, the country’s statistics authority reported in its flash estimate on August 14. The volume of GDP at current prices in the second quarter of 2012 reached €17,825 million, a 3.7 percent increase year-on-year, the Slovak Statistics Office said.
Fico promises to help Swiss Police probe Branisko bribes
The Slovak Government will cooperate with Swiss and Slovak law enforcement to investigate bribes linked to the building of the Branisko tunnel in 2001 and 2002, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a press conference on Monday, August 13.
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