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Martin Fabok

Martin Fabok

Parliament: Environment Minister Tomas Taraba Ousted with 77 votes

Parliament: Environment Minister Tomas Taraba Ousted with 77 votes

Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Parliament ousted Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) with 77 votes on Tuesday evening, with all 77 MPs present in the chamber voting in favour of his dismissal and 73 MPs absent. Parliament debated the no-confidence motion against Taraba for just

Taraba: If in House, I Won't Follow Anyone's Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down

Taraba: If in House, I Won't Follow Anyone's Thumbs-up or Thumbs-down

Bratislava, 25 September (TASR) - Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee) is "packed and ready" to serve as an independent member of Parliament, set to support good legislative proposals. "But nobody should expect me to vote for some nonsense just because it

Zilinka: Inflammatory Statements Uttered by Fico Can End in Great Tragedy

Zilinka: Inflammatory Statements Uttered by Fico Can End in Great Tragedy

Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - Remarks made by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday with respect to the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office have nothing to do with factual and civil discourse and, on the contrary, could lead to a great tragedy, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka warned in a video

Fico: Zilinka Gives Coalition Reasons for Lawful Changes to Prosecution Service

Fico: Zilinka Gives Coalition Reasons for Lawful Changes to Prosecution Service

Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka is giving the governing coalition every reason to make fundamental legislative changes to the functioning of the prosecution service, as his tenure has stripped the Office of the Prosecutor-General of its last remnants of public trust, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) declared

Pellegrini: World in Far Worse State Than a Year Ago

Pellegrini: World in Far Worse State Than a Year Ago

New York/Bratislava, 22 September (TASR-correspondent) – The world is in a significantly worse situation than it was a year ago, as the erosion of multilateralism and the international order has deepened further, President Peter Pellegrini declared on Tuesday after the start of the general debate of the UN General Assembly

Kalinak: Fire at Snina Defence Plant Likely Started During Renovation

Kalinak: Fire at Snina Defence Plant Likely Started During Renovation

Snina/Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - A fire at a production hall of ZVS Holding in Snina (Presov region) probably started during renovation work, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) declared on Wednesday. According to Kalinak, production technology was not damaged by the fire and no production is currently taking place

Blanar Outlines Priorities of Slovakia's Bid Ahead of UN General Assembly

Blanar Outlines Priorities of Slovakia's Bid Ahead of UN General Assembly

Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) held a traditional meeting on Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs with heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Slovakia ahead of the upcoming 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, presenting