P. Mišík in Rust
On July 2023 in Rust, Austria, State Secretary of the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry Peter Mišík met with the Slavkov format (S3) partners - Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, Secretary General of...
Bratislava, 14.07.2023
Furniture items
In Slovakia, a large amount of unwanted furniture ends in landfills or being sent to incineration plants even though it could be still reused. The most common reason for people get rid of furniture is to...
Bratislava, 13.07.2023
Drawing of old EU funds by June grew to almost 74 percent
Out of the total allocation of €14.5 billion, a total of €10.67 billion has been used up from the old EU funds (2014-2020) as of June 30. €3.83 billion remains to be spent.
Bratislava, 12.07.2023
PM Odor in Prague discussed brain drain and disinformation
“The Slovak Government intends to adopt measures to slow down the brain drain in Slovakia as early as this year,” Prime Minister Ludovit Odor declared at his meeting with Czech counterpart Petr Fiala in...
Bratislava, 10.07.2023
Summer Slovak reading in English
Ben Pascoe talked with author and translator Michal Hvorecký and literary publicist Dado Nagy about translating Slovak literature, the big names in modern Slovak literature and also gets some good...
Bratislava, 07.07.2023
Trial of Central Bank Governor Kazimir started
The trial of Slovak central bank (NBS) governor and ex-finance minister Peter Kažimír, who stands accused of bribery, started at the Specialised Criminal Court on Monday morning. According to the prosecution,...
Bratislava, 06.07.2023
European Union and Mercosur
Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero on Monday proposed an “updating” of the free-trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur regional bloc, arguing the deal in its current form “does not respond to...
Puerto Iguazu, 04.07.2023
People repaying their mortgage
MPs have approved a change that makes the early repayment of a mortgage possible every month without a fee. The change was adopted by 79 of 146 lawmakers. The Hlas and Smer MPs, who describe themselves as...
Bratislava, 03.07.2023
Czech economy must move from assembly to design
Over 150 Czech economic diplomats based the world over met in Prague this week for consultations on how to further the country’s economic interests. Addressing the gathering, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský...
Prag, 01.07.2023
Compensating farmers for cheap grain imports
During its meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, the EU Agriculture Council approved a support package for farmers, with Slovak growers set to receive over €5 million. The money is intended to help them deal with...
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