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Pellegrini: Positives Lacking in Archbishop's Sermon at Pilgrimage

Pellegrini: Positives Lacking in Archbishop's Sermon at Pilgrimage

Nitra, July 5 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), who attended the National Pilgrimage of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Nitra on Thursday, a national holiday in Slovakia, told journalists that Greek Catholic Archbishop of Presov Jan Babjak’s key sermon lacked “positives to encourage the nation and infuse a

Archbishop at National Pilgrimage: Slovakia Needs Leaders Pursuing Truth

Archbishop at National Pilgrimage: Slovakia Needs Leaders Pursuing Truth

Nitra, July 5 (TASR) – The Slovak public doesn’t want to hear any more fairy tales but the truth after the February murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, said Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Presov Jan Babjak in a sermon at the National Pilgrimage of Saints Cyril and Methodius in

Skripek: Maltese Government Sold 88,000 Schengen Visas in Libya

Skripek: Maltese Government Sold 88,000 Schengen Visas in Libya

Brussels, June 21 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak MEP and chairman of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) Branislav Skripek made waves at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Thursday by revealing how the leftist Maltese Government in 2013-14 sold 88,000 Schengen visas and

Report: Slovak-made Arms Could End Up in Terrorist Hands

Report: Slovak-made Arms Could End Up in Terrorist Hands

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Relatively large numbers of arms produced in Slovakia decades ago, now deactivated, could end up in the hands of terrorists and be made lethal again, authors of a report entitled Crime-Terror Nexus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia stated at a GLOBSEC think tank in Bratislava

Slovakia in 2017 Posted Lowest Public Deficit Ever - 1.04 percent of GDP

Slovakia in 2017 Posted Lowest Public Deficit Ever - 1.04 percent of GDP

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Slovakia in 2017 posted a public-finance deficit of 1.04 percent of GDP (€884.4 million) – the country’s lowest deficit vis-a-vis GDP since it became independent in 1993, according to the Final State Accounts for 2017 approved by Parliament on Wednesday. The Finance Ministry in

Former President Pooh-poohs State of Republic Address

Former President Pooh-poohs State of Republic Address

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – Former two-time president Ivan Gasparovic (2004-09 and 2009-14) has expressed his surprise at his successor Andrej Kiska’s criticism in the State of the Republic Address on Wednesday of how the police have been investigating the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend in February,

Most-Hid Proposes Legalising Home Distillation

Most-Hid Proposes Legalising Home Distillation

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – The co-governing Most-Hid party on Thursday unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at legalising the domestic distillation of alcohol for one’s own use, stating that this certainly won’t affect Slovakia’s distillery industry. “There’s a long tradition of distilling spirits from home-grown fruit, but