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Nurses leave hospitals
AT LEAST 10 hospitals across the country may struggle with a lack of nurses over the coming months.
SND Opera musical director Haider resigns
AFTER three-and-a-half years in his position, Austrian Friedrich Haider is leaving his post in the Slovak National Theatre.
Petition against gambling signed by 35,000
SO FAR, about 35,000 people have signed a petition to ban gambling in Bratislava.
Gov’t to send gas rebates
JUST weeks before the March 5 parliamentary election Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government will send gas rebates ranking from €10 to €165 to 1.41 million households.
Nurses marched in downtown Prešov
SEVERAL hundred nurses from the Prešov hospital, their relatives and also Košice medical workers marched on January 20 around the centre of Prešov.
Slovak expats want more attention from politicians
SLOVAKS living abroad would like politicians to show interest in them not just before elections but also afterwards.
Judge released former SNS head, prosecutor appeals
FORMER MP and chairman of Slovak National Party (SNS), Ján Slota, caused an accident on January 18 and immediately refused an alcohol test.
Murdered woman repeatedly approached police
DAGMAR Chocholáčková, a 45-year-old woman from Bratislava contacted police several times in 2015, claiming that ex-boyfriend Štefan Kiš was threatening her. Police found the pair dead on January 15, and the Interior Ministry has since launched an investigation.
Slovak films screened in France
Director Martin Šulík chosen to be festival’s honorary patron.
Teachers organise demonstration for Monday
SLOVAK Teachers’ Initiative (ISU) which has declared a strike alert and threatened to organise a full-fledged strike as of January 25, has organised a demonstration that is due to take place on SNP square in Bratislava on that day, at 11:00.
IEE Sensing Slovakia to create 337 jobs by 2018
THE government at its session on January 20 approved investment assistance for IEE Sensing Slovakia worth €4.58 million which is aimed at increasing the production capacity of the firm’s plant in Veľká Ida in Košice Region.
Cabinet approves reconstruction of premises for NATO
MILITARY premises in the Bratislava borough of Vajnory which will accommodate the newly set up NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) from September 2016 will be reconstructed. At its session on January 20, the cabinet approved the announcement of a public procurement process for their reconstruction.
In Košice hospital, a nurse committed suicide
A nurse at Košice University Hospital committed suicide in the emergency admission ward during the morning of January 18.
Galanta town council did not discuss closure of Galandia
THE THERMAL centre/waterpark Galandia has been closed since December 11, due to fears of structural flaws. The case was to be discussed at the Galanta town council meeting on January 20, and so dozens of locals waited outside - in vain.
Low fuel prices free up disposable income
PRICES of petrol and diesel at Slovak filling stations are falling in response to record low prices of crude oil on global markets.
Countrywide events
Tips for events in Slovakia between January 22 and 31, including a lot of music, modern theatre and dance, winter bird-watching, figure-skating European Championship, operas, urbanism conference, exhibitions and more.
Mobile educators to help deaf children again
SPECIAL educators will lend help this year to families with deaf children within the 4th year of the Mobile Educator programme.
Antimonopoly Office examines repair shops
THE ANTIMONOPOLY Office (PMÚ) launched five independent examinations of agreements which could restrict competition in the provision of after-sale services related to the sale of motor vehicles.
Austrians stop investigation of Fico’s friend
BUSINESSMAN Miroslav Výboh, one of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s friends, will not face the court in the international corruption case Pandur.
Prime minister receives letter from nurses
THE REPRESENTATIVES of nurses and midwives personally delivered to the Government Office a letter for Prime Minister Robert Fico, in which they call upon him to address the mass resignations of nurses.
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