Next Generation EU

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Commission greenlights Slovakia’s request for €400 million

Money should arrive in mid-summer, after a committee’s opinion is delivered to the Commission.

Solutions to tackle brain drain planned as part of Slovakia’s Recovery Plan

Easier integration of foreigners and Slovaks returning from abroad are among the measures laid out by the plan, which should pour hundreds of millions of euros into the Slovak economy.

Slovak parliament

Vote on map of courts, crucial for recovery plan, postponed

An April vote will be close to the deadline of asking for money from the EU recovery fund.

Lívia Vašáková

We knew the opposition to the reforms would be loud

Ministries do not have the apparatuses to communicate the changes, it’s been a long time since any reforms were implemented in Slovakia.

PM Eduard Heger holds Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Slovakia ready to roll out its recovery reforms

The ministries of health, justice and education to receive first package amounting to more than €800 million.

EC President Ursula von der Leyen and Slovak PM Eduard Heger during a press conference in Bratislava when announcing that EC approved the Slovak recovery plan.

EC approves Slovakia’s recovery plan

EC President Ursula von der Leyen said the plan meets criteria and is also ambitious.

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (l) and Slovak PM Eduard Heger (r) during the discussion at GLOBSEC.

Money from the recovery package should be invested, not just spent

Leading representatives of central European countries participated in a discussion on the EU economic reboot on the first day of the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum 2021 conference.

Hospital reform unveiled, ministry plans to cut down on acute beds

Slovakia has 1.4 billion euros to spend on its health care facilities, mostly from the EU Recovery Fund.

Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollár (l), President Zuzana Čaputová (centre) and PM Eduard Heger (r) met on April 28 to sign a letter on the Slovak recovery plan that will be addressed to EC President Ursula von der Leyen.

Slovakia's recovery plan is ready to be sent to Brussels

Slovakia should receive more than €6 billion.

Finance Minister Eduard Heger

Slovakia's recovery plan will be a storm of reform or a wasted opportunity

The government needs solid political capital to put the €6 billion package from the EU to good use.

Finance Minister Eduard Heger

Recovery plan has five priorities, green economy will get the most money

The proposed plan will undergo interdepartmental review now.

A higher scope of recycling and the elimination of old, toxic environmental burdens are on Slovakia’s reform agenda.

Restart of Slovak economy should be green

Slovakia wants to use billions of euros from the EU’s recovery plan on green economy.

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Government should invite the public and take EU demands in consideration when preparing recovery plan

Non-governmental organisations have sent a letter with requests to the government.

Finance Minister Eduard Heger (l) and Štefan Kišš, head of the Value for Money Unit, introduce the reform plan for Slovakia.

News digest: Reform plan is out, culture calls for help

An overview of news from Monday, October 5, 2020.

Finance Minister Eduard Heger introduces a new reform plan for Slovakia.

The Finance Ministry publishes its much-awaited reform plan

The ministry now plans to open a broad public discussion.

Congratulations, you’ve won a thousand euros!

Slovakia will get about €7.5 billion – but for what?

Finance Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO).

Slovakia has a draft plan for spending billions from the EU recovery fund

The plan is divided into eight sections, here is what is says.

European Union leaders during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on July 17, 2020.

Slovakia has an historic chance within reach. Despite the crisis

A concise summary of EU's efforts to help the member countries pull through the economic effects of the Covid-19 crisis by Ľudmila Majláthová (Representation of the European Commission).

PM Igor Matovič in Brussels.

All eyes are on Matovič. He is facing a major task

Slovakia needs to make big decisions. Can it become the European tiger again?

It is quintessential for Slovakia to boost its human capital

How the EU recovery fund can be used to bolster talent in the country.

Vladimír Zlacký
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