Business
Iveta Radicova Makes a Working Trip to Brussels
July 13, 2010.
Slovakia's new Prime Minister Iveta Radicova is to leave on Monday for a two-day working visit to Brussels for talks with officials of the European Union and NATO, both of which accepted Slovakia as a member in 2004.
Later in the day Radicova will meet European Council President Herman van Rompuy, while on Tuesday she will hold talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Eurogroup President Jean Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Most-Hid: Slovak Government Forcing Hauliers to Use Foreign Roads
May 22, 2010.
"Government is consciously driving our long-haul lorries to travel via surrounding countries, thus making the Slovak economy co-finance the road-building in Hungary," said Most-Hid deputy chairman Zsolt Simon.
Slovak Bus Drivers Plan to Go on Strike on May 25th
May 22, 2010.
Slovak bus drivers may well go on strike on Tuesday next week (May 25th). If the KOVO Unions Association, the Slovak Bus Transport (SAD) and regional governments don't reach an agreement concerning benefits for employees, the drivers are ready to come out on strike.
According to SDKU-DS Financial Assistance to Greece Is Suspicious and Improper
May 10, 2010.
The time stress connected to the accelerated financial assistance to Greece is suspicious and improper for an appropriate discussion on loan equalling to €110 billion said SDKU-DS caucus leader Stanislav Janis on Saturday. Public Not Interested in State Aid Scheme for Mortgages
May 10, 2010.
More than five months have passed since an introduction of the state assistance scheme for people who have lost their jobs due to the economic crisis and aren't able to repay their mortgages and it has not been used by a single person yet.Russian Nuclear Fuel Fabricator TVEL to Supply Fuel for New Slovakian Reactors
April 13, 2010.
Russian nuclear fuel fabricator TVEL has signed a contract with Slovakia’s Slovenské Electrárne (SE) to supply fuel for units 3 and 4 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant, currently under construction. The contract covers the period from 2012 to 2017.
Slovakia and Slovenia Should Co-operate Against Crisis
March 16, 2010.
Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Sunday afternoon began his three-day official visit to Slovenia. On the second day his visit he attended a bilateral business forum where he called for more co-operation between economic representatives and entrepreneurs of the two countries against the global economic crisis.
Slovakia Can Lose €216 Million Over Emission Quotas Scandal
March 12, 2010.
The Slovak emission quotas scandal can drag on and on, and without immediate legal steps being taken Slovakia could lose at least €216 million, said Rainer K. Wachter, the director of Vienna branch of the American law firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP on Thursday.Slovak Freight Transporters Protest Against Problems in New Road Tolling System
January 11, 2010.
By blocking important roads with their lorries, Slovak carriers wanted to express their discontent over the running of the newly-introduced tolling system. Last week, the protest evoked traffic jams in major cities over Slovakia.Lorries Stuck in Kilometers Long Jams at Slovakia's Border Crossing Points
January 5, 2010.
The number of lorries stuck on the border crossing points to Slovakia is increasing. The problems caused by introductions of new Slovak electronic road toll system.
