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Michal Baran

Attempt to Dismiss Kalinak Should Be Resumed within Seven Days

Attempt to Dismiss Kalinak Should Be Resumed within Seven Days

Bratislava, July 1 (TASR) – The extraordinary parliamentary session dedicated to an attempt to dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) from his post over his alleged involvement in the Basternak tax fraud case should continue within seven days, said Parliamentary Vice-chair Andrej Hrnciar (Siet/Network) after a meeting of the legislators’

Police Take Basternak's Computer; Then Search Accountant's Home

Police Take Basternak's Computer; Then Search Accountant's Home

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – A police raid at a residential complex on Tupeho Street in Bratislava, where several firms of businessman Ladislav Basternak are based, has ended, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The police were at the site for four hours. They were reported as seizing the accounts records of Basternak’

Lajcak Talks Brexit on His Visit to Berlin

Lajcak Talks Brexit on His Visit to Berlin

Berlin, June 27 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin on Sunday evening spoke about Britain’s departure from the European Union in the context of Slovakia’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the EU, the ministry press department

Poll: Almost Two Thirds of Slovaks Would Have Voted to Stay in EU

Poll: Almost Two Thirds of Slovaks Would Have Voted to Stay in EU

Bratislava, June 23 (TASR) – Had a referendum on Slovakia’s remaining in the EU been held between June 14-20, almost two thirds of the participants would have voted to stay put, TASR learnt on Thursday from the results of a Focus agency poll. The poll, which was carried out on

Danko: We'd Give Anything for Pope Francis to Visit Slovakia

Danko: We'd Give Anything for Pope Francis to Visit Slovakia

Vatican, June 22 (TASR) – All people in Slovakia would give anything for Pope Francis to visit their country, said Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at the Vatican on Wednesday. Danko had been granted a papal general audience along with Parliamentary Vice-chair Bela Bugar (Most-Hid), also briefly

Annual Installments for Bratislava Bypass Drop to €52.8 mn

Annual Installments for Bratislava Bypass Drop to €52.8 mn

Bratislava, June 22 (TASR) – The state will pay annual instalments of €52.8 million for the construction and maintenance of the Bratislava bypass over the next 30 years, reported Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Roman Brecely (a Siet/Network nominee) and his State Secretary Victor Stromcek (Smer-SD) at a

Five Slovaks Killed in Bus Crash near Serbian Town of Aleksinac

Five Slovaks Killed in Bus Crash near Serbian Town of Aleksinac

Belgrade, June 21 (TASR) – A hospital in the Serbian town of Nis has admitted 14 people that were injured in a bus crash near the Serbian town of Aleksinac in which five Slovaks were killed earlier on Tuesday morning, TASR learnt on the same day. According to Nis Clinical Centre