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Martin Fabok

Martin Fabok

OLaNO Wants to Revisit Presidential Election Spending Caps with Pellegrini

OLaNO Wants to Revisit Presidential Election Spending Caps with Pellegrini

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) party plans to discuss changing campaign financial caps for the 2019 presidential race with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), TASR learnt on Friday. According to OLaNO, the current limits don’t afford equal opportunities to all candidates, but instead work in favour

Pellegrini: We'll Show Successful Roma Integration Story to Jagland

Pellegrini: We'll Show Successful Roma Integration Story to Jagland

Strasbourg, June 27 (TASR-correspondent) – Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland confirmed at his meeting with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in Strasbourg on Wednesday that he’ll pay a visit to Slovakia in the autumn, TASR learnt on the same day. The invitation was originally extended to Jagland in October by

Sala: Drunk Man Took 'Borrowed' Dustbin Lorry on Night-time Joy Ride

Sala: Drunk Man Took 'Borrowed' Dustbin Lorry on Night-time Joy Ride

Sala, June 25 (TASR) – A drunk man from Sala (Nitra region), 34, decided to go on a night-time joy ride in a dustbin lorry, so at roughly 10 p.m. on Saturday night (June 23) he took the keys from his company’s waste collection vehicle and hit the streets,

Authorities Bust Largest Illegal Cigarette Operation in Slovak History

Authorities Bust Largest Illegal Cigarette Operation in Slovak History

Bratislava/Revuca, June 17 (TASR) – In cooperation with customs authorities, the Financial Administration (FS) Criminal Office over the weekend managed to bust the largest illegal production and distribution of cigarettes in the history of Slovakia, FS president Frantisek Imrecze reported on Sunday. During the crackdown, 10.5 million cigarettes falsely

Analysts: Any Return to Slovakia's Original Currency Costly and Painful

Analysts: Any Return to Slovakia's Original Currency Costly and Painful

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – A potential return to the original Slovak currency, the Slovak koruna, would be extremely costly and painful for the country’s economy, economic analysts concur, adding that leaving the eurozone would result in a significant devaluation of the currency and put a crimp on economic growth.

OLaNO: Fico's Proposal Pathetic, Falling Short of Cleaning Up Politics

OLaNO: Fico's Proposal Pathetic, Falling Short of Cleaning Up Politics

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – The Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) party is in favour of having the tax affairs of presidential candidates mandatorily published, but wouldn’t limit the law to them only: if the bill is to make sense, tax and banking confidentiality should be scrapped also for all potential

Fico: Smer-SD Derives Satisfaction from Merkel's About-face on Quotas

Fico: Smer-SD Derives Satisfaction from Merkel's About-face on Quotas

Bratislava, June 12 (TASR) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded that Slovakia was right and the mandatory migration resettlement quotas have fallen short of their intended purpose, which satisfies the Smer-SD party, Smer-SD chair Robert Fico claimed at a press conference on Tuesday. According to Fico, this fact represents a great