Accompanying UK State Secretary for Justice Kenneth Clarke on his visit to Slovakia this week was Lord Justice John Thomas. While Clarke was in meeting at the Ministry of Justice, Lord Justice Thomas took up the invitation of Supreme Court president, Stefan Harabin, to visit the Supreme Court, which is in the same building. Harabin wanted [...]
British Secretary of State for Justice and Anti-Corruption Champion, Kenneth Clarke, visited Bratislava on 27-28 September as part a wider visit looking at Justice and Home Affairs issues to three EU member states. Mr Clarke met Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska, Interior Minister Daniel Lipsic, and the Parliamentary Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee. His two-day programme [...]
The first official trip of foreign affairs minister Mikulas Dzurinda to Hungary on Monday could lead to concrete results to ease the strained relations experienced by the two countries in the past few years. After his meeting with his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi, Dzurinda stated that the two countries wanted more new bridges, and not [...]
Head of leading Slovak television station TV Markiza, Vaclav Mika, has resigned from the post after almost five years. Officially he put in the request himself, but there are speculations that falling viewing figures and loss of ground to the main competitor TV JOJ could maybe have played a part in the move. Mika now [...]
The government’s plans to save around EUR 1 billion next year by cutting off the excess fat in state and public administration are now starting to take on a more concrete shape, with redundancies being announced by finance minister Ivan Miklos (SDKU-DS). Over the coming months, Miklos plans to lay off hundreds of staff employed [...]
The general director of national lottery and betting company Tipos, Stanislav Ziacik, resigned yesterday, putting his departure down to personal reasons. Finance minister Ivan Miklos accepted his resignation, while asking him to stay on until a replacement is appointed in the next few days. The media recently released information that Ziacik, who was only put [...]
Last night Zilina were in Russia taking on Spartak Moscow in their second Champions League group F match. They found themselves up against a very determined and attacking Spartak team, though, which would prove too much for the Slovaks. With all the attacks on goal, the Zilina team should maybe be content with the 3-0 [...]
German company Volz Filters plans to employ around 500 people at a new plant in the town of Martin. The plant will produce filter devices, and the company management opted for Slovakia after coming up against problems with trade unions in Germany, where it originally wanted to launch the production. Another German company seems set [...]
Although the J&T financial group isn’t officially linked in any way to Bratislava Airport, the group has seemingly managed to get in the back door, according to a report by SME daily. The valuable parking area in front of the airport is managed allegedly by people surrounding Vladimir Poor (who is said to be one [...]
More questions have been raised over certain contracts concluded by the former government of Smer-SD, HZDS and SNS right before the elections. For instance, the state-owned company MH Invest ordered excessively priced archaeological surveys under the former government, claims SME daily. The company signed a contract for EUR 29,800 with private company Nona just ten [...]
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