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Slovakia to pay €30,000 to Ringier Axel Springer
In connection with a libel dispute, Slovak state will have to pay nearly €30,000 to the Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia publishing house based on a decision by the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg.
Police still working with several versions of Valko’s murder
THERE are still several versions related to murder of prominent lawyer Ernest Valko, however one of them appears to be the most likely, Police Corps President Tibor Gašpar told the press on January 3. He was responding to recent press speculation about potential motives for Valko’s murder.
Police halt Tibenský investigation
THE POLICE will not prosecute deputy head of the Military Intelligence (VS) Robert Tibenský, after concluding he has not committed any crimes, the Sme daily reported. The daily broke a story on January 2 that he is investigated after former employee of the Defence Ministry has accused him abusing his post, having a car accident under the influence and of lying about the area of his opulent apartment in a prominent city in Israel.
Opposition challenges new welfare rules at Constitutional Court
A GROUP of opposition MPs represented by Jozef Mihál, former labour minister and current MP for Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), has filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court over the Act on Subsistence Allowance that came into effect in the beginning of the year, TASR newswire reported.
Some candidates officially submit presidential bids
SEVERAL people set to run in the March 15 presidential elections have submitted petitions with the necessary number of signatures on January 7.
Further cuts to corporate tax rate planned
CUTS to the corporate tax will continue as pledged by the government a number of times in the past, Finance Minister Peter Kažimír told the TASR newswire. He however failed to specify what the bottom rate would be.
Time nearly up for presidential candidates
CANDIDATES seeking to run for the president in the election scheduled for March 15 only have two more days to submit their petitions to qualify.
Slovakia’s Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas
ORTHODOX Christians in Slovakia – predominantly in the east of the country – observing the Julian calendar begin their Christmas celebrations January 6 as they celebrated Christmas Eve.
Road fatalities at historic low in 2013
Road fatalities on historical low in 2013 ROAD safety statistics for 2013 reports the lowest ever number of road fatalities on Slovak roads. There were 223 fatalities in 2013, 73 fewer than in 2012.
British diplomat in Slovakia gets OBE award
GILL Fraser, Chargé d’Affaires of the British Embassy in Bratislava has received a high state honour for her service overseas.
José Cura to sing with young local soprano
WORLD-RENOWNED tenor José Cura might not be widely known to Slovaks, even though he has already performed here twice. This looks set to change as he shifts from his operatic appearances to performing a March concert in Bratislava with young Slovak soprano Linda Ballová.
Countrywide Events
Western SLOVAKIA
Costly military communication project to finish, finally
ONE OF the most expensive and controversial public procurements ever undertaken by the Ministry of Defence will finally wrap up in 2014. Began in 2005, the ministry’s agreement with British defence giant BAE Systems for the MOKYS project, a mobile communication system for the armed forces, is likely to come with a final price tag of some €200 million.
Institute proposes plan to fight long-term joblessness
THERE are some 250,000 people in Slovakia out of work for more than one year. As the problem has troubled successive governments, the Employment Institute (IZ) issued suggestions for tackling the long-term unemployment problem at a December 13 conference.
2013 saw extremism rising in Slovakia
POLITICIANS should observe a consensus to not let extremists enter into the mainstream, and to not use the problems of Roma living in excluded settlements as a tool to gain votes. But there are strong negative feelings towards Roma among the Slovak population and politicians fear they would lose voter support if they were to a adopt a more welcoming approach to the minority, Grigorij Mesežnikov, political analyst and president of the non-governmental think tank Institute for Public Affairs, said in an interview with The Slovak Spectator about the rise of extremism in Slovakia and its implications for the future.
China asks for three Guantanamo prisoners
SLOVAKIA should extradite to China three Uighur people recently released from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay to Slovakia, as the country considers them terrorists and says they are dangerous, according to representatives of China’s Foreign Ministry.
Trnka files appeal against disciplinary committee decision
FORMER general prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka has filed appeal against the decision of the disciplinary committee to strip him of his prosecutor post for his role in the so-called Glance House case, the TA3 news channel reported on January 2.
People bid farewell to slain soldiers
FAMILIES, state officials and hundreds of other people attended the funerals of two soldiers killed in a December 27 attack on a convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan. Both were buried with full military honours, the TASR newswire reported on January 2.
Court confirms punishments for cartel agreement
SIX CONSTRUCTION firms will have to pay €45 million, the highest fine ever imposed by the Anti-Monopoly Office (PMÚ), after the Supreme Court ruled that they signed a cartel agreement in 2006.
Emissions sale reportedly not enough for police to charge Interblue Group
THOUGH officials from three European countries confirmed for the Slovak police that Slovakia sold excess carbon dioxide emissions quotas to the Interblue Group company for a disadvantageous price in 2008, the investigation of the case was halted, with no convictions or punishments, according to a police document that the Sme daily obtained based on the law on free access to information.
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