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Slovak Parliament Approved Border Relations Agreement With Ukraine

Slovak Parliament passed Slovak-Ukrainian border agreement that will govern reciprocal travel for people living in border regions. Under the treaty, Ukrainians from regions within 50km of the border will be able to enter Slovakia without visas.

Misuse of Slovak Koruna Central Parity Rate Change (with Epilogue)

Slovakia went over the biggest scandal of last years. Finance Minister Jan Pociatek was near to resignation. Following opposition's request the National Bank must investigate possible misuse of confidential information and illegal self-enrichments.

Austria Temporarily Restores Border Controls

Bratislava, June 1 - Austria is to temporarily restore its border controls for both vehicles and pedestrians from Monday, June 2 to July 1 2008 due to European Football Championship (EURO 2008) taking place there and in Switzerland.

Police in Slovakia Catch Nazi Extremists

Slovak police arrested about 20 young men suspected to promote and propagandize the radical groups oriented to oppression of basic human rights. During the inspection police found various skinhead and nazist emblems, signs and symbols.

Slovak Entrepreneurs Alliance: Business Conditions in Slovakia Are Getting Worse

The biggest obstacles for businesses in Slovakia lie in poor law enforcement, weak functioning of the courts, legal regulations that are not sufficiently comprehensive, usable nor permanent, along with the high level of bureaucracy, tardy authorities, corruption and a lack of effectiveness in the state economy.

European Commission Requires Slovakia to Remove Investment Restrictions on Pension Funds

The European Commission requires Slovakia to remove investment restrictions for compulsory pension funds deposited in the private pillar of the country's pension system. The Social Affairs ministry declares that it is developing amendments to the act on social insurance and pension savings.

Parliament Passes Education Law

Slovak Parliament approved an Act on Education and Training that was drafted by the Education Ministry with the aim of revamping the school system. The new Act will substitute 20-year-old legislation that was introduced in the former communist Czechoslovakia.

Government Approves Border Agreement With Ukraine

The Slovak Government approved the draft agreement on border relations between Slovakia and Ukraine, which must be approved by the European Commission before being submitted to Slovakian Parliament.

Slovakia to Widen Use of Electronic Signatures

Apart from tax and customs documents, the use of electronic signatures in Slovakia will be legitimate in business registers, the real-estate registry, the insurance sector, the issuing of passports and in other fields.

Independent MPs to Propose Act on Proving Origin of Property

According to the proposal, the Slovak police will have the right to launch investigations into people's incomes and the value and way that they acquired their property in response to a written notice or on their own initiative.

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