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Martin Fabok

SaS: Discontent with Governing Parties Grows

SaS: Discontent with Governing Parties Grows

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The Saturday (November 4) regional election served as a convincing demonstration of resistance on the part of active people against populism, corruption and extremism, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) representatives Richard Sulik, Lubomir Galko and Jana Kissova stated on Sunday. According to SaS, discontent with the Government

Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko Welcomes Higher Voter Turnout

Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko Welcomes Higher Voter Turnout

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Parliamentary chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party) welcomes the fact that voter turnout in the Saturday (November 4) regional election saw higher numbers than in the previous 2013 election and thanked everyone who chose to exercise their franchise. “I welcome the higher turnout in the election

Final Election Results, Juraj Droba Wins Race for Bratislava Governor

Final Election Results, Juraj Droba Wins Race for Bratislava Governor

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Juraj Droba has become the new Bratislava regional governor (SaS, OLaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena Zdola, DU) with 20.42 percent of votes (36,864 voters), according to the final unofficial results released by the Statistics Office on early Sunday. Droba will replace incumbent governor Pavol

Jan Lunter Celebrates Victory, Likely Defeating Far-right Governor Kotleba

Jan Lunter Celebrates Victory, Likely Defeating Far-right Governor Kotleba

Banska Bystrica, November 5 (TASR) – Banska Bystrica regional governor candidate Jan Lunter, the greatest challenger to incumbent far-right governor Marian Kotleba, began to celebrate his victory shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday by declaring: “We’ve won!” The cafe located in the heart of Banska Bystrica, where the candidate

Elections to Higher Territorial Units End

Elections to Higher Territorial Units End

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – The fifth elections to the Higher Territorial Units (VUCs) in Slovakia ended at 10 p.m. on Saturday. Polling stations in nine electoral districts of Trencin region will remain open until 11.15 p.m., however, due to previous power blackout, with the moratorium at these

Express Train Delayed Due to Bomb Threat, Police Launch Investigation

Express Train Delayed Due to Bomb Threat, Police Launch Investigation

Kosice, November 3 (TASR) – An anonymous call reporting a bomb prompted the police to stop the 604 Dargov express train in Kysak (Kosice region) for a pyrotechnic search late on Thursday, TASR learnt on Friday. The train heading to Bratislava from Kosice was thus delayed by 103 minutes. In the

HaZZ: Up to 700 Firefighters Dealing with Emergencies on Sunday

HaZZ: Up to 700 Firefighters Dealing with Emergencies on Sunday

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – Both professional firefighters and volunteers alike have been busy for more than 10 hours, clearing the damage caused by extremely strong winds that battered most of Slovakia on Sunday, TASR learnt from Zuzana Farkasova of the Firefighter and Emergency Corps (HaZZ) Presidium on the same day.