SUMMARY-Thursday-May 23, 2019 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Inhabitants of Bratislava have attached mass comments to the parking policy draft, demanding financial analysis of the impacts of the policy, equal cost of €50 for each residential card and a new "family parking card", TASR learnt on Thursday. PARIS - OECD countries at the OECD ministerial council session in Paris, chaired by Slovakia, committed themselves to arrive at a consensus by 2020 on how to introduce global rules to govern the taxing of the digital economy effectively, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) who represents Slovakia at the talks said on Thursday. BRATISLAVA - Former Nove Zamky (Nitra region) mayor identified only as Gejza P. due to legal reasons and head of town authority Peter A. were sentenced to five years in jail on Wednesday (May 22) over violating their duties when administering entrusted property, Plus 7 Dni weekly website reported on Thursday. BRATISLAVA - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak held talks in the capacity of OSCE chairman with first secretary of the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry Vladimir Titov in Bratislava on Thursday, TASR learnt from the ministry press department on the same day. BRATISLAVA - There's a solution to every problem and newly-elected Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) chair Branislav Treger wants this can-do attitude to guide his actions, TASR learnt on Thursday. BRATISLAVA - Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) has set the term for the next round of vote on the Constitutional Court judge candidates for the next parliamentary session, slated to begin on June 18. BRATISLAVA - According to the Finance Ministry, the opposition OLaNO party is misleading the public by saying that the shortfall in collecting VAT has grown since 2018. BRATISLAVA - The Economy Ministry welcomes the resumption of Russian oil supplies, indispensable for Slovakia's energy security, The Economy Ministry press department stated in response to the restoration of non-contaminated Russian oil supplies on Thursday. PARIS - Education Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) participated in the OECD Ministerial Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday in Paris, TASR was informed by the Education Ministry on Thursday. BRUSSELS - European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics along with Romanian Culture Minister Valer-Daniel Breaz on behalf of Romania's presidency of the European Council on Wednesday announced the names of fourteen winners of the 2019 European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), with Slovak author Ivana Dobrakovova among the recipients. mf