SUMMARY - Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Korean company Wia Slovakia will receive investment stimuli amounting to €6.36 million in the form of corporate-tax relief for a plant for manufacturing drive shafts for electric cars that it plans to open in Dolny Hricov (Zilina region), according to a proposal for the provision of investment stimuli approved by the government at its session on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657121 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Thursday dismissed Milan Oleksak from the post of director of Slovak Karst National Park Administration, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that Martin Golian will be entrusted with managing the national park as of Friday (May 3). https://etasr.sk/article/20657148 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Interior Minister and Voice-SD general manager Matus Sutaj Estok has denied that posts in state administration have been handed out as a reward for party donors. https://etasr.sk/article/20657183 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Following several years of delays, the National Highway Company (NDS) has signed a contract for a new IT toll system with a company called CzechToll. https://etasr.sk/article/20657220 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - State hospitals will be given additional funding worth €191 million, according to information on measures to support the financial health of public hospitals under the remit of the Health Ministry, which the government took note of on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657226 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - The government plans to announce the construction of a new nuclear reactor block at Jaslovske Bohunice (Trnava region) soon, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657286 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - The European Union faces several challenges, including, for example, having to deal with its further enlargement, illegal migration and the issue of the market, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday at an international conference called '20 years of Slovakia's EU membership - Challenges and Opportunities'. https://etasr.sk/article/20657335 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - The ouster of Andrej Majernik and Jan Mazak from the Judicial Council proves that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and his Government don't care about the trustworthiness of the judiciary or justice but only to install their own people into key posts of the judiciary, opposition's KDH declared on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657352 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - The company Meta System Slovakia will receive state investment stimuli amounting to €9.25 million for a plant for manufacturing on-board chargers for electric cars it plans to open in Trnava, according to a proposal for the provision of investment stimuli approved by the government at its session on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657416 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Automotive components manufacturer ZF Slovakia is planning to diversify the production in its plant in Trnava and start to manufacture 400- and 800-volt electric motors, and it also plans to expand its existing technology centre, according to the proposal to provide investment aid, which the government approved at its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20657576 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova (Voice-SD) wants to submit a project for the construction of a university hospital in Bratislava to the government and present it to the public in upcoming days, she said during the regular Question Time in Parliament on Thursday when answering a question by opposition MP Peter Stachura (KDH). https://etasr.sk/article/20657651 Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) ruled out any sending of Slovak soldiers to Ukraine during the Thursday's Question Time in Parliament in response to statements made by French President Emmanuel Macron. https://etasr.sk/article/20657705 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. ko