SUMMARY-Monday-November 26, 2018 - 3 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - The level of debt in Slovak households is growing at the fastest rate in the whole European Union and is the second highest in central and eastern Europe according to the latest analysis published by the Finance Ministry's Financial Policy Institute (IFP) on Monday. In 2016, total household debt accounted for 40 percent of Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP). BRATISLAVA - Had a general election been held in the autumn of 2018, the highest percentage of first-time voters would have voted in favour of the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS), according to a survey carried out on a sample of 1,000 respondents aged between 15-24 by Youth Council of Slovakia (RMS) through Focus polling agency between October 3-23. BRATISLAVA - General director of state-run rail infrastructure operator ZSR Martin Erdossy has decided to resign from his post, citing personal reasons, ZSR spokesperson Martina Pavlikova told TASR on Monday. Erdossy announced his decision to ZSR's board of directors, which is the company's top body, on November 20. BRATISLAVA - Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) presented a third anti-bureaucracy package containing 36 measures to reduce red tape and support business and digitisation at a news conference on Monday with Economy Ministry State Secretary Rastislav Chovanec in attendance. BRATISLAVA - Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) presented a third anti-bureaucracy package containing 36 measures to reduce red tape and support business and digitisation at a news conference on Monday with Economy Ministry State Secretary Rastislav Chovanec in attendance. BRATISLAVA - The special levy for retail chains has yet to undergo certain adjustments in Parliament, said MP Radovan Balaz (Slovak National Party/SNS) at a session of the parliamentary financial affairs committee, adding that his party is preparing an amending proposal in this regard. ko