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Police: Crime Rate in Slovakia Lowest since Independence

Police: Crime Rate in Slovakia Lowest since Independence

Bratislava, February 6 (TASR) – The crime rate in Slovakia fell again on an annual basis in 2016, this time by 5 percent, while the police’s success rate in resolving individual crimes improved, said Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar and first police vice-president Jaroslav Malik at

SaS: Constitutional Law on Higher Defence Spending Necessary

SaS: Constitutional Law on Higher Defence Spending Necessary

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Parliamentary parties should adopt a declaration leading to a constitutional law stipulating the duty of gradually increasing Slovakia’s defence budget to reach at least 2 percent of its GDP, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP and former defence minister Lubomir Galko said on Wednesday. Speaking

FinMin: State Budget Surplus Up by 9.3 percent Y-o-Y in January

FinMin: State Budget Surplus Up by 9.3 percent Y-o-Y in January

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – The state budget’s incomes in January 2017 were €167.3 million (18.4 percent) higher year-on-year, the Finance Ministry announced on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the state expenditures were also up on an annual basis – by €83.5 million (9.3 percent). “The state budget thus posted

Presov Region Had Highest Share of People on Sick Leave in 2016

Presov Region Had Highest Share of People on Sick Leave in 2016

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Slovakia’s richest region Bratislava had the lowest share of people taking sick leave on an average day last year (1.99 percent), while the country’s poorest region Presov was at the opposite end of the scale on 4.07 percent, TASR learnt from data

Mazak: I Want to Run for EGC Judge

Mazak: I Want to Run for EGC Judge

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Former chairman of the Slovak Constitutional Court Jan Mazak, who is currently serving as advisor to President Andrej Kiska, announced on Tuesday that he wants to run again for additional judge of the European Union’s General Court (EGC). Mazak was speaking at a press briefing

Prominent Lawyers Urge Parliament to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Prominent Lawyers Urge Parliament to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – It would be legitimate to scrap the amnesties issued by former premier Vladimir Meciar as acting president in 1998 concerning the 1995 kidnapping of then president Michal Kovac’s son Michal and of a thwarted referendum, several prominent lawyers claim in a statement released on Monday.

Hrnko: Policemen Decided in Advance to Seize My Driving Licence

Hrnko: Policemen Decided in Advance to Seize My Driving Licence

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Slovak National Party (SNS) vice-chairman Anton Hrnko claimed on Monday that the police patrol that stopped his car and seized his driving licence for an alleged misdemeanour had decided to do so in advance. At a press conference, Hrnko presented an audio-visual recording from the police