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Marek Antalik

Marek Antalik

AKO Poll: Smer-SD Still in Lead on 21.2 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

AKO Poll: Smer-SD Still in Lead on 21.2 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

Bratislava, September 7 (TASR) – If a general election had taken place late in August or at the beginning of September, the senior governing party Smer-SD would have been the winner on 21.2 percent of the votes, ahead of the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 16 percent and junior

Gajdos: 800 Jobs Will Be Created Thanks to Support of Defence Industry

Gajdos: 800 Jobs Will Be Created Thanks to Support of Defence Industry

Dubnica nad Vahom, September 6 (TASR) – The state-owned joint-stock company KONSTRUKTA-Defence of Dubnica nad Vahom (Trencin region) will produce 25 pieces of upgraded Zuzana 2 artillery systems worth up to €175 million by 2022, Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) told a press conference at the headquarters of

Trade Unions Have 135,000 Signatures for Retirement Age Referendum

Trade Unions Have 135,000 Signatures for Retirement Age Referendum

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – Trade unionists have managed to collect 135,000 signatures so far for a petition calling for a referendum on introducing retirement age caps, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The unions believe that they’ll have collected 350,000 signatures by the end of this year so that

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Bratislava, September 3 (TASR) – The tenure of the new Police Corps president might not last for seven years in the end, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Radio Expres’s talk show Brano Zavodsky Nazivo on Monday. The premier was responding to the fact that a draft amendment to

Speedway Rider Vaculik Triumphs in Poland's Grand Prix

Speedway Rider Vaculik Triumphs in Poland's Grand Prix

Gorzow, August 26 (TASR) – Slovak motorcycle speedway rider Martin Vaculik won the Grand Prix of Poland in Gorzow on Saturday evening, adding a third triumph in the elite Grand Prix series. Vaculik beat domestic hero Bartosz Zmarzlik, Tai Woffinden (UK) and another Pole Patryk Dudek in the final. The Zarnovica-born

Radicova: ESFS Meets its Purpose, Worst Part of Crisis Behind Us

Radicova: ESFS Meets its Purpose, Worst Part of Crisis Behind Us

Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) – The European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) and the so-called temporary European bailout fulfilled their purpose, and the eurozone as well as Slovakia have navigated their way out of the worst part of the crisis, former prime minister Iveta Radicova (2010-12) told TASR on Friday. Radicova

Gal: Expressions of Anti-semitism Growing, Need to Deal with Problem

Gal: Expressions of Anti-semitism Growing, Need to Deal with Problem

Bratislava, August 23 (TASR) – Not only in Slovakia, but also in other European countries, we’re being confronted more and more with an increase in hate speech stemming from anti-Semitism, with anonymous, ill-conceived and reckless expressions rapidly spreading, said Justice Minister Gabor Gal (Most-Hid) after meeting Israeli Ambassador to Slovakia