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Kažimír: Big companies caught evading €5 million in tax
The Financial Directorate and the Police Corps have prevented two cases of tax evasion amounting to €5 million based on fictitious trades in commodities carried out by large companies with significant market shares, Finance Minister Peter Kažimír said at a press conference on Thursday, November 29.
Court rejects Kapsch suit against SkyToll
The Bratislava I District Court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Austrian company Kapsch TrafficCon AG concerning the tender for Slovakia's electronic road-toll system won by another firm, SkyToll, in 2008, the TASR newswire reported on Thursday, November 29.
Slovak Ambassador to Bosnia has to explain Gašparovič's comments
Bakir Izetbegovic, the Bosnian member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday, November 28, summoned Slovakia's Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Mojžita to demand an explanation of comments made by Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič during a visit to Bosnia concerning alleged similarities between relations between Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina and those of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Turkish news agency Anadolu has reported.
Teachers' leaders meet Fico
Trade unions representing striking public school teachers on Thursday, November 29, reportedly interrupted a joint meeting to enter negotiations with Prime Minister Robert Fico, the TASR newswire reported.
Former prime minister Vladimír Mečiar to publish his memoirs
Vladimír Mečiar, who served as Slovak prime minister three times (between 1990 and 1991, 1992 and 1994, 1994 and 1998) says he has recovered government documents that he kept deliberately hidden for eight years and will now write his memoirs, the TASR newswire reported.
MPs fail to choose new ÚPN head at second attempt
Slovak MPs have failed to select a new head for the Nation’s Memory Institute (ÚPN) at their second attempt to do so. On Tuesday, November 27, and on Wednesday, November 28, none of the candidates got an absolute majority of the deputies present.
Slovak Post closes all branches Thursday due to technical breakdown
The monopoly state-owned postal operator Slovak Post closed all its branches on Thursday morning (November 29), citing a technical breakdown in its central information system, the TASR newswire wrote.
Some union members speak out against leaders’ decision to interrupt teachers’ strike
Union members at several schools on Thursday, November 29 expressed dissatisfaction with the decision of their unions to interrupt the ongoing teachers strike. Employees of the Secondary Grammar School in Bilíkova Street in Bratislava decided to continue striking on Thursday; employees of the Gymnasium Metodova, also in Bratislava, said they were considering further steps.
Academic senate of Trenčín University votes to dismiss rector
The academic senate of Trenčín University of Alexander Dubcek (TnUAD) has voted to dismiss the university’s rector, Ivan Kneppo. The ballot came after a five-hour session of the senate held on Wednesday, November 28. In a secret vote, 20 members voted for Kneppo’s dismissal, while four voted against. Kneppo's associates claim that his dismissal is invalid.
Parliament freezes salaries of MPs, judges
The salaries of constitutional representatives will not grow in 2013 but will remain at this year's level, 140 MPs agreed on Wednesday, November 28, in fast-tracked legislative proceedings.
Economic sentiment falls further, to lowest level in three years
The Index of Economic Sentiment (IES) continues to drop, shrinking by 2.4 points on a monthly basis in November to 83.7 points, the lowest figure since December 2009, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) announced on Wednesday, November 28.
Some companies will have to buy their CO2 emission quotas next year
The Slovak Parliament on Wednesday, November 28, approved a new system of providing CO2 emissions quotas which will require some companies – especially those operating in the sphere of electricity production – to pay for all of their quotas, while allocating the rest to manufacturing companies for free.
Nationwide teachers' strike halted – for now
WHAT had been heralded as an unlimited nationwide strike by teachers aiming for a 10-percent pay rise was interrupted on Wednesday, November 28, after just three days with pupils and groups of disappointed teachers returning to schools and the teachers’ unions sitting across a negotiating table from the government. By November 29, the Trade Unions of Employees of the Education Sector and Science (OZ PŠaV) had still not reached any definite agreement with the government, but published a statement on its website claiming that support for the strike had dropped significantly in the regions. However, the New School Unions, another trade union representing teachers, called the interruption of the strike a waste, and teachers at several schools around Slovakia vowed to continue striking.
Glance
IF THERE is one thing the Glance House affair definitely does not add to the image of Slovakia, it is glanc (splendour).
Kažimír: State revenue €276 million less, budget in danger
Slovakia's tax and levy (payroll deductions) earnings for this year will probably be €276 million less than previously expected, according to an analysis provided by the Financial Policy Institute (IFP), said Finance Minister Peter Kažimír at a press conference on Tuesday, November 27.
Slovakia not required to send income from SMP to Greece
Eurozone Finance Ministers reached an agreement after a 13-hour meeting on Greece on Tuesday that a sum equivalent to the income from the SMP (Greek bonds purchased under the European Central Bank's Securities Market Programme) will be sent to Greece; however, Slovakia managed to be exempted from these transfers.
Slovak KIA plant to produce new sports model in 2013
The Kia Motors Slovakia plant will start producing the new Kia pro_cee'd GT model next year. Kia Slovakia spokesman Dušan Dvořák informed the SITA newswire that the car will be a sports model.
Teachers’ strike will be put on hold Wednesday evening
The strike by teachers and school employees that started on Monday will be interrupted on Wednesday, November 28, at 18:00 for an unspecified period of time. This was decided by the union strike committee, citing continuing negotiations with government representatives that started on Tuesday as the reason.
OECD cuts forecast for Slovak GDP growth in 2013 to 2 percent
The Slovak economy will grow by 2.6 percent this year but by only 2 percent in 2013, according to the latest forecast by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which was released on Tuesday, November 27.
Žitňanská replaces Kaník as head of SDKÚ's parliamentary caucus
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) MP Lucia Žitňanská has become the new head of her party's parliamentary caucus, the TASR newswire reported on Tuesday, November 27, citing the SDKÚ's Slavomír Frešo.
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