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EU-harmonisation Inflation Stood at 0.5 percent in February

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) - EU-harmonised inflation in Slovakia came in at an all-time low of 0.5 percent year-on-year in February 2010, representing a 0.2-percentage-point decrease from the figure recorded in February 2009, the Statistics Office said on Monday. Harmonised inflation stayed put month-on-month in February. Prices in food and non-alcoholic beverages increased… read more

€389 Million Wind Power Plant Complexes Set to be Build in Zilina Region

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - SWWE Company plans to build two wind power plant complexes worth €389 million near the villages Babin and Hrustin, according to the investment plan SWWE has submitted for environmental impact assessment (EIA). The company will invest €239.4 million in the project Polana, and €149.6 million in the project Babinska Hola (Zilina region).… read more

Israeli Investors Interested in Development Projects in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - Israeli investors are interested in development projects, high-tech production and tourism, with hotel and spa businesses in particular, TASR learned from parliamentary Committee on Economy Policy chairman Maros Kondrot on Monday. On the same day, Kondrot along with the Parliamentary Vice-Chair Miroslav Ciz, held a meeting with Israeli Chamber… read more

Turk and Gasparovic Agree on Need to Boost Mutual Economic Potential

Ljubljana, March 15 (TASR) - "Although mutual trade (between Slovakia and Slovenia) has dropped by 26 percent over the past year – mainly due to the global crisis – I'm convinced that this situation can be improved this year," Slovenian President Danilo Turk said during a meeting of Slovak and Slovenian presidential delegations held on Brdo castle in Slovenia on Monday.… read more

Solyom Should First Pay Attention to Hungary\'s International Obligations

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - According to the Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry, Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom should, as a head of state, first of all care about his country following international obligations related to how Hungary is treating minorities, as was recently concluded by the Council of Europe. The ministry alluded to this on Monday in response to the… read more

European Inspectors Audit Slovak Aviation Bureau

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - Inspectors from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) began an audit of the Slovak Aviation Bureau on Monday, TASR learned from Transport Ministry spokesman Stanislav Jurikovic on the same day. "Auditors will inspect the aviation staff licensing, the development and manufacturing of the airplanes as well as their maintenance and operation,"… read more

Fico Calls Solyom\'s Statements Malicious and Plotted Attack on Slovakia

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - According to Prime Minister Robert Fico, the statements made by Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom over the weekend are a malicious and plotted attack on Slovakia. Fico said that in response to Solyom's words that Hungarians living in Slovakia, Serbia and Romania should be learning the respective state languages only as a foreign language. "We… read more

Roma Party Indignant at SNS\'s \"Miserable\" Response to U.S. Report

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - The Roma Initiative of Slovakia (RIS) party agrees with a report drawn up by the U.S. State Department in which it claimed, inter alia, that Slovakia continues to struggle when it comes observing the human rights of its Roma minority, RIS chairman Alexander Patkolo told TASR on Monday. At the same time, Patkolo said that RIS is "disgusted… read more

Most-Hid: Fund of Slovak-Hungarian Understanding Would Help Relations

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - Non-parliamentary party Most-Hid announced on Monday that it is proposing the setting-up of a Fund of Slovak-Hungarian understanding to help ease bilateral relations. According to Most-Hid vice-chairman Rudolf Chmel, this project could be accepted by all but one of Slovakia's political parties [almost certainly a reference to the Slovak National… read more

Gasparovic: Slovak and Slovenia Should Co-operate in Face of Crisis

Ljubljana, March 15 (TASR)- Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, attending a bilateral business forum on the second day of his three-day official visit to Slovenia on Monday, called for more co-operation between economic representatives and entrepreneurs of the two countries against the backdrop of the global economic crisis. According to the president, Slovakia is interested… read more

TV Personality Daniel Krajcer to Co-lead SaS Party Into Election

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - Former presenter of televised political chat shows Daniel Krajcer announced at a press conference of the extra-parliamentary Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on Monday that he'll be one of SaS's four leaders in the run-up to the general election set for June 12. "It's no secret that in the past various political parties have approached… read more

Most-Hid Ousts Angyal as Party Regional Chief

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - The Most-Hid party presidium on Monday decided to recall Bela Angyal from the post of regional head of the party structures in Nitra, TASR learnt on the same day. Angyal, while with the SMK party, was nominated to head the Public Procurements Office (UVO), and recently saw his five-year term of office extended until his successor is chosen.… read more

Gasparovic Okays Mobile Courts to Deal With Hooligans in Sport

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - As of April, vandalism and rowdy behaviour at sporting venues will be dealt with by so-called mobile courts that will be introduced by an amendment to the Criminal Code signed by President Ivan Gasparovic on Friday, TASR learned on Monday. The amendment was passed in Parliament on March 3. "Scope has been created for decent fans to… read more

Eighteen Parties Submit Their Election Slates to UVK

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) - A total of 18 political parties have submitted their slates for the June parliamentary elections, Central Election Committee (UVK) records clerk Livia Skultetyova told TASR on Monday. According to Skultetyova, the parties will be registered only after UVK checks whether all the requirements have been met. Candidate lists were submitted… read more

SNS Rejects U.S. State Dept Claims Regarding Treatment of Roma

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) - The co-ruling Slovak National Party (SNS) on Sunday repudiated claims by the United States Department of State that Slovakia has difficulty observing human rights vis-a-vis its Roma minority. The U.S. Department said in its report that Slovakia continues to grapple with racially motivated attacks against the Roma. "This allegation… read more