The European Commission has recently paused subsidies to all companies of Czech PM Andrej Babiš and proposed Babiš to sell the companies. In Slovakia, his firms have annual sales of €830m and net profits of €15m. The smallest and least profitable part of the Slovak Babiš’ empire is food companies (Hyza, Penam and Šarišské pekárne a cukrárne). Larger and more profitable is agri-business, mainly grain and oil seeds buyers that also supply farmers with fertilizer, seeds, and che

Jozef Hudák, SNS candidate whom parliament confirmed as candidate for central bank NBS deputy governor, lacks education and professional qualifications for the job, said outgoing governor Jozef Makúch. According to Makúch, this is a purely political nomination, and Hudak immediately disqualified himself by proposing to set up a new health insurer, which is completely outside the NBS' scope of activities. Makúch recommended President Andrej Kiska not to appoint Hudák. Hudák ha

Jozef Hudák, ktorého parlament na návrh SNS nominoval na post viceguvernéra centrálnej banky NBS, nemá na tento post vzdelanostné ani odborné predpoklady, uviedol odchádzajúci guvernér Jozef Makúch. Podľa Makúcha ide o čisto politickú nomináciu a Hudák sa okamžite diskvalifikoval sám úvahami o zriadení novej zdravotnej poisťovne, čo je úplne mimo kompetencií NBS. Makúch odporučil prezidentovi Andrejovi Kiskovi, aby Hudáka nevymenoval. Hudák o svojich predpokladoch nepochybuje

Európska komisia v auguste zastavila dotácie firmám českého premiéra Andreja Babiša a navrhla, aby Babiš svoje firmy predal. Na Slovensku má firmy s tržbami 830 mil. € ročne, ktoré vlani dosiahli čistý zisk 15 mil. €. Najmenšou i najmenej rentabilnou súčasťou slovenskej vetvy Agrofertu je potravinárstvo (Hyza, Penam a Šarišské pekárne a cukrárne). Väčší a ziskovejší tu je agrárny biznis, najmä výkupcovia obilia a olejnín, ktorí tiež dodávajú hnojivá, osiva i agrochémiu. Kontr

The coalition party SNS wants to allow workers with enough experience to get a university degree without the need to attend university. “If a student gets a bachelor degree after three years of study, and start to work, he or she need not study for another two years to get Ing. or Mgr. degree. The work experience will suffice,“ explained Martina Lubyová (SNS), Education Minister. The degree would be awarded by a special committee consisting of employers’ and universities’ rep

Setting up a national airline would result in huge losses, according to an analysis by the Ekonomická univerzita Bratislava. The analysis was ordered by the Transport Ministry to review an idea by coalition party SNS. EU norms ban state subsidies for airlines and a national airline would have a hard time competing with private rivals. The initial investment would come to €130-175m, and the analysis does not expect losses to be brought down before the 5th year of operations. S

Zriadenie národného leteckého dopravcu, ktoré požaduje koaličná strana SNS, by pre ostrú konkurenciu viedlo k stratám v desiatkach miliónov eur. Tvrdí to analýza Ekonomickej univerzity Bratislava, ktorú si objednalo Ministerstvo dopravy. Legislatíva EÚ zakazuje štátne dotácie pre aerolinky a tak by národný prepravca mal veľmi ťažkú situáciu. Úvodné náklady prepravcu by boli 130-175 mil. €, analýza očakáva zníženie strát až v piatom roku prevádzky. Na Slovensku už skrachoval š

Koaličná strana SNS chce umožniť získať vysokoškolský titul aj bez chodenia do školy. „Ak študent po troch rokoch univerzity získa titul bakalár a ide do praxe, nemusí ďalšie dva roky študovať, ale môže mu byť priznaná kvalifikácia,“ vysvetlila ministerka školstva Martina Lubyová (SNS). Tituly by udeľovali komisie zložené zo zástupcov firiem a škôl ľuďom s dostatočnou praxou v odbore. V Česku už podobný systém funguje, špeciálne združenia overujú vedomosti kandidátov a udeľuj

"I would like to take part in setting up a new, decent government," said President Andrej Kiska. He would not say whether he is going to set up a new party. He wants to fully devote himself to his presidential office for six more months, and only then will he be more specific about his political future. He repeated that he won’t seek reelection. (hnonline.sk)

Farmers will get €110m extra in 2019, boasts Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matečná (SNS). They will get revenue from the new special levy on retailers (€80m) as well as a €30m special fuel subsidy. Matečná hopes the new subsidies will improve their competitiveness and Slovakia’s food self-sustainability. She will step up controls of food imports to prevent illegal imports. (sme.sk)