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Government to Cut Number of Ministries
Friday 15 January 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, January 15 (TASR) - Slovakia's Government on Friday approved a plan submitted by Premier Robert Fico to terminate the Construction and Regional Development Ministry and the Environment Ministry, and transfer their portfolios to a newly-created Economy and Construction Ministry and a new Agriculture, Environment and Regional Development Ministry.
The supervision of European Union funds will pass from the Construction and Regional Development Ministry to the Government Office.
Also under the new changes, the Education Ministry will be called the Education, Science and Research Ministry, while the Culture Ministry, which will take over matters pertaining to tourism, will see its name changed to the Culture and Tourism Ministry.
According to Fico, the above measures could save the state between €11.62 million and €13.28 million.
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