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Prosecution to look into suspected corruption at Agricultural Payment Agency
The audit office has initiated a motion with the prosecutor’s office to investigate a state agricultural agency suspected of mismanaging public funds.
Ticket machines will now accept payment by bank card
Bratislava city transport company is upgrading its ticket machines at the most frequented places in the capital.
One year on: government rather inactive, more radicalism in politics and beyond
It has been a year since the elections that brought many new elements into Slovak politics: extremists in parliament, a centre-right party ruling the country with Smer.
Fico publishes video call, scraps health insurer's austerity measures
The prime minister said that the state-owned health insurer VšZP should abandon its austerity and recovery plan in a published video of a phone call with the company head.
First snowdrops appear at Železná studienka
The first snowdrop (galanthus nivalis), the messenger of spring, has appeared at Železná studienka near Bratislava.
Measles may come to Slovakia
Following the measles epidemic outbreak in Romania and neighbouring Hungary, the disease could come also to Slovakia, according to experts.
Peugeot will become European carmaker no. 2
The car-making company Opel will change hands, French PSA Groupe thus becoming the second biggest carmaker in Europe.
Stats Office: Total employment up 2.8 percent y-o-y
The growth of the national economy last year contributed to the growth in employment in Slovakia.
Mečiar appeared in public, speaking up against amnesties
The idea of cancelling the so-called Mečiar amnesties got so high-profile and much discussed that it provoked their author to make a public appearance after many years.
Foreigners: Events in Bratislava
Tips for performances and other events in the capital between March 10 and 19, including concerts, parties, outdoor, workshop, course, festivals, exhibitions and more.
Slovakia keeps losing its elites
Graduates from medical and technical schools top the list of students moving abroad. But family ties is a strong factor for returning back.
Companies will pay less
The corporate income tax dropped from 22 percent to 21 percent.
Average wage stood at €912 last year
The highest salaries are in the ICT sector, the lowest in services.
Bomb experts destroy a device in Presidential Palace’s garden
The president was not present at the time.
A woman who disgraced the Quran released from custody
But she will be supervised by a probation and mediation officer.
Rector of Nitra university apologises for inviting ĽSNS MPs to ceremony
The Constantine the Philosopher University (UKF) invited MPs of the Kotleba-ĽSNS to a ceremony, which awarded two foreign professors with honorary doctorates.
Charges recommended against footballer Vladimír Weiss Jr.
Charges are to be filed against the Slovak national football team player Vladimír Weiss Jr. for drunk driving.
Alza to open a new warehouse in Slovakia
Another logistic centre to be built in Slovakia.
BLOG: English Theatre Comes to Bratislava
The Festival of English speaking theatres Bridgin`V4 will open with the play Vernissage based on a ‘theatre of the absurd’ play by Vaclav Havel.
Top scandals vanish in Dušan Kováčik’s office
Special Prosecutor Dušan Kováčik has not submitted any criminal lawsuits in 61 cases he has been supervising during eight years in the post.
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