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Some OĽaNO members want changes in party's status
A schism is emerging over the structure of opposition party Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OĽaNO), with its chairman Igor Matovič conceding there are people who would like to see what is currently defined as a 'political movement' become a traditional political party.
According to KDH’s Figeľ, Fico embraces revival of overpriced PPP projects
If the governing Smer party again opts for public-private partnership projects (PPP) in motorway construction or for signing contract addendums, it will prove that it aims to govern the country with an "after us, the deluge may come" approach, Christian Democratic Movement’s chairman and former transport minister Ján Figeľ said on Monday, August 13, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
ÚVO's deputy chair gets threatening letter and cartridge
Public Procurement Office (ÚVO) deputy chair Tatiana Behrová was sent a cartridge from a handgun and a threatening letter on Friday (August 10), it was revealed on Monday. In the letter, an anonymous sender states that he/she condemns one of Behrova's measures introduced since she took office last month.
Statistics Office: Consumer prices up 3.7 percent year-on-year in July
Consumer prices in Slovakia rose by 3.7 percent year-on-year in July, while remaining flat on a monthly basis, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) announced on Monday, August 13.
Employment went up slightly in some sectors
Several sectors in Slovakia reported a slight annual increase in employment in June, according to Slovakia’s Statistics Office.
Slovakia’s pension system will change again
Eighty MPs supported the amendment to the Social Insurance Act, which will bring more changes to Slovakia’s pension system. The changes will come into effect as of September, this year, one month sooner than was originally planned, the SITA newswire reported on August 10.
Karol Mello re-arrested after being released; Slovakia wants to get him back
The court in the Belizean town of San Pedro dismissed the extradition issued on July 18 through which Slovak fugitive Karol Mello was to be expelled from the country and transported back to his homeland. Yet, right after the acquittal police arrested him again, the Čas.sk website reported on August 10.
Students demand thorough investigation of Figeľ’s PhD
Members of the Student Council of Slovak Universities called on relevant bodies of the public administration to launch a thorough investigation into the way in which Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) chairman Ján Figeľ was awarded his PhD academic degree, and to take subsequent action against the university that granted it, the TASR newswire reported on August 11.
Regulated firms will pay more
COMPANIES doing business in sectors that are subject to regulation will pay a special levy of 0.363 percent of their profits as of September after President Ivan Gašparovič signed legislation to this effect. The new duty will affect not only companies with Slovak capital, but also organisational units of foreign firms which are set up in Slovakia and operate in the same business, the TASR newswire reported.
First festival of Jewish culture was organised in Košice
THE MAZEL Tov festival - which means “good luck” in Hebrew - is the first festival of Jewish culture in Slovakia, and it took place between July 7 and 15 in the eastern Slovak city of Košice. The summer festival offered a taste of rich Jewish culture to a wider public, featuring guided tours, concerts, exhibitions, workshops, literary and film events, and lectures.
Spain is represented mainly by SMEs
THE INVESTMENT presence of Spanish companies in Slovakia, compared with other countries, is not very visible. There are roughly 60 Spanish companies in Slovakia, most of which are small and medium-sized firms. Nevertheless, Slovakia sees still untapped opportunities here, which was the impetus for the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) to organise with Spanish partners a recent roadshow.
VW to cut size of new body shop
BRATISLAVA-based automotive company Volkswagen will reduce the area originally allocated for the construction of its new hall for car bodies. The representatives of the company say that they accepted the requests of the inhabitants who are to be affected by the construction, the Hospodárske Noviny daily reported.
S&P confirms Slovakia’s rating
RATINGS agency Standard & Poor’s has confirmed Slovakia’s A/A-1 credit rating, with a stable outlook. The agency said it trusts that the Slovak government will keep its obligation to squeeze the budget deficit below 3 percent of GDP in 2013, the SITA newswire reported on August 5.
Some companies with Spanish capital in Slovakia
Altcam Slovakia,www.altcam.comArcelormittal Gonvarri SSC Slovakia,www.arcelormittalgonvarri.sk Cikautxo,www.cikautxo.es Cortizo,www.cortizo.com Elastorsa Slovakia,www.elastorsa.com ESNASA SLOVENSKO,www.esnasa.sk Fagor Ederlan Slovensko,www.fagorederlan.sk Funderías Condals,www.funcosa.es INDRA Slovakia,www.indracompany.com Jobelsa Slovensko,www.jobelsa.com NH Gate One Hotel,www.nhgateone.sk OHL Pozemné stavby,www.ohl.sk Telefónica Slovakia,www.sk.telefonica.com Vicente Torns Slovakia,www.vicentetorns.com
Companies with Portuguese capital in Slovakia
Banif Mais, branch of a foreign bank, www.bankplus.skMartifer Slovakia,www.martifer.sk
Spain's rich experience from immigration
IN JUST a decade Spain received more than 5 million immigrants, equivalent to the entire population of Slovakia, turning the country, which in the past produced emigrants, into a new home for people from other countries. Félix Valdés, the Spanish ambassador to Slovakia, explains how Spain’s previous experience as a country with high emigration rates has made it, in his words, mentally prepared to receive immigrants.
Hungary might not send Csatáry
SENDING László Csatáry from Hungary to Slovakia might not be an easy task, according to the analysis of the possible scenarios of extradition prepared by Slovakia’s lawyers. They say that there are only two probable ways to extradite the 97-year-old Nazi war criminal from Slovakia’s southern neighbour, the SITA newswire wrote.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Figeľ’s PhD to be checked
THE EDUCATION Ministry is to check the validity of a doctorate granted in 2007 to Ján Figeľ, leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). The move was prompted by a report in the Sme daily suggesting that the university in question had granted Figeľ a PhD mainly due to the fact that he was at the time serving as a European commissioner.
MPs scramble to protect state property
SLOVAK parliamentarians rushed in early August to preserve the state’s immunity from seizure of its property via debt recovery proceedings – or so-called execution – after the Constitutional Court in late July ruled that the extent of the state’s immunity, as defined by existing legislation, was unconstitutional. Parliament, using fast-tracked legislative proceedings, amended the Execution Act, which governs the debt collection process, with 115 of the 116 MPs present supporting changes to preserve state immunity. The Constitutional Court did not, in fact, question the state’s immunity from execution as such, but rather its extent, when it ruled unconstitutional two provisions in the Law on the Administration of State Property and the Law on the State Treasury which had previously guaranteed immunity for the state.
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