More widespread use of electronic auctions in public procurement processes (90% of all e-auctions were under current government) has led to a saving of around EUR 30 million, but it is only a drop in the ocean compared to what could have been saved. Based on calculations published on the website of Transparency International Slovakia [...]
Slovakia’s main gas player Slovensky plynarensky priemysel (SPP) had its management offices in Bratislava searched yesterday in price fixing allegations with Russian concern Gazprom. Daily SME reports today how investigators from the European Commission conducted the raid due to suspicions that Gazprom had pressed its partners into agreements that would push competition out of the [...]
The crucial post of Attorney General, which has been empty since February in a farcical example of the extremes politicians in Slovakia will go to in their power struggles, could be filled at last thanks to a decision of the Constitutional Court today. Ever since the coalition candidate Jozef Centes was voted into the post [...]
The four government coalition parties have still not reached a consensus regarding the future shape of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the clock is ticking fast. The SaS party’s outright refusal to support the revised mechanism has given way to all kinds of speculations about what will happen in or after the vote. [...]
Controversial head of the Supreme Court, Stefan Harabin, has appealed to the European Courts of Human Rights in Strasbourg over what he claims is political bullying. The crux of his argument is the way he was treated in disciplinary action from the side of the Constitutional Court at the initiative of justice minister Luzia Zitnanska. [...]
The threat of a mass collective resignation by doctors is growing, with the Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK) now saying it is the only possible way to save the Slovak healthcare system. The SLK gives its full backing to the doctors trade union LOZ in its campaign for mass resignations and its efforts to change the [...]
The recent proposal of finance minister Ivan Miklos to block online gambling sites that are avoiding paying taxes has not only met with opposition from various interest groups, but also now from justice minister Lucia Zitnanska. Zitnanska doesn’t agree with the system as it deals with sensitive issues about internet censorship, while others claim it [...]
Unlike the recent false alarm at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear power plant, the sirens will wail out of Mochovce nuclear plant this time on Thursday 29 September as part of a planned test. The nuclear power plant will be testing all of its alarm systems, but they should only be audible in and very near the [...]
This weeks sees the start of the BLAF, or Bratislava Art Festival, a one-week presentation of visual arts that offers visitors the chance to experience, understand, perceive and discuss art. The festival from Friday 30 September to 5 October is also a platform for active cooperation and networking of public and private galleries, as well [...]
The Executive Committee of the National Property Fund (FNM) has announced the immediate sale of the state’s 15% stake in Slovak Telekom, meaning it will most certainly be snapped up majority shareholder Deutsche Telekom. The committee concluded that the shares should be sold off as soon as possible, chiefly because of frustration over how the [...]
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