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Slovak Petrol Prices Highest Among Neighbours

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Slovakia has the most expensive petrol compared to its neighbours, including Austria, with Poland selling at the cheapest rates - at an average of 11 cents per litre less than in Slovakia. Diesel is cheaper only in Poland, where it sells for 4 cents less, said Tomas Novotny of internet portal natankuj.sk, citing the European Union as a source. … read more

German Chamber: Germany Has Invested €3.5 billion in Slovakia

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Germany has to date invested more than €3.5 billion in Slovakia, said representatives of the Slovak-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry at its 5th annual general meeting on Wednesday. "There are 400-odd German businesses active in Slovakia, which have created 80,000 jobs," said president Erich Feix, naming car production, mechanical-… read more

Smer Representatives File Criminal Complaint Over Published Allegations

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Smer-SD vice-chairmen Marek Madaric and Igor Federic and Smer's general manager Jan Richter filed a criminal complaint on Thursday in connection to the recently-published allegations about Smer's financing. The complaint was filed concerning libel, scaremongering, vilification and the violation of rights, said Madaric. "We've announced… read more

Survey: One-fifth of Slovaks Worried About Their Savings in Banks

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - One-quarter of Slovaks trust banks and financial institutions less than they did before the economic crisis, and around one-fifth think that their savings in them aren't safe anymore, according to a Synovate survey of 1,000 bank clients carried out in 13 countries between October-December 2009. Unlike people in the rest of Central and Eastern… read more

Plans to Construct Trans-contintental Megaproject in Western Slovakia

Malacky, May 20 (TASR) - A logistics and transport megaproject involving a trans-continental transit terminal should be constructed by 2050 in the so-called golden triangle of Central European cities Vienna-Bratislava-Brno, author of the project Juraj Jancin said on Thursday. A considerable part of the water and air junction should be located near the town of Malacky… read more

Focus Poll: Parliamentary Election Would End in Stalemate

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - The parliamentary elections on June 12 could end in stalemate, with both the current governing Coalition and the Opposition receiving 75 seats each, according to a survey carried out this month by the Focus agency presented on news-only television channel TA3 on Thursday. According to the poll, the winner of the election would have been Smer-SD… read more

Gasparovic: Energy and Auto-industry Firms Can Succed in Croatia

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - The energy sector and car-manufacturing industry provide scope for Slovak businessmen in Croatia, said Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic in his opening speech at a Slovak-Croatian business forum organised by the Bratislava region branch of the Slovak Trade and Business Chamber (SOPK) and the Zagreb Trade Chamber in Bratislava on Thursday. "Of… read more

Survey: 4% of Hungarians in Slovakia Prefer to Speak Slovak at Home

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Around 75 percent of ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia mainly speak Hungarian at home, according to a survey carried out by the Focus agency on behalf of the Department of Political Sciences at the Philosophical Faculty of St. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava. Member of the department Ladislav Machacek told TASR on Thursday that… read more

KDH Files Legal Complaint Concerning Smer\'s Financing

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Jan Figel and KDH vice-chair Daniel Lipsic filed a criminal complaint at the Prosecutor-General's Office on Thursday morning in connection to recently-published allegations concerning the financing of the main coalition party Smer-SD. "We've been working on information that appeared in the… read more

Survey: Number of Internet Users in Slovakia Risse to 60 Percent

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - The trend of using the internet is rising constantly in Slovakia, according to the 'Slovakia and the Internet 2010' survey carried out by TNS Agency in March on a representative sample of 1,031 respondents aged over 15. While 54.3 percent of respondents said last year that they used the internet at least once a month, this proportion grew in… read more

Foreign Affairs Ministry Shocked by Hungary Rejecting Consultations

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - The stance taken by Hungary on proposed consultations on the controversial amendment to the dual citizenship act submitted to the Hungarian Parliament is shocking and unprecedented in diplomatic practice, Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Peter Stano said on Wednesday. Stano was speaking in reaction to the Hungarian side refusing bilateral… read more

Paska: Local Elections Will Take Place on November 27

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - Elections to the local administration councils will take place on November 27, 2010, Parliamentary Chairman Pavol Paska announced at a session of the Slovak Towns and Villages (ZMOS) on Wednesday. "The Slovak Constitution guarantees Slovak citizens the right to participate in the public administration directly or via plebiscite of their representatives,"… read more

Figel: KDH Due to File Criminal Complaint on Financing Smer-SD

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - The Christian Democrats (KDH) will on Thursday file a criminal complaint to the Prosecutor General's Office due to suspicion of committing various crimes in connection to the information published by the SME daily about financing the Smer-SD party, said KDH chairman Jan Figel on Thursday. Figel at the same time called on Smer-SD chairman and… read more

Radicova: Slovakia Run by Smer\'s Co-owners

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - Proof that Slovakia is governed by the co-owners of the Smer-SD party is emerging, said SDKU-DS election leader Iveta Radicova at a press conference in Bratislava on Wednesday. "Based on grave suspicions and published evidence, Premier Robert Fico has lost his mandate," she added. "I think it's becoming more and more clear that the attack… read more

Prosecutor to Act on Smer Sponsorship Claims if Criminal Action Is Filed

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Dobroslav Trnka said on Wednesday that his Office won't act on fresh allegations made by former senior member of Smer-SD Bohumil Hanzel in an interview for SME daily about the creation of the party until Hanzel himself files criminal action on the matter. Hanzel's claims concern nefarious sponsorship methods in which he himself… read more