Interior minister Daniel Lipsic is steaming ahead with his plans to fight corruption in Slovakia on all levels. Among other things, he has taken a leaf out of the USA’s book and is preparing a plan to uncover cases of corruption by offering informers a percentage of the amount saved or recovered, while offering them [...]
The expansive mixed-use project Metropolis, which the investor TriGranit was planning to build on the edge of Bratislava, has been put on hold after the government withdrew incentives last week by changing the Gambling Act. TriGranit will now have to revise its plans as parliament passed changes to the Gambling Act, cancelling a special class [...]
In the light of accusations made against interior minister Daniel Lipsic by attorney general Dobroslav Trnka about undue pressure on investigators, followed by the threat of opposition leader Robert Fico to call a vote of no-confidence on the minister, Lipsic has challenged them to go ahead with the vote. Lipsic was accused of meddling with [...]
Web portal PlastEurope.com reports on the planned investment of U.S. companies Washington Penn Plastic and Uniform Color Company, which have applied for a building permit for a new PP compounds and masterbatch plant in Voderady, near Trvana. The investment will cost the two companies around EUR 8 million and they hope to launch construction in February 20111 already, [...]
The Trnava car plant of PSA Peugeot Citroën is planning to expand its production, by which it expects to generate around 1,000 new jobs over the medium term. The news came after Prime Minister Iveta Radicova met with general director of the car maker in Slovakia, Luciano Biondo, who did not wish to release more [...]
Finance minister Ivan Miklos has announced a cut in his ministry’s inflation estimate for next year. The ministry reduced its 2011 projection of 3.7% inflation down to 3.3% thanks mostly to milder energy price hikes and better price development than expected. The government’s thwarted plan to increase excise tax on beer also played a role [...]
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