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Early June saw most ministers of the ruling Smer hard at work – but mostly making politics rather than policy in their respective departments.
Early June saw most ministers of the ruling Smer hard at work – but mostly making politics rather than policy in their respective departments.
After 3.6 percent growth in 2015, Slovakia’s economy should grow by 3.3 percent in 2016.
Culture minister threatens to resign. The position of SNS caused some observers to wonder whether the party might be aiming to get an influential post in RTVS.
The agriculture minister indicates a reduction of monetary damages is in the works.
The foreign trade surplus increased in April 2016 to €404 million, fulfilling expectations after weaker “Easter” figures in March.
The Regional Court in Bratislava dismissed the lawsuit of the Ludovika Energy company against the Environment Ministry on June 9.
Justice Minister Lucia Žitňanská (Most-Híd) will visit Leopoldov prison in Trnava region next Monday (June 13). From there, convict Ľubomír Behan escaped in June.
Slovakia still has not transposed some European Union (EU) directives into its legislation, the cabinet found at its session on June 8.
Slovakia provided €78 million in official development aid in 2015, of which €17 million was made available in bilateral form and €61 million in multilateral form; while also transforming the development aid architecture after 2015.
Tips for performances, exhibitions and other events in the Slovak regions between June 10 and 19, including festivals, classical and jazz music, outdoor events, dance, ballet and opera, party, competitions and more.
Creative cutler Ladislav Lasky Šánta from the village of Hrochoť, central Slovakia, succeeded with the folding knife Pteryx L2 among hundreds in the competition American’s Gear Institute in mid-May.
A total of 41.4 percent of Slovaks think that Britons will vote against Brexit, a poll conducted by the Focus agency showed.
Slovak state’s aid in 2015 increased by more than one third, according to the Anti-monopoly Office’s report.
MP Martina Šimkovičová of We Are Family-Boris Kollár party who voted on behalf of her colleague Rastislav Holúbek in May said she will not give up her MP’s mandate.
The financial settlement of the cyclotron project going back to early post-communist times has been concluded.
European levels of peace have deteriorated, reflecting an increase in the impact of terrorism, the Institute for Economics and Peace reported.