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Slovakia plans to tax subsidized renewable energy sources [May 23, 2013] Slovakia is considering additional taxation of producers of electricity from renewable sources that gained the right to generous purchasing electricity prices in the past, the CTK news agency quoted Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as saying. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 21, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 16, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. Related Stories Canadian natives vow to battle on as chief hospitalized U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison U.S. cold snap even worse for those still without heat after Sandy Studies outline cost of ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Feb 09, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Austerity must not hurt growth: Slovakia echoes France [Feb 05, 2013] (BRATISLAVA ) - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico echoed on Tuesday a line taken by France, insisting that austerity measures must not undermine economic growth within the debt-burdened European Union. [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 27, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 25, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic Committee ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 25, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic Committee ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 25, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic Committee ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia Supports Joint 2022 Winter Bid With Poland [Jan 24, 2013] Reuters reports Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Thursday that Slovakia would support a joint bid with Poland for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Fico [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 24, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic Committee ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 24, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European... [via YahooNews] More >>

Olympics-Slovakia backs joint 2022 Winter Games bid with Poland [Jan 24, 2013] BRATISLAVA, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Slovakia supports the idea of a joint bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics with neighbour Poland, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. The two European countries share a border straddled by the High Tatras mountains, a favourite winter holiday destination for locals and tourists from Russia and Ukraine. Fico met representatives of the Slovak Olympic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia scraps 19% flat tax, hikes rate for the rich [Dec 05, 2012] Slovakia scraps its trademark 19 percent flat tax, replacing it with higher taxes on the rich, politicians and corporations as of 2013. Controlled by left-of-centre political allies of Prime Minister Robert ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak PM Fico seeks owner of lost wallet [Nov 21, 2012] BRATISLAVA: Slovakia?s Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday he was looking for the owner of a wallet crammed with cash and credit cards he found during his morning jog in the capital Bratislava. [via YahooNews] More >>

U.S. Steel likely to quit Slovakia, country's PM says [Nov 20, 2012] U.S. Steel Corp. looksdetermined to quit Slovakia whoever ends up bidding for itsbusiness there, the Slovak prime minister said on Tuesday aftermeeting the head of the company's local operations. Pittsburgh-based ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak PM Fico seeks owner of lost wallet [Nov 19, 2012] Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said Monday he was looking for the owner of a wallet crammed with cash and credit cards he found during his morning jog in the capital Bratislava. [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak PM not keen on more time or debt writedowns for Greece [Nov 17, 2012] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia does not favor granting its euro zone peer Greece more time to fix its debt problems or further debt writedowns, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday. "Measures in Greece haven't solved the debt problem so far. Quite the contrary, the debt has actually risen," Fico told reporters. "We are not keen to grant Greece more time, nor further (debt ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Borisov Gets Slovakia's Support for Bulgarian Schengen Bid [Nov 12, 2012] Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has argued that Bulgaria should have been admitted into Schengen a long time ago if its success in guarding EU borders had been truly taken into account. Speaking after a meeting with his Slovakian counterpart Robert Fico in Bratislava, Borisov suggested that Bulgaria was the sole reliable border of the EU with Turkey, adding that the country was spending ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia to nationalize private health insurers [Nov 01, 2012] (Reuters) ? Slovakia will return to having a single, state-run health insurance system and nationalize two private insurers, against their will if necessary, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday.The center-left government plans to reverse a decision made when the former communist [via YahooNews] More >>