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Tothova Wants Reintroduction of Mobile Courts to Prosecute Rowdy Fans

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) - LS-HZDS MP Katarina Tothova has proposed the establishment of so-called mobile courts to deal with vandalism cases at sport venues, with Parliament passing her proposal to second reading on Thursday. Via this Penal Code amendment, Tothova aims to prosecute vandals and individuals who behave inappropriately at sporting events right on the… read more

LS-HZDS Reissues Call for Easier Unemployment Benefit Conditions

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) - People who have been insured against unemployment for two out of the past three years and lose their job should be entitled to receive the benefit, claims LS-HZDS party, submitting their amending proposal to the Government's amendment to law on employment services on Thursday. "The situation on the labour market is not stable, so that we're… read more

Paska: Political and Economic Relations with South Korea Excellent

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Parliamentary Chairman Pavol Paska said at a meeting with Korean Ambassador to Slovakia Seok-soong Seo on Wednesday that both political and economic relations between Slovakia and the Republic of Korea are excellent. South Korea is one of the most important non-European economic partners of Slovakia, mainly due to more than 70 Korean firms… read more

Miklos: Transport Minister Vazny Lied, He Behaves Like SkyToll Shareholder

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – According to opposition SDKU-DS, Slovak Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny lied in his statements Wednesday concerning the electronic road-toll system. "Mr. Minister evidently lied in two specific claims. I can prove it," said SDKU-DS vice-chair Ivan Miklos at a press conference in Bratislava on Wednesday. According to him, with their lies… read more

SDKU-DS: State to Lose €144 million Over Road-Toll System in 2010

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – Slovakia is to lose €144 million this year over the new electronic road-toll system, strongest opposition party SDKU-DS vice-chair Ivan Miklos said at a press conference on Wednesday. He said this in reaction to Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny's claims that the new road-toll system is profitable. Vazny claimed that the state will make… read more

Vazny: The Public Will Have Input into Motorway Construction

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Slovakia won't lose money from eurofunds for construction of motorways if it includes a directive of the European Commission (EC) on public participation in construction proceedings into the law on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny said at a press conference on Wednesday. "According to the law on EIA… read more

President Calls On Matica Slovenska to Engage Minorities in Dialogue

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic met with representatives of the cultural institution Matica Slovenska on Wednesday, TASR learned from Gasparovic's spokesman Marek Trubac on the same day. Gasparovic called on Matica Slovenska to engage individual national minorities in more intensive dialogue, for the sake of good co-existence. "We informed… read more

Parliament Approves Sending of New Guard Unit to Afghanistan

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Slovakia will deploy a new 57-member guard unit to the ISAF operation in Afghanistan, Parliament decided on Wednesday. The costs for sending the unit, which will be dispatched to Kandahar, will reach €3.4 million in 2010. The mandate of the unit, which will guard a new entrance point (ECP-5) of the NATO base in Kandahar, will last until… read more

UNAS Stops its Strike But Transporters Still on Strike Alert

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - The Union of Slovak Road Hauliers (UNAS) has decided to stop its strike due to nation-wide police intervention against the lorry drivers, Jaroslav Polacek from UNAS said in a written statement addressed to media on Wednesday. However, UNAS hasn't said its last word yet and stays on strike alert. "The fight for our rights and against this scandalous… read more

House Gives Thumbs Down to Lipsic\'s Bill on Disclosing Origin of Property

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Parliament's Constitutional Committee Chairman Mojmir Mamojka (Smer-SD) asked the Parliament on Wednesday to stop deliberations on Daniel Lipsic's (KDH) Bill on Disclosing the Origin of Property and lawmakers complied by downing Lipsic's initiative in first reading. "The identical proposal submitted by the Government is far more precise,"… read more

Tomanova: Only 15% of Applicants for Unemployment Benefits Successful

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Only 15 percent of applicants for unemployment benefits are successful, said Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Viera Tomanova after a Government session on Wednesday. Currently, an unemployed person needs to have worked at least three years during last four years in order to be eligible for state allowance. "During times of… read more

Gov\'t: Slovakia Won\'t Lose EU Funds, We\'ll Fix it on Friday

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – Slovak Government is to hold an extraordinary session on Friday to deal with the amendments to the law on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) following the directive of the European Commission (EC), Brano Ondrus, head of the Government Office press department, said after the Government session Wednesday. Ondrus explained that if the… read more

Miklos: Dzurinda Demonstrated He Isn\'t Power Hungry

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Through his decision not to run in the upcoming parliamentary election, SDKU-DS chairman Mikulas Dzurinda has demonstrated that he isn't power hungry, party vice-chair Ivan Miklos said at a press conference on Wednesday. "The decision deserves understanding and respect. He demonstrated that the claims that he's somehow mad for power have… read more

Medved Urges Luetken to Prove Business Rights of Interblue Europe

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Environment Minister Jozef Medved on Tuesday sent a letter to manager of Interblue Europe Jana Luetken in which he reminded her of the firm's failure to keep to an agreement made in Zurich, Switzerland on January 20 concerning missing evidence of the company's business rights to Slovakia's emission quotas, ministry spokesperson Jana Kaplanova… read more

FinMin: Concerns About Price Hikes Due to Euro Adoption Proved False

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) - Price developments in Slovakia in 2009, the year in which the euro currency was introduced, proved concerns about price hikes to be unjustified, according to an assessment report on the impact of the euro on Slovak society presented by the Finance Ministry to the Government on Wednesday. "Although Slovakia has lost the possible advantage… read more