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Most Slovaks feel living standards are stagnating or declining
MORE than 40 percent of Slovaks consider their living standard to be decreasing while 46.7 of them think that their standard of living remains the same. A majority say they have not been or do not plan to go on vacation this year, according to Polis polling agency.
Euthanasia okay, according to most of Slovaks
NEARLY 59 percent of people in Slovakia think it is important to deal with the issue of euthanasia, according to a survey carried out by Focus agency on behalf of the liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party.
Number of unemployed falls for third consecutive quarter
Unemployment fell year-on-year in 2Q14, the third such drop in a row, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) announced September 3. Going down by 6.2 percent y-o-y, the number of unemployed people in the second quarter of this year stood at 356,400. At the same time, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.8 p.p. y-o-y to 13.2 percent.
Alliance for Family claims Kiska broke promise by sending petition to Constitutional Court
President Andrej Kiska by asking the Constitutional Court to look into the proposal of a referendum on protecting the traditional family has broken his promise given before he was elected, the Alliance for Family (AZR) spokesman Andrej Chromík said September 3.
Kiska: Slovakia to state clear stances at NATO summit
Slovakia will pledge to increase its defence budget to 1.6 percent of GDP by 2020 at the Newport NATO summit (September 4-5), President Andrej Kiska told journalists before leaving for the summit on September 3. He also stated that Slovakia will state clear positions on all fundamental issues.
Former Trend reporter faces possible charges over alleged libel
Journalist Dušan Karolyi, a former reporter of the Trend economic weekly, could face a five-year prison sentence for libel for his story called Prešovská Hlava XXII published in the weekly last year.
Government silent over Russia sanctions
THOUGH the representatives of the government, employers and trade unions, as well as the government itself, discussed the draft of the European Union’s newest sanctions against Russia, no binding stance has been released yet. The debate will continue after the European Commission delivers the list of commodities to be affected by the sanctions.
Kiska and Biden talked Ukraine
US VICE PRESIDENT Joe Biden spoke with Slovak President Andrej Kiska on September 2 about bilateral relations, the NATO summit, and the crisis in Ukraine, the Office of the Vice President informed.
Petríková loses a dispute with judge Babjak
FORMER justice minister Viera Petríková, who currently serves as the Supreme Court judge, has exceeded her right for freedom of speech and legitimate criticism with her statements about judge Juraj Babjak. This stems from the ruling issued by the senate of the Banská Bystrica Regional Court.
Statistics Office confirms 2.5 percent growth in Q2
SLOVAKIA’S economy grew by 2.5 percent in the second quarter of 2014, which is by 1.7 percentage points better compared to last year. In quarter-on-quarter comparison the GDP grew by 0.6 percent, according to the detailed information about the economic growth published by the Statistics Office (ŠÚ) on September 3.
Festivaly
WHAT better way to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Woodstock than by banning one music festival and almost cancelling another? The tales of Gothoom and Moldava Spolu differ only in the details.
PM Fico doubts effect of sanctions
ON THE EVE of a NATO summit where Russia is likely to be the central topic, Prime Minister Robert Fico has got the attention of both, his European partners and Russia after he announced in Brussels that Slovakia retains the right to disagree with any EU-proposed sanctions towards Russia that would harm the country’s national interests.
Adventure is out there
While legend has it that swallows are the messengers of spring, hot air balloons herald the beginning of summer in the Košice region. Every year in June, the skyline in Košice is packed with balloons piloted by teams from all across Europe.
Constitutional Court to review referendum on family
PRESIDENT Andrej Kiska will turn to the Constitutional Court to review the referendum on the so-called protection of family. He received the petition on August 27 containing 400,000 signatures collected by the Alliance for Family (AZR) asking to hold the referendum.
Two of Lipšic’s right-hand men charged by police
TWO OFFICIALS who worked at the Interior Ministry when it was run by Daniel Lipšic (2010-12) have been charged with not fulfilling their duties when administering public property vis-à-vis a case involving the procurement of a new wiretapping system for the police. This information was published by investigative journalist Júlia Mikolášiková on her blog on September 2.
Slovakia’s competitiveness up slightly
SLOVAKIA slightly improved its competitiveness ranking after placing 75th, up three places from last year, in the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 3.
Penta takes over two media groups
THE FINANCIAL group Penta will take on two big publishing houses in Slovakia: Trend Holding and Spoločnosť 7 Plus, the Omediach.com website wrote on September 2.
Police investigate Procházka’s presidential campaign financing
THE POLICE are looking into suspicions over murky financing in Radoslav Procházka’s presidential campaign, the Nový Čas daily reported on September 2.
Church tower collapses in the village of Láb
A church tower collapsed in the village of Láb - in Bratislava Region on September 2 afternoon, with no injuries reported so far, Bratislava regional police spokeswoman Tatiana Kurucová told the TASR newswire.
State budget posted €2.42 billion deficit in August
The state budget posted a deficit of €2.42 billion, up 26.2 percent year-on-year, as of August 31, the Finance Ministry announced on September 2. The state income went up by €240.4 million y-o-y, while expenditures increased by €743.4 million y-o-y.
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