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SPORT. The Athletic: In Montreal, Slovak hockey star finds anonymity—and a break from unwanted fame. In an interview, Juraj Slafkovský also shares his concerns for Slovakia’s hockey future. Compiled by Spectator staff. A special bond: American NHL player reflects on playing hockey with his Slovak great-grandmother.
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1 A Prešov-based company welds truck trailers and develops airplanes for the entire world; 2 Bratislava with better public transport than Paris, Lisbon; 3 The mystery behind the lizard: What “A ty chuje” really means on Bratislava’s walls; 4 News digest: Pro-Russian MEP goes to Moscow to open 'peace dialogue', apologise; 5 Return of a lost Slovak daughter
News digest: Consolidation package signed, but hospital crisis still ...
1 day ago · President Peter Pellegrini said on October 8 that he would not sign the fiscal consolidation package, which includes slower wage growth for health-care workers, unless a compromise solution is found. Since this condition was met on Friday, according to President Pellegrini, he signed the government's fiscal consolidation package.
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Compiled by Spectator staff. 15. Oct 2024, at 19:53. Opposition MP exposes Smer-linked firm cashing in on umbilical cord blood in the Netherlands. MP Marcinková claims that Slovak umbilical cord blood is shipped to a private clinic in the Netherlands, even as European authorities warn against its collection.
“It’s a must”: How PM Fico plans to fix Slovakia’s public finances
Sep 17, 2024 · At a press conference on Tuesday, he condemned previous administrations for their financial management, claiming that their actions led the European Commission to label Slovakia’s public finances as the worst in the EU. The government has set a target of reducing the deficit from an estimated almost 6 percent to 4.7 percent of GDP next year.
Minister Kamenický’s planned book VAT hike faces fierce backlash …
Sep 18, 2024 · On Tuesday afternoon, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický announced a significant increase in the value-added tax on books from 10 to 23 percent. “Books, as we have analysed, are primarily purchased by wealthier segments of the population, so they will be taxed at the basic rate,” PM Robert Fico’s minister said. Turn off ads.
Slovakia knows the power of peaceful protests - spectator.sme.sk
Sep 11, 2024 · Few countries in the world have experienced the effectiveness of peaceful mass demonstration as Slovakia has. In November 1989, while countries behind the Iron Curtain began to rip apart at the seams, the upheaval in communist Czechoslovakia was so peaceful that it earned the moniker “The Gentle Revolution” in Slovak, and is known to English speakers as the Velvet Revolution.
Slovak parliament adopts consolidation package - spectator.sme.sk
Oct 3, 2024 · Parliament has approved the consolidation package of Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický from the ruling Smer party. The package was supported by 79 MPs, meaning all coalition members voted in favour, despite the fact that coalition parties bickered over certain measures until the last moment. The opposition submitted a total of 23 amendments ...
The two-way street of US-Slovak military ties - spectator.sme.sk
13. Aug 2024 at 19:25 I. The two-way street of US-Slovak military ties. How Slovakia and the USA are forging a stronger defence partnership. A Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter over eastern Slovakia on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Source: TASR - Roman Hanc)
Slovakia faces a housing shortage of over 200,000 units - spectator.sme.sk
Oct 10, 2024 · Widespread housing shortages and long waiting times. Slovakia faces a significant housing shortage, with a deficit of over 200,000 units. Last year, the country had just 419 dwellings per 1,000 inhabitants, well below the European average of 473. In Bratislava, for example, only 2,446 municipal flats are available out of nearly 250,000 units.