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State heating plant to pay Penta €28.7 mln
The state-owned heating company Bratislavská Teplárenska (BAT) has definitively lost a lawsuit against the Paroplyn Holdings Limited company, owned by the financial group Penta, concerning the payment for unused heat that had dragged on for years.
Slovaks earn for themselves since August 10
SLOVAK working people started to earn for themselves, instead of for the state – in the form of taxes – from August 10 on.
Popularity of Smer up, Polis poll shows
THE RULING Smer party remains the favourite for the next parliamentary elections when as many as 38.5 percent of the respondents in a recent poll by the Polis polling agency would have chosen the party of Robert Fico if the elections took place in mid-October.
Another contract at VšZP questioned
UNVEILING questionable contracts in the health care sector continues as Miroslav Beblavý of extra-parliamentary party Sieť has pointed to contracts between a company of Health Ministry State Secretary Mário Mikloši and the state-run health insurance company Všeobecná Zdravotná Poisťovňa (VšZP).
Slovak National Theatre opens season
THE SLOVAK National Theatre (SND) in Bratislava, comprised of drama, opera and ballet, has announced its upcoming season, which includes 17 premiers seeking to reinterpret classical pieces for modern audiences.
Financial Administration tax fraud roundup
TAX Cobra, the special unit formed to investigate tax-related crimes, detected three serious tax crime cases in the second quarter of 2015; in one of them, a Financial Administration official was directly involved who is now evading police.
Availability of virtual cash registers
FROM January 1, 2016, more than 150,000 businesspeople with an electronic cash register will be able to use a new system of the virtual cash register (VRP).
Net incomes in Slovakia record robust growth
WHILE the net incomes of Slovaks are a far cry from the European Union average, over the past five years Slovakia has recorded the EU’s second highest rise in incomes.
Statutory audits should be more independent
But some rules may be harmful.
Representing Ireland in Slovakia
Links between Ireland and Slovakia stretch back to the era of the Celts. Today, those connections have expanded and multiplied.
Security service’s contract questioned
SECURITY service provider Bonul has a framework contract with the state-run health insurer Všeobecná Zdravotná Poisťovňa (VšZP), thanks to which it supervises security at its workplaces for €1.6 million.
Enel allegedly reached agreement with Czech EPH over its stake in SE
ITALIAN company Enel has allegedly reached a general agreement with Czech-based Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) to sell its stake in Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), Slovakia’s main electricity producer, the Reuters newswire reported on October 22.
Štúr’s 200th anniversary celebrated in his hometown
THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY of important Slovak political, cultural and revivalist activist Ľudovít Štúr (1815-56) was celebrated on October 24-25 in his hometown of Uhrovec (Trenčín Region), as a culmination of year-long festivities, exhibitions and events commemorating him.
Bratislava Castle lit up in UN blue
BRATISLAVA Castle put on a blue shine fromthe nightof Saturday, October 24, to the next morning, marking the occasion of the United Nations’ 70th anniversary.
Nitra Bishop Emeritus, Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec, passes away
HIGH Slovak religious representative, Bishop Emeritus of Nitra and Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec passed away in Nitra on October 24, at the age of 91.
Pride of the Great Hungary
THIS postcard was sent from Liptovský Hrádok in 1900. The publisher, Edgar Schmidt, chose this view, although the town in central-northern Slovakia offers much more picturesque and interesting scenery.
Tax licenses remain controversial
PRIME Minister Robert Fico’s government introduced compulsory tax licenses as a tool to wipe out dormant companies as well as to get more money into state coffers since a large portion of Slovak companies have managed their operations and accounting books in a way that they avoided corporate taxes.
Tax havens become less attractive
THE NUMBER of Slovak companies with ownership registered in a tax haven decreased in the first half of 2015 by 112, to a total of 4,250.
Playing receipt lottery declines
THE SECOND government of Prime Minister Robert Fico wanted to be generous and distributive; but instead of austerity measures and savings in operating the state, it decided to improve tax collection.
Slovaks design a musical instrument of wood and stones
A GROUP of Slovaks designed a new musical instrument – a post-digital drum machine, as they call it – that can help children learn elementary musical processes.
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