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Martin Fabok

Martin Fabok

Magyar: I Told Fico, Slovakia Must First Repeal Act Threatening Hungarians with Jail

Magyar: I Told Fico, Slovakia Must First Repeal Act Threatening Hungarians with Jail

Budapest/Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - In my telephone call with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, I made it clear that we can only discuss any policy matters if we receive guarantees that Slovakia will repeal legislation threatening ethnic-Hungarians in Slovakia with imprisonment [for impugning the Benes Decrees — ed.note]

President Calls Referendum for 4 July on Only Two Questions

President Calls Referendum for 4 July on Only Two Questions

Bratislava, 20 April (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini will call a referendum with two questions concerning the abolition of so-called lifetime annuities and the restoration of the Special Prosecutor's Office and National Crime Agency for 4 July. A question on a request to shorten the electoral term will not

Blanar Dismisses Migrant Claims, Slams Magyar Remarks

Blanar Dismisses Migrant Claims, Slams Magyar Remarks

Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) – Claims about migrants being transported to Slovakia's borders before the 2023 parliamentary election are "as absurd as carrying water in a wicker basket", Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) said on Thursday at a parliamentary European Affairs Committee session. Blanar also described

One Injured, 150 Evacuated After Bratislava Warehouse Fire

One Injured, 150 Evacuated After Bratislava Warehouse Fire

Bratislava, 5 April (TASR) - One person was injured after inhaling smoke following a warehouse fire on Stara Vajnorska Street in Bratislava. Approximately 150 people were evacuated in total, the Firefighter and Emergency Service (HaZZ) reported on social media. Firefighters said the blaze was reported shortly after 2:00 p.

New Rules for Voting from Abroad in Parliament, Submitted by Smer-SD

New Rules for Voting from Abroad in Parliament, Submitted by Smer-SD

Bratislava, 30 March (TASR) – Lawmakers from the governing Smer-SD party have submitted to Parliament an amendment to the law on conditions for exercising voting rights to revise voting from abroad. The proposal introduces a new method of voting abroad, whereby voters would cast ballots at diplomatic missions instead of by

Fico: Pellegrini's 2020 Moscow Trip Broke No Rules

Fico: Pellegrini's 2020 Moscow Trip Broke No Rules

Bratislava/Hronske Klacany, 24 March (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said after Tuesday's cabinet session that he sees no breach of rules in a foreign trip made by then prime minister Peter Pellegrini to Russia in 2020. Fico was responding to media reports that Hungary'

Parliament Fails to Debate Gaspar Dismissal after Agenda Rejected

Parliament Fails to Debate Gaspar Dismissal after Agenda Rejected

Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) – Lawmakers didn't debate the proposal to remove Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) from the post of parliamentary vice-chair at a special emergency session on Tuesday, as the session's agenda wasn't approved. The dismissal attempt was initiated by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS)