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Martin Fabok

Election24: First Round Won by Korcok, Due to Face Pellegrini in Run-off Round

Election24: First Round Won by Korcok, Due to Face Pellegrini in Run-off Round

Bratislava, March 24 (TASR) - Ivan Korcok unofficially won the first round of the 2024 presidential election on 42.48 percent of votes, due to square off against Peter Pellegrini who advanced to the run-off round with 37.05 percent of votes, the Statistics Office reported on Sunday after counting

Election24:Matovic: President Shouldn't Have Power to Pardon Corruption Convicts

Election24:Matovic: President Shouldn't Have Power to Pardon Corruption Convicts

Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - When the state faces the threat of the destruction of the rule of law and endangering of democracy, the president must use all powers invested in the presidential office to combat this. However, the president shouldn't enjoy the power to grant pardons to

Election24: Dubovsky: I'm in Favour of Election System Reform in Slovakia

Election24: Dubovsky: I'm in Favour of Election System Reform in Slovakia

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) - Presidential candidate Patrik Dubovsky is in favour of having an election system in Slovakia made of four constituencies. He believes that it's most important to have the president who's independent and he would slightly expand presidential powers relative to Parliament. This

Court: Matovic Must Refrain from Making Untrue Comments on Hascak

Court: Matovic Must Refrain from Making Untrue Comments on Hascak

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) - 'Slovakia' party and its chair Igor Matovic must refrain from making any untrue, offensive and derogatory comments about financier Jaroslav Hascak, Trnava regional court decided on Thursday (February 29), TASR learnt from an attorney office representing Hascak on Friday. The regional court thus

President to Consider Options to Prevent Penal Code Bill from Coming into Effect

President to Consider Options to Prevent Penal Code Bill from Coming into Effect

Bratislava, February 8 (TASR) - President Zuzana Caputova will consider all options to prevent the amendment to the Penal Code from coming into effect, and called its passing by Parliament on Thursday bad news for Slovakia and all its citizens, TASR was told by President's spokesperson Martin Strizinec

New Penal Code Passed by Parliament

New Penal Code Passed by Parliament

Bratislava, February 8 (TASR) - The Special Prosecutor's Office (USP) will be abolished, statutes of limitations shortened, criminal damages classification increased and sentencing for corruption- and property-related crimes will become more lenient, as Parliament approved the new Penal Code bill in a fast-tracked procedure on Thursday. Corruption cases

Polls: Smer-SD Would Have Won Election, Followed by PS and Voice-SD

Polls: Smer-SD Would Have Won Election, Followed by PS and Voice-SD

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) - Had the parliamentary election been held in January, Smer-SD led by Robert Fico would have won on 21.6 percent of votes, followed by Progressive Slovakia chaired by Michal Simecka (19.4 percent) and Voice-SD chaired by Peter Pellegrini (17.9 percent), according to a