The health authority ÚVZ issued post-pandemic workplace rules. It recommends home offices, face masks and 2-meter distancing and does not recommend large meetings, elevators, and air conditioning. Companies are not obliged to provide face masks to staff and measuring body temperature is optional. (N.sk)

Farmers are protesting a plan by Agriculture Minister Ján Mičovský (OĽaNO) to redirect 15% of this year’s direct payments (€60m; the basic farming subsidy) towards subsidies for new projects. Even without this, direct payments would fall €57m this year as Slovakia has decided to stop moving money from project subsidies to direct payments. Initially, the direct payments were to be cut from last year’s €137 per hectare to €119, but Mičovský wants to reduce them to €98. Basic ca

Farmári protestujú proti plánom ministra pôdohospodárstva Jána Mičovského (OĽaNO) už tento rok presunúť 15% priamych platieb (60 mil. €; hlavná forma dotácií) na dotácie na nové rozvojové projekty. Už skôr sa rozhodlo, že priame platby budú tento rok o 57 mil. € nižšie ako vlani a peniaze pôjdu na projektové dotácie. Pôvodne tak priama platba mala klesnúť z vlaňajších 137 €/ha na 119 € a Mičovský ju chce skresať na 98 €. Podobne sa znížia aj dotácie na chov dobytka. Ušetrené

Úrad verejného zdravotníctva vydal pravidlá na pracoviskách po pandémii. Odporúča home office, rúška a dvojmetrové vzdialenosti a neodporúča veľké stretnutia, výťahy a klimatizáciu. Firmy nemajú povinnosť kupovať zamestnancom rúška a merať im teplotu. (N.sk)

Greek food company Chipita (brands such as 7Days and Bake Rolls) has delayed opening of its new 600-strong €60m plant near Dunajská Streda from April to September, as foreign specialists necessary for the opening could not get to Slovakia due to the pandemic. It plans to make 72,000 tons of food annually, increasing the total output of the Slovak bakery sector by half. The Slovak consumption of Chipita products is just under €10m annually and the new plant will export nearly

Slovakia will get more money from the EU in 2021-27 compared to 2014-20. The money flow to Slovakia will be skewed towards the first years; i.e., as soon as possible after the pandemic. Of the €750bn package, Slovakia will get about €8bn. It remains to be seen whether we are able to spend the money, as Slovakia is the 2nd-worst in spending EU funds for 2014-20, with €4bn still on the table. (Valasek)

Slovensko by malo dostať na roky 2021-27 ešte viac peňazí od EÚ, ako v rokoch 2014-20. Budú rozložené tak, aby sa čo najviac minulo hneď v prvých rokoch. Zo 750 mld € balíka dostane 8 mld €. Otázna ostáva schopnosť Slovenska minúť tieto peniaze, keďže v čerpaní EÚ fondov sme druhí najhorší v EÚ. Stále sme nevyčerpali 4 mld € z EÚ fondov na roky 2014-20. (Valasek)

Grécka Chipita (značky ako 7Days a Bake Rolls) odložila otvorenie novej pekárne za 60 mil. € so 600 zamestnancami pri Dunajskej Strede z apríla na september, keďže pre zatvorené hranice jej chýbali špecialisti zo zahraničia. Ročne plánuje vyrobiť 72.000 ton pečiva a jeho výrobu na Slovensku tak zdvihne o polovicu. Slovenská spotreba jej produktov je tesne pod 10 mil. € ročne a nový závod bude takmer všetku výrobu exportovať. (dennikN.sk)

SGDA, the association of local games developers, expects sales of 55 Slovak game developers to increase 8% this year, to €55m. Their staff will increase 18% to 900. The sector is still dominated by Pixel Federation (Šimon Šicko) with 200 employees, despite a 47% drop in net profit to €2.4m and 6% drop in sales to €31.9m last year. Other large players include Superscale, Inlogic Software, and PowerPlay Studio. All the developers are working on games for global audiences. (zive

Peter Pellegrini called on Robert Fico to step down as Smer party leader. Fico is not going anywhere, although he admits that his party needs fresh fighters. It seems Fico still has majority support in the party, and Pellegrini says he might leave Smer together with his closest colleagues and set up a new party. (pravda.sk)