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Trnka Soon to Decide Who Will Deal With SDKU Financing Case

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Dobroslav Trnka said on Friday that he will decide on Tuesday of next week after collecting all relevant documents which section of his office should deal with the allegedly shady financing of opposition party SDKU-DS. The affair emerged earlier this week when Prime Minister Robert Fico made accusations against the main… read more

Slovakia Has Earned More Than €6.2 million on Road-Tolls

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) - The newly introduced electronic road-toll system earned the state budget more than €6.2 million during its first 28 days in operation, road-toll provider SkyToll's media representative Lenka Lendacka said on Friday. Lorries subject to road-tolls have clocked up just over 19 million transactions so far, with around 117,000 vehicles registered… read more

Culture Ministry: Hungarian Language Fund Is Inferference

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) - The Slovak Culture Ministry regards the Hungarian Government's decision to set up a language fund designed to support ethnic-Hungarian organisations and people fined for using their mother language in Slovakia as interference in Slovakia's domestic affairs, the Culture Ministry press department said on Friday. "The State Language Act doesn't… read more

Prices of Motor Fuels Fall Slightly, Apart from LPG

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) - The consumer prices of motor fuels mainly fell between January 18-24 with the exception of liquid petroleum gas (LPG), Slovakia's Statistics Office announced on Friday. The average consumer price of 98-octane petrol dropped by 9.1 cents or by 6.81 percent to €1.245 per litre, while 95-octane petrol dropped by 0.3 cents or 0.26 percent… read more

IES Increased Again in January, by 2.4 points M-o-M

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) - Confidence in the Slovak economy continued to grow in January, with the Indicator of Economic Sentiment (IES) increasing by 2.4 points month-on-month to 84.8 points, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Friday. The Index was influenced by growing consumer confidence and confidence in services. It grew by 5.5 points year-on-year, which… read more

Slovak Pharmaceutical Companies Could Entrench on Vietnamese Market

Hanoi, January 28 (TASR) - Slovak enterprises producing pharmaceuticals and health-care tools could establish themselves on the Vietnamese market, Health Minister Richard Rasi told TASR on Thursday. Earlier the same day, Rasi held talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Quoco Trieu, discussing the Asian country's plans to equip its hospitals with new medical devices.… read more

Jamaica Wants to Place Honorary Consulate in Slovakia

Kingston, January 28 (TASR) - Jamaica is interested in placing an honorary consulate in Slovakia, and as soon as possible, TASR learnt on Thursday from Slovakia's Ambassador to Jamaica Zdenek Rozhold, whose office is located in Havana, Cuba. Rozhold on Tuesday handed his credentials to Jamaica's Governor-General Patrick Allen in Kingston. At the meeting, the officials… read more

Economy Ministry Representative Promotes Slovak Tourism in Ukraine

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) - Winter destinations in Slovakia along with historical buildings on the UNESCO list, thermal springs and spas formed only part of the range of attractions presented by Slovak Economy Ministry representative Jozef Kalman at a meeting with Ukrainian journalists on Thursday. After five years of decline, Slovakia is attempting to increase the… read more

Another Turkish Honorary Consulate Opens in Kosice

Kosice, January 28 (TASR) - Turkish Ambassador to Slovakia Tunc Uđdul on Thursday handed credentials to Stefan Melnik, a new Turkish Honorary Consul based in Kosice. According to Uđdul, the new Turkish honorary consulship in Slovakia will contribute towards building new spheres of co-operation between Turkey and Slovakia. "The outstanding relations between the two countries… read more

Hort: Fico Engaged in Misconduct, Misusing SIS and Other State Bodies (UPDATE)

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) - Attempts to criminalise political rivals and misuse state bodies in favour of party interests are characteristic of the Smer-SD party in the run-up to this year's general election, said SDKU-DS MP Milan Hort at a press conference on Thursday. "Our conviction that Prime Minister Robert Fico is engaged in misconduct - that he is misusing… read more

Vazny: Some Hauliers Don’t Want Tolls at All

Bratislava/Hanoi, January 28 (TASR) – Some hauliers are trying to prevent any form of toll collection on Slovakia's roads, said Slovak Transport Minister Lubomir Vazny in Vietnam on Thursday. Vazny is currently in Hanoi, where he is accompanying Parliamentary Chairman Pavol Paska on an official visit that will last until January 31. The minister added that negotiations… read more

Police Trade Union: Our Support for Kalinak Is Voluntary

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) - Slovak police trade unions reject any suspicions that they are being manipulated by Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (a Smer-SD nominee) into organising a supportive rally on Friday during a parliamentary no-confidence vote in him, said police trade union vice-chair Marian Magdosko at a press conference on Thursday. "This is our voluntary… read more

Gasparovic Signs Law Reducing Ministries From 14 to 12 as of July 1

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) - The number of government ministries in Slovakia will be reduced by two as of July 1, 2010, as President Ivan Gasparovic on Thursday signed a new law to this effect that Parliament passed after a heated debate on January 20. The amendment to the law on the operational activities of the government and central state administration was fast-tracked… read more

First Group of Stranded Slovaks Transported From Machu Picchu

Bratislava/Lima, January 28 (TASR) – A group of Slovaks were among the tourists rescued after being stranded by floods near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru since Sunday, director of the BUBO travel agency Lubos Fellner states on the agency's webpage on Thursday. "Sixteen of our clients, seven women and nine men, have already been transported to Cuzco by… read more

Fico: Gov’t Has Made Road-Toll Concessions, But It Isn\'t Anyone\'s Puppet

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) – The road-toll system will not be re-launched to its full extent on February 1 after further amendments are made, but a few days later, said Prime Minister Robert Fico after negotiations on Thursday with representatives of road hauliers, the National Highway Company (NDS) and road-toll system provider SkyToll. According to Fico, the Government… read more