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Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) - The Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) is organising a protest rally in front of Parliament on 30 September against the current form of consolidation of public finances, KOZ told TASR on Monday, adding that the aim is to express clear opposition to the fact that workers are repeatedly the ones who bear the greatest burden of government decisions. https://etasr.sk/article/22482250 Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini called on the government and Parliament on Monday to avoid dividing public holidays into different categories when considering the suspension of holidays as part of fiscal consolidation efforts. New York, 22 September (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini attended the unveiling ceremony of a commemorative plaque of prominent diplomat Jan Papanek in New York on Monday, President's Office told TASR on Monday, adding that the conference hall of Slovakia's Permanent Mission to the United Nations now bears his name. https://etasr.sk/article/22482422 Brussels, 22 September (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia and other EU countries neighbouring Ukraine will push for the creation of a special fund to protect their farmers under pressure from agricultural commodities imported from Ukraine, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) told TASR's correspondent in Brussels on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22482380 Bratislava/Malacky, 22 September (TASR) – Firefighters are currently responding to a fire at a silo and conveyor belts in one of the production halls on Priemyselna Street in Malacky (Bratislava region), according to the Firefighter and Emergency Service (HaZZ). https://etasr.sk/article/22482372 Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) - The parliamentary economic affairs committee on Monday approved an amendment tabled by MPs from the coalition Voice-SD party to freeze lawmakers' salaries, including their flat-rate allowances. https://etasr.sk/article/22482357 New York/Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) – Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) spoke on Monday at the Quantum Futures Breakfast, held as part of the 80th UN General Assembly in New York, and emphasised the urgent need for global cooperation and the adoption of common rules for AI, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22482273 Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) – Unemployment in Slovakia decreased slightly in August, partially due to an increase in the number of jobseekers participating in activation work and a lower influx of newly registered unemployed, although mass layoffs in recent months have contributed to a rise in unemployment figures, according to analyst at the Slovak Central Bank (NBS) Michal Doliak, UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak and Monika Pecsyova from the Institute for Financial Policy (IFP). https://etasr.sk/article/22482264 Bratislava, 22 September (TASR) - It is crucial to prepare for crises in advance because prevention is always cheaper than dealing with the consequences, said Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) at a round-table meeting on Monday dedicated to new crisis management and civil protection. https://etasr.sk/article/22482158 Bratislava/Kosice, 22 September – Chair of the Conference of Slovak Bishops' (KBS) Commission for the Protection of Minors and Auxiliary Bishop Marek Forgac has expressed both human and spiritual solidarity with victims of abuse on the occasion of the International Day Against Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Children, which falls on Tuesday (23 September), the KBS press department told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22482155 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. am