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Martin Fabok

Troskova and Jasan Step Down Until Murder of Journalist Investigated

Troskova and Jasan Step Down Until Murder of Journalist Investigated

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – Chichi state advisor Maria Troskova and Government Office crisis manager and state security head Viliam Jasan will step down from their posts until the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova are investigated, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Both Troskova and Jasan reject any

Fico Asks Opposition and Media for Cooperation Regarding Kuciak Murder

Fico Asks Opposition and Media for Cooperation Regarding Kuciak Murder

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – The coalition, Opposition and media should stick together and do their utmost to have the murders of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova investigated as soon as possible, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), adding that he rejects this “heinous crime” being invested

Opposition Launches Petition for Kalinak's and Gaspar's Resignation

Opposition Launches Petition for Kalinak's and Gaspar's Resignation

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – Representatives of Opposition parties OLaNO and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) are launching a petition calling for Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar to resign, OLaNO leader Igor Matovic announced at a press conference on Tuesday. According to Matovic, both Kalinak and

TASR: We Condemn Murder of Jan Kuciak as Attack on Democracy

TASR: We Condemn Murder of Jan Kuciak as Attack on Democracy

Bratislava, February 26 (TASR) – Young journalist and our former colleague from the Teraz.sk website Jan Kuciak along with his partner Martina Kusnirova have become the victims of premeditated murder in their own house. Such a crime is heinous, incomprehensible and absolutely unacceptable regardless of its motive. If it is

Prime Minister Fico Won't Okay Ratification of Istanbul Convention

Prime Minister Fico Won't Okay Ratification of Istanbul Convention

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) won’t grant his consent for the Government to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence if there are obvious and legitimate discrepancies between the content of the Istanbul Convention and Slovakia’

Plan to Revisit Drugs Policy Shelved

Plan to Revisit Drugs Policy Shelved

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – A plan to revisit Slovakia’s drugs policy has been postponed, as Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) withdrew her motion to decriminalise the use of so-called hard drugs from Wednesday’s Government session after encountering disapproval from the coalition partners, TASR learnt on the same day.

President Kiska Discusses Austrian-Slovak Ties with Van der Bellen

President Kiska Discusses Austrian-Slovak Ties with Van der Bellen

Vienna/Bratislava, February 19 (TASR-correspondent) – Fomenting even closer bilateral ties, the position of the Visegrad Four (V4) group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), its perception in Austria and Austrian family benefits were issues discussed by Slovak President Andrej Kiska and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen in