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SaS Expels Its Parliamentary Caucus Leader Blahova

SaS Expels Its Parliamentary Caucus Leader Blahova

Jasna, October 5 (TASR) – Natalia Blahova, hitherto the caucus leader of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), was ousted from the party at its congress in Jasna (Zilina region) on Saturday. The proposal was presented by an ordinary party member, who believed that Blahova was damaging SaS’s reputation. Blahova

Court Exonerates Former Military Intelligence Chief

Court Exonerates Former Military Intelligence Chief

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Bratislava Regional Court on Thursday exonerated former director of the Military Intelligence Service Roman Mikulec of the accusation of endangering confidential information related to the police’s discovery of a microcard containing secret information in his car in 2013. The incident in 2013 took place shortly

FinMin: Slovakia's GDP Growth to Decelerate to 2.4 percent Y-o-Y in 2019

FinMin: Slovakia's GDP Growth to Decelerate to 2.4 percent Y-o-Y in 2019

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Slovakia’s GDP growth is expected to decelerate to 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2019, according to the latest prognosis released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday. An earlier prognosis in June counted on 3.5-percent growth y-o-y in 2019, following the 4.1-percent increase seen

Slovak Court to Rule Soon in Murder of Polish Entrepreneur Case

Slovak Court to Rule Soon in Murder of Polish Entrepreneur Case

Banska Bystrica, September 17 (TASR) – A court trial related to the murder of Polish entrepreneur Grzegorz Szymanek in Slovakia more than two decades ago seems to be reaching its final stage after erstwhile Banska Bystrica mob boss Mikulas C., now jailed for life, confessed to the crime before a court,

Caputova Praises Zelensky for Reforms and Dialogue

Caputova Praises Zelensky for Reforms and Dialogue

Kiev, September 16 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova during a meeting with her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Monday praised his reform drive and efforts to engage in a constructive dialogue to deal with the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Caputova at a joint press conference pointed out that

House Fails to Reach Quorum, No-confidence in PM Postponed to Monday

House Fails to Reach Quorum, No-confidence in PM Postponed to Monday

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – An Opposition-initiated no-confidence motion in Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) was postponed to Monday afternoon after Parliament on Friday failed twice to reach the necessary quorum. Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) called on Opposition MPs to attend the session postponed to Monday. “The Opposition has

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Growth Decelerated to 2 percent in 2Q19

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Growth Decelerated to 2 percent in 2Q19

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economic growth decelerated in the second quarter of 2019 to 2 percent year-on-year, a development that was down mainly to slumps in industry and exports, which were offset by growth in domestic demand, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. The dynamics of Slovakia’s