SUMMARY-Monday-September 24, 2018 - 11.59 p.m.

BERLIN/BRATISLAVA - The investigation into the kidnapping of Vietnamese state manager Trinh Xuan Thanh from Germany to Vietnam continues, with the Interior Ministry providing full cooperation to German bodies, stated Slovak Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) after meeting her German counterpart Horst Seehoffer in Berlin on Monday. ATHENS/BRATISLAVA - Greece has followed a difficult path in consolidating its public finances and it's admirable how it's managed to cope with this, said Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) following meetings with his Greek counterpart Vikos Voutsis and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopulos on Monday. BRATISLAVA - The tripartite (Government, trade unions and employers) failed to arrive at an agreement on the 2019 minimum wage at its session on Monday, TASR learnt from Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) on the same day. NEW JERSEY/BRATISLAVA - During his working visit to the USA, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak met representatives of the ethnic-Slovak community in New Jersey on Sunday (September 23), TASR has learnt from the ministry's press department. BRATISLAVA - Rail passenger carrier ZSSK Slovensko has launched a pilot project that involves lending electric bicycles to it passengers; more specifically, on the line connecting Senec (Bratislava region) and Bratislava-Petrzalka station, TASR learnt on Monday. mf