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Hlina: State Bodies Should Help People against Usury

Hlina: State Bodies Should Help People against Usury

Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) – The Justice Ministry should advise customers of non-banking financial institutions on how they can defend themselves if they feel that they’ve been mistreated, non-parliamentary Christian Democrats (KDH) chairman Alojz Hlina said at a press conference on Friday. Hlina was partly reacting to reports that a

Opposition Calls Parliamentary Security Committee to Debate Gorilla

Opposition Calls Parliamentary Security Committee to Debate Gorilla

Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) – The Opposition has collected enough MPs’ signatures to initiate an extraordinary session of the parliamentary security committee to debate the resignation of the chief investigator of the Gorilla corruption scandal, OLaNO-NOVA caucus leader Richard Vasecka said at a press conference on Friday. The Opposition also wants

Fico Criticises Kiska for V4 Comments and Meeting with Dalai Lama

Fico Criticises Kiska for V4 Comments and Meeting with Dalai Lama

Brussels, October 20 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska’s recent criticism of the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) for having an allegedly poor image in Europe over its stance towards migration was inappropriate, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in Brussels on Thursday. The summit of

Exhibition of 1956 Hungarian Revolution Opens at Slovak Culture Ministry

Exhibition of 1956 Hungarian Revolution Opens at Slovak Culture Ministry

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – An exhibition entitled ‘For Freedom and Independence’ with the subtitle ‘Two Weeks of Freedom’ was opened on the Slovak Culture Ministry’s courtyard as part of Slovakia’s Presidency of the EU Council on Thursday in order to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against that country’

Once-hidden Vedutas on Display in Bratislava under Brazilian Patronage

Once-hidden Vedutas on Display in Bratislava under Brazilian Patronage

Bratislava, October 18 (TASR) – Under the title ‘Secret Graphics’, the Museum of Svaty Anton (Banska Bystrica region) in Bratislava on Tuesday opened an exhibition of vedutas (large-scale paintings) from the 18th century that were discovered in a secret area of the Kohary-Coburg mansion in Svaty Anton during restoration work in

Fico: Slovakia Won't Break Up EU over Sanctions against Russia

Fico: Slovakia Won't Break Up EU over Sanctions against Russia

Bratislava, October 18 (TASR) – When it comes to sanctions against Russia, Slovakia won’t go against the joint EU attitude, even though it itself considers the sanctions to be pointless, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at a session of the parliamentary European affairs committee on Tuesday. Fico was responding to

Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Use of the Electronic Contractual System (EKS) in public procurements has so far saved a total of €168 million in almost 50,000 deals, said Interior Ministry spokesman Petar Lazarov on Thursday. According to Lazarov, the system, thanks to its transparency, has done away with all