An article in daily SME claims that the state could make massive savings worth tens of millions of euro if electronic auctions were used by ministries to procure telecommunications services. The government is already starting to make use more of electronic auctions, but not as much as it could. For mobile phone services, two e-auctions [...]
Independent MP Igor Matovic has handed over material evidence about alleged corruption in political parties, following on from his recent testimony at the Attorney General’s Office. Matovic presented the evidence to the Anti-Corruption Office with the finger being pointed at opposition party Smer-SD, and the two coalition parties KDH and SDKU. He says the evidence [...]
Interior minister Danile Lipsic has made a tasteless comparison on how the Slovak police dealt with the Devinska Nova Ves shooting better than the Norwegians dealt with the recent Breivik attack. Lipsic made the comments on while visiting the borough of Devinska Nova Ves yesterday on the first anniversary of the shootings when crazed gunman [...]
The youth section of main opposition party Smer-SD, the Young Social Democrats (MSD) are touring Bratislava with a billboard van displaying a caricature of Prime Minister Iveta Radicova, demanding that she speak up about the suspect tender for tax office premises in Kosice. The billboard shows the PM sweeping dirt under an SDKU carpet with [...]
It’s a week of national holidays with commemoration of the 1944 Slovak National Uprising yesterday meaning an extra day off work. On Thursday 1 September Slovakia also celebrates its Constitution and so people will enjoy another free day. By the look of the half-empty streets of Bratislava, it seems that many people have taken advantage [...]
As the football club transfer window is about to slam shut tomorrow, there is talk of Chelsea trying to wrench Slovak national team captain Marek Hamsik from his beloved SSC Napoli, where he has been since 2007. Chelsea made a EUR 14 million bid for Hamsik already back in 2008, but Napoli coach Aurelio [...]
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