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TASR\'s Administration Council Discusses Strategic Goals and Priorities

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - TASR's Administration Council has discussed Strategic Goals and Priorities of the agency for 2010 at a session Tuesday, TASR learned from Administration Council Chair Eliska Holaskova. The material was submitted by TASR Strategy Director Vladimir Puchala. At the session, the Council gave due consideration to the evaluation of TASR's School… read more

BTS Wants Ryanair and Travel Service to Base Airplanes in Bratislava

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - The Bratislava Airport is still negotiating with transport companies Ryanair and Travel Service on establishing themselves and setting up new Bratislava airlinks, TASR learned from M.R. Stefanik Bratislava Airport (BTS) marketing director Radek Zabransky on Tuesday. "We're still negotiating. There has been no change in their stance so far,… read more

Fico: SDKU-DS Committed Political Suicide In Live Broadcast

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Strongest opposition party SDKU-DS committed political suicide in a live broadcast and admitted to money laundering, reads Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's statement presented by Brano Ondrus from Government Office press department on Tuesday afternoon. Fico's reaction came in response to SDKU-DS head Mikulas Dzurinda, who announced… read more

Kia and Samsung to Expand Their Activities in Slovakia

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - The new South Korean Ambassador to Slovakia Seok-soong Seo has informed Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek on Tuesday that prominent Korean investors Kia and Samsung plan to expand the scope of their activities in Slovakia. "For the Korean Republic, Slovakia is becoming all the more important a partner," said the ambassador, who also appreciated… read more

SDKU Will Use Run-up to Election to Develop Closer Relations with KDH

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Opposition SDKU-DS wants to use its time before the parliamentary elections to develop closer relations with its strategic partner the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), said SDKU-DS chairman Mikulas Dzurinda at a press conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. Dzurinda specified that the rapprochement [the Dzurinda-led coalition government… read more

Dzurinda: Sorry, But We Can\'t Answer All Questions About Financing

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Strongest opposition party SDKU-DS is not able to answer all journalists' questions about the party's financing at the beginning of its existence a decade ago, said SDKU-DS head Mikulas Dzurinda at a press conference in Bratislava on Tuesday – adding that he's sorry about this, as he would like to furnish proof that the party has always been… read more

Some Two Thirds of Slovaks Happy With Their Lives

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - A total of 65.5 percent of Slovaks are content with life in Slovakia, says the ISSP Slovensko 2009-2010 survey published by the Sociological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) on Tuesday. The most content are people living in Bratislava, Kosice, Trnava and Nitra regions, who are younger than 30, enjoy higher education and… read more

Cargo Shortens Working Hours, \"It\'s Inevitable But Only Temporary\"

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Employees of freight railway company Cargo Slovakia will as of February work one shift less per week, TASR was told by Transport, Posts and Telecommunication Ministry spokesman Stanislav Jurikovic on Tuesday. "This is one of the measures taken in connection with the ongoing global economic crisis. As transport volumes haven't reached the… read more

Kalinak to Face No-confidence Motion on Friday, Opposition Protests

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - An extraordinary parliamentary session with a no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Robert Kalinak the only item on the agenda will begin on Friday at 2 p.m., Parliamentary Vice-chairman Miroslav Ciz announced on Tuesday, following a gremium of MPs. According to him, the date and time was set in view of the fact that the Opposition… read more

Poll: Ethnic Tensions Seen as Most Serious Social Conflict in Slovakia

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Slovaks view ethnic tensions to be more powerful than other kinds of social conflict in Slovakia, according to the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2009-2010 carried out by the sociology department of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) and presented at a press conference on Tuesday. According to the 1,159 respondents, conflicts… read more

Poland\'s LOT Airlines to Offer Flights From Bratislava to Warsaw

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Bratislava's M.R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) will welcome a new airline - Polish company LOT Airlines, which will introduce a new route from Bratislava to Warsaw as of May 17, representatives of BTS and LOT announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Passengers will be able to travel to the Polish capital every day except Saturday, thereby… read more

Non-parlamentary Most-Hid and SaS Won\'t Team Up Ahead of Elections

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) - Non-parliamentary parties Most-Hid and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) will definitely not form a coalition before this year's general election, said the chairmen of both parties Bela Bugar (Most-Hid) and Richard Sulik (SaS) after talks on Tuesday. As reasons, Bugar and Sulik cited the results of a recent on-demand survey, which revealed that… read more

Paska Sets Off for Official Week-long Visit to Vietnam

Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) - Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Pavol Paska left Monday for an official week-long visit to Vietnam, where he's slated to discuss the scope for boosting bilateral co-operation, with an emphasis to be placed on commerce and trade. During the visit, scheduled for January 25-31, Paska will meet Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet, chairman… read more

Political Analyst: \"Clean Hands\" Agenda May Not Attract Voters So Much

Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) - At the moment, only two or three political parties in Slovakia can count on making it to Parliament in this year's general election, political analyst Michal Horsky told TASR on Monday. He was reflecting on the latest MVK agency survey suggesting that non-parliamentary Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) would enter the Parliament on 9.2 percent… read more

Gonda Asks Kalinak Not to Publish Compensation Sum

Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) - Stefan Gonda, the man from Poprad (Presov region) who unwittingly flew to Dublin with explosives planted in his luggage by police, wants Interior Minister Robert Kalinak not to publish the amount he is to receive as a compensation for the inconvenience he experienced. This information comes from a statement that TASR gained from Gonda's… read more