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AS Trenčín, owned by former Ajax player, wins the national football league
A BIT surprisingly the football club AS Trenčín owned by the former professional footballer, Dutch Tscheu La Ling, has won the national league, breaking up the six-year dominance of Slovan and Žilina, the two strongest and wealthiest clubs in the country.
New mobile network could be tested in Slovakia
SLOVAKIA, a country of the 5.4-million population prone to test the latest technical innovations, may become a testing ground for another novelty – a new mobile network developed by a Chinese company.
Váhostav’s restructuring plan allegedly approved
WHILE courts decided over the restructuring plan of Váhostav-SK, an ill-fated construction company owing millions of euros to its creditors and on the brink of bankruptcy, by the deadline of May 22, the verdict will be revealed only after it is published in the business bulletin in compliance with legislation on bankruptcy and restructuring.
Slovak mothers have more difficulties when returning to work
MATERNAL and parental leave in Slovakia are both longer than in other countries of the European Union (EU).
Fair presented more than 26,000 jobs
THE FIFTH year of Slovakia’s largest job fair JobExpo 2015, featuring 140 Slovak and more than 20 foreign employers with more than 26,000 job vacancies, was concluded at the Agrokomplex exhibition site in Nitra at the end of April.
Employee benefit packages evolving
Trends include so-called “healthy” benefits combining work and private life.
Union at PSA Peugeot Citroen Trnava announces strike alert
THE TRADE union at the PSA Peugeot Citroen plant in Trnava announced May 22 that it was going into strike alert as of noon on the same day following the failure of a mediator from the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry to arrange an agreement with the employer on collective bargaining.
Fico unveils second social package
PRIME minister and Smer chairman Robert Fico, at the governing party’s congress in Bratislava on May 23, unveiled the cabinet’s second social, economic and financial package comprising 15 items worth a total of €200 million.
President Kiska supported EU enlargement in Riga
SLOVAKIA fully supports the enlargement of the European Union, Slovak President Andrej Kiska said at the Eastern Partnership and EU summit in Riga, Latvia. He added that the vision of possible EU membership is “crucial from the point of view of implementing reforms in the due countries”.
Parliament: Archaeological findings at Bratislava Castle will be preserved
ARCHAEOLOGICAL finds at the Bratislava Castle will be preserved and protected, while the planned garages for which parliament has faced criticism from both experts and the general public will be built on the site as well; but in a manner that will not endanger historical artefacts.
Poll: NKÚ head Mitrík is a representative of Smer, not opposition
THE RECENTLY appointed head of the Supreme Audit Office(NKÚ), Karol Mitrík, is a representative of the ruling Smer party. This is the answer of 48.9 percent of respondents in a poll of the Polis Slovakia agency.
Gender pay gap remains a problem
SLOVAK women earn 20 percent less than men on average, a statistic that is worse than the European Union average, and part of a global trend that Pope Francis recently called a “pure scandal”.
Most Slovaks left from Prešov Region
RECENTLY, many Slovaks, especially those who fail to find jobs at home, tend to go abroad.
Uncovering illegal work
LABOUR inspectorates concluded the most audits in 2014 of the last four years, focused on uncovering the observance of the ban on illegal work and illegal employment.
World Music from Slovakia project to introduce top ensembles
WORLD music may not be the most-mainstream genre in Slovakia but folklore has strong roots here and many top local musicians were either directly inspired by it, or have played with it, making a more modern fusion of the classics with up-to-date trends and even foreign influences.
Košice Zoo won an award for crocodile breeding
THE ZOO from Košice succeeded in a competition of Czech and Slovak zoos, for the best breeding of 2014.
Drahovská kosa opened the season of scything competitions
IN MID May, the season of competitions in a traditional but outdated skill, scything, was opened by the Drahovská kosa (Meaning Drahovce Scythe) event.
More independent thought and self-confidence for Slovakia
The Slovak Spectator has been covering the development of Slovakia for two decades now. On the occasion of the celebration of its 20th anniversary it surveyed its founder, head of the Petit Press publishing house as well as its former writers about what they perceive to be the major challenges for Slovakia.
UPDATED: Report: Slovakia a finalist to host new car plant
SLOVAKIA and Poland are said to be the last two countries competing for a new unspecified car plant while final decision could be made in the summer 2015, the public service RTVS published on May 20.
Slovak scientist helps discover dinosaur era insect
IT resembles praying mantis but this insect was a cockroach. A creature imprisoned in amber which lived approximately 100 million years ago was recently discovered the daily Sme reported May 22.
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