The unemployment rate in Slovakia recorded a slight increase of 0.04 percentage points (p.p.) on a monthly basis to 12.29 percent in December 2014, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (ÚPSVaR) General Director Marián Valentovič and Labour Minister Ján Richter announced on January 20.
The recent decision of the Ministry of Interior to allow those stripped of their Slovak citizenship to get it back, subject to proof of permanent residence abroad, has enraged the Slovak national party SNS.
THUS far the discussion about pensions from the second pillar has been rather lukewarm and become hotter only after a governmental think tank estimated pensions from the second pillar and compared them with offers from the central bidding information system.
THE AIRPORT in Košice handled 356,750 passengers in 2014, representing an annual increase in passenger numbers of 50 percent, the TASR newswire reported on January 19.
THE NEW Construction Act should stop additional legalisation of buildings, Transport Ministry State Secretary František Palko said, after a meeting with the representatives of the third sector at which they discussed their comments to the draft law.
THE POLICE launched an investigation into the excessive concentration of carbon monoxide which leaked on January 18 at the winter stadium in Čaňa, close to Košice, the TASR newswire reported on January 20.
SLOVAK President Andrej Kiska, Slovak and Hungarian soldiers, rescuers and relatives commemorated the biggest air disaster in the modern history of Slovakia which occurred near the Hungarian village Hejce, close to the border with Slovakia.
INTERIOR Minister Robert Kaliňák at a press conference held on January 19 presented an Operational Programme for 2014-20 costing €335 million that is aimed at dealing with the lack of effectiveness in public administration and the low level of law enforcement in Slovakia, the TASR newswire report
THE NUMBER of parents in Slovakia refusing to have their children vaccinated against potentially deadly diseases has been growing recently despite the fact that fines of up to €331 are in place for those who fail to comply with the rules, the Sme daily reported on January 19.
THE SLOVAK Food Chamber (PKS) demands that the entire agro-food sector should be excluded from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the USA from the very beginning, PKS president Daniel Poturnay told the TASR newswire on January 19.
