SLOVAKIA managed its fiscal affairs in 2014 better than planned when it closed the year below the plan, with a cash deposit of 0.5 percent of gross domestic product. Finance Minister Peter Kažimír ascribes this to better collection of taxes and sound growth of Slovakia’s economy.
A TOTAL of 9,011 fires were recorded in Slovakia in 2014, which is a drop of 887 year-on-year, according to the latest statistics released by the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ). The highest number of fires were caused by handling waste and broke out where people live.
FOUR members of an international organised group are facing counterfeit money charges, having seen their plans to produce euro banknotes worth a total of €500 million foiled by the police, TASR learned from Martin Waldl, the Police Corps Presidium spokesman on January 8.
THE ANTITRUST Office (PMÚ) has issued a first-instance decision concerning the Slovak Bank Association (SBA) and has levied a fine of €185,939 for instituting a forum involving the exchange of sensitive information leading to restrictions on economic competition, the TASR newswire reported.
Low-cost Austrian airline FlyNiki claims it is launching the shortest international flight in the world: a 30-mile trip between Vienna, Austria, and Bratislava, Slovakia, which would only take 10 minutes.
'There's no toilet roll, please send help': Teen rescued from embarrassing mishap after TWEETING Virgin Trains Passenger planes could be forced to report their position every 15 minutes in new proposals to avoid repeat of Malaysia Airlines tragedy Police warn drone pilots that it i
BUSES with gamblers from Vienna headed to Bratislava on New Year’s Eve after the Austrian capital banned all slot machines as of January 1. Bratislava claims that its powers to regulate gamblers houses are limited.
Relatives of Jewish family sent to their deaths in Auschwitz are reunited with treasured photographs and possessions found stashed in attic 9,000 miles away Surviving relatives of Holocaust victims who stashed treasured possessions before being sent to Auschwitz and their deaths have been tracked
Slovak Defence Minister Martin Glváč accompanied by the Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces General Milan Maxim left for an official visit to the United States on January 7.
