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Tender on D3 Highway Violated the Law and Needs to Be Cancelled

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - During the inspection of tender procedures with respect to the construction of the D3 highway section between Strazov and Brodno in Zilina region, the Public Procurement Office (UVO) found a number of violations of the Act on Public Procurement that might have had a significant influence on the tender results. Hence, UVO ordered the National… read more

Ministry Pays Out Close to €1 Million in Aid to Flood Victims

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and the Family to date has paid out €965,300 in aid to people whose dwellings were ravaged by severe floods recently and the payments may continue, Minister Viera Tomanova told reporters on Thursday. Aid averaging €620 was furnished from the ministry's Humanitarian Fund for 1,558 applicants including… read more

Financial Conclusion of D1 Highway Construction Officially Postponed

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - The financial conclusion of the D1 highway construction via the public-private-partnership (PPP) project, originally scheduled for June 11, has been postponed to June 30, Transport Ministry spokesman Stanislav Jurikovic told TASR on Thursday. The whole process has been slowed down by negotiations with the European Commission over environmental… read more

Farmers Without Insurance Eligible Only for Half of Compensation Packs

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - Uninsured farmers affected by the recent floods will be eligible only for half the level of compensation of those with insurance, according to the new Act on Providing Subsidies to Compensate for Losses Caused by Adverse Meteorological Incidents passed by Parliament on Thursday. Only farmers who have suffered flood damage exceeding €2,000… read more

Flood Victims to Get €4 Million from Political Parties

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - People affected by the extensive floods in recent weeks will receive approximately €4 million from political parties, according to the amendment on the Act on Parliamentary Elections and the Act on Political Parties and Movements passed by Parliament at its extraordinary session on Thursday. Parties that gain more than 3-percent support… read more

Survey: Smer-SD Would Win Election, With SaS Runner-Up

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - If a parliamentary election had been held June 1-7, Smer-SD would have won on 29.5 percent of votes, followed by the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on 12.4 percent and SDKU-DS on 12.1 percent, says the survey carried out by the Focus agency on a sample of 1,006 respondents. According to the survey, 14.4 percent of respondents were not… read more

Fico Files Criminal Complaint Over Smer Funding Recording

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - Prime Minister and Smer-SD party chairman Robert Fico on Thursday filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor-General's Office over a voice recording that allegedly attests to Smer's illicit funding, TASR learnt when Fico left the Prosecutor General's Office on the same day. Fico was referring to a voice recording that allegedly features… read more

Csaky: SMK Was Given Money by Hungarian Gov\'t for Flood Victims

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - The Hungarian Government has given Slovakia's ethnic-Hungarian party SMK €177,000 (50 million forints) to help people in areas affected by the devastating floods, SMK chairman Pal Csaky confirmed for TASR on Thursday, adding that he views this as a generous gesture and a display of European solidarity. According to Csaky, the financial… read more

Lipsic: KDH Has Proof of Smer\'s Illicit Funding

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - Opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) vice-chairman Daniel Lipsic said in a parliamentary debate on Thursday that he has specific proof attesting to the illicit funding of the leading coalition Smer-SD party, TASR learnt on the same day. "I received an audio recording yesterday (Wednesday) that confirms Smer's illegal financing," said Lipsic.… read more

New Terminal Opens at Bratislava Airport

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - A new terminal at Bratislava's M.R. Stefanik Airport was officially opened Wednesday by Prime Minister Robert Fico and the facility should see its first airline passengers on Thursday. The terminal will be extended by the old terminal (used from 1970 until now) when its remodelling is completed sometime within the next twelve months and raise… read more

SaS Representatives Turning In Petition Calling for Referendum

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - Representatives of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party handed over the petition containing 401,108 signatures calling for a referendum at a rally Wednesday in front of Presidential Palace that attracted a sparse crowd of about 100 people. "I expect the President (Ivan Gasparovic) to proceed in accordance with the Constitution and not have… read more

Vazny: Having First PPP Package Stopped After Election Not Likely

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - Having the first package of the PPP (public-private-partnership) highway-construction project stopped if a different Government emerges after the June 12 general election is not likely, Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny told journalists on Wednesday. "It's possible but not very probable, because the package in question represents an essential… read more

Slovakia\'s State Aid Rose by 8.4 percent Y-o-Y to €440.27 million in 2009

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - Slovakia's state aid for investors in 2009 rose by 8 percent to a total of €440.27 million (including €117.30 million from the European Union) or 0.69 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), the Economy Ministry stated in a report that was approved by the Government on Wednesday. Large annual reductions in aid extended by way of subsidies,… read more

Slovak Government Rejects Attempts by Hungary to Sully Trianon Treaty

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - The Slovak Government said on Wednesday that it resolutely rejects revisionist attempts by the Hungarian Cabinet and Parliament to cast doubt on the history of the 20th century. According to a government statement approved on Wednesday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Peace Treaty of Trianon, attempts to attach question marks to historical… read more

Economy Ministry to Transfer Tourism Section to Culture Ministry

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) - The Economy Ministry will transfer its tourism section to the Culture Ministry under an inter-ministerial agreement designed to further the EU Operating Programme Competitiveness and Economic Growth Operations, according to a report submitted to the Government on Wednesday. The transfer includes all related powers, 29 staff, €1.12 million… read more