Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio 9.12.2018
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A recap of the most interesting reports of the past week
Incumbent Finance Minister Peter Kažimír (Smer-SD) will become the new Slovak Central Bank (NBS) governor in March. Parliament approved a Government-sponsored proposal to this effect in a secret vote at ...
Slovakia became an official candidate for the seat of the European Labour Agency as of Thursday. Labour Minister Ján Richter informed TASR during the meeting of the EU Employment, Social Policy, Health ...
Retail chains operating in Slovakia will pay a special levy amounting to 2.5 percent as of next year if foodstuffs make up at least 25 percent of their turnover. Parliament adopted a law to this effect ...
Railway passengers will be able to travel from Bratislava to Zurich in less than 10 hours without changing trains, the general director of the state-owned railway carrier ZSSK announced at an unveiling ...
The police investigator has proposed to charge Pavol Rusko with plotting to kill his former business partner Silvia Volzova. Police have confirmed the information on its official Facebook account.
Miroslav Lajčák has decided to remain as Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister. As he said on Friday, the Prime Minister persuaded him to change his mind.
The strongest coalition party has a candidate for the post of president, the leader of SMER Robert Fico informed on TV Pravda. I will not yet reveal the name of the candidate, he said in a discussion. ...
Former Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák at Thursday's news conference stated that the case of the abduction of Vietnamese national Trinh Xuan Thanh from Germany via Slovakia using a Slovak government airplane ...