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Marek Antalik

Marek Antalik

President Kiska Presents State Awards to 30 Public Figures

President Kiska Presents State Awards to 30 Public Figures

Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska, at a ceremony marking the 26th anniversary of Slovakia’s independence on Tuesday, presented state awards to 30 personages of social and cultural life, including three in memoriam, TASR learnt on the same day. Fifteen women and fifteen men have received the state

Fico Offered Presidential Candidacy to Sefcovic, He Will Consider It

Fico Offered Presidential Candidacy to Sefcovic, He Will Consider It

Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) – Chairman of the senior governing Smer-SD party Robert Fico has offered Vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic the possibility to run for president, with Sefcovic not refusing the offer but wanting to take a few days to decide, Dennik N daily reported on Tuesday. Sefcovic

Robert Fico Is Candidate for Constitutional Court Judge, Was Proposed by Glvac

Robert Fico Is Candidate for Constitutional Court Judge, Was Proposed by Glvac

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – Chairman of the senior governing Smer-SD party Robert Fico is a candidate to become a Constitutional Court judge, TASR was told on Monday by Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD), who personally submitted the bid to Parliament’s filing office. According to Glvac, Fico’s experience qualifies

Pavol R. Charged with Ordering Volzova's Murder

Pavol R. Charged with Ordering Volzova's Murder

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – The supervising prosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Bratislava on Friday pressed charges at Bratislava II District Court against former economy minister and private TV Markiza director, for legal purposes identified only as Pavol R., with ordering the murder of his business associate Sylvia

Bugar: I Won't Support Compulsory Military Service

Bugar: I Won't Support Compulsory Military Service

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – Reintroducing compulsory military service isn’t a good proposal, junior coalition Most-Hid party head Bela Bugar told journalists on Friday in response to a recent statement by Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (SNS) that the ministry is considering a nationwide discussion on this matter. Bugar added that

13,848 Slovaks Went Bankrupt in 2018, Up 164.33 percent Y-o-y

13,848 Slovaks Went Bankrupt in 2018, Up 164.33 percent Y-o-y

Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) – Historically the highest number of Slovaks went bankrupt last year – as many as 13,848, with December also breaking records when 1,415 people in Slovakia went bankrupt in the last month of 2018, TASR learnt on Thursday. An analysis conducted by CRIF – Slovak Credit Bureau,

Bugar: I Can't Imagine Being Coalition's Joint Presidential Candidate

Bugar: I Can't Imagine Being Coalition's Joint Presidential Candidate

Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) – Junior governing coalition Most-Hid party chairman Bela Bugar, who’s running for president in the spring election, has told TASR that he can’t imagine becoming the joint presidential candidate of the entire coalition (which, apart from Most-Hid, also features Smer-SD and the Slovak National Party/