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Economic growth forecast upgraded
Slovakia as well as the European Commission have improved their economic forecasts.
Bratislava: Many people want ‘Old Bridge’ to retain its name
The municipality is searching for a new name.
Blog: Then I felt like a doctor who lost a patient
Helena does not have any academic title before or after her name. She is a Roma healthcare assistant. She belongs to my “other Slovakia” – the open, enthusiastic, and daring one.
Quote of the Week
“What is it? We file a complaint for what?”
Nurses walk out
SEVERAL Slovak hospitals found themselves without qualified nurses in their key departments on February 1 as the termination notices of 540 nurses kicked in.
Bank fees targeted again
Free and €3 bank accounts part of the second social package.
Fico to teachers: There’ll be no talks
TEN days after thousands of teachers launched their strike for higher salaries Prime Minister Robert Fico insisted on February 3 that government will not make any decisions prior to the general election on March 5.
SNG under reconstruction, finally
AFTER procrastination, a long wait and being closed for years, the reconstruction of Slovak National Gallery’s (SNG) Water Barracks building in Bratislava began on January 18.
Slovaks prefer to work in IT, trade and industry
SLOVAKS would most like to work in companies dealing with IT and telecommunications, trade, and industrial production and construction.
Surgeon who separated conjoined twins died
RENOWNED Slovak children’s surgeon Vladimír Cingel passed away at the age of 54.
Slovaks stand behind the strikers
THE RECENT mass protests in Slovakia have support among the public, according to a survey carried out by the Focus polling agency.
Kidnapped boy stuck in Italy
An 8-year-old Slovak boy abducted by his father two weeks ago has been placed in a facility in Italy waiting for authorities to decide about his fate.
It matters whether children are in the hands of a frustrated teacher
The school and teachers are strong archetypes which surface in our dreams even years after we left the classrooms.
Wholesale revenues down by 0.5 percent y-o-y in December
REVENUES from domestic activities and goods increased both in the sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles and in retail by 1 percent month-on-month in December 2015, the Slovak Statistics Office (ŠÚ) reported on February 3.
Artists spraying communist leader's bust tried
THE BUST dedicated to former communist leader Vasil Biľak was unveiled in his native village of Krajná Bystrá on February 21, 2015, a year after his death.
Fico urges teachers to resume classes, rules out funding changes
THE TIME has come for teachers still on strike to return to their pupils and students, Prime Minister Robert Fico opined on February 3, as quoted by the TASR newswire.
Minister Žiga: Slovakia defends ban on water exports
SLOVAKIA will mount a thorough legal defence against a Polish firm's complaint about the ban since 2014 in the Slovak Constitution on water exports other than in consumer packaging and for humanitarian ends, Environment Minister Peter Žiga said after the cabinet session on February 3.
MP Novotný calls for session of health committee
THE MASS resignations of nurses might endanger the smooth functioning of hospitals, especially in Prešov, Žilina and Trnava, MP and extra-parliamentary party Šanca vice-chair Viliam Novotný said on February 3.
€5.3m allocated to migration crisis solutions
SLOVAKIA will provide €5.3 million to solve the causes and impacts of the migration crisis.
NGOs criticise state IT projects
TWO non-governmental organisations turned to Prime Minister Robert Fico, asking him to adopt systemic measures regarding state IT solutions.
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