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Martin Fabok

Fico: I Won't Bring Down My Own Gov't, However Imperfect It Might Be

Fico: I Won't Bring Down My Own Gov't, However Imperfect It Might Be

Bratislava, August 20 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) refuses to make his own Government collapse, even though he concedes that the Cabinet is far from perfect, TASR learnt from a video that Fico published on his Facebook page on Sunday. The video was uploaded in response to a statement

Rainbow Pride Elicits Differing Reactions, Zitnanska Decries Any Hate Speech

Rainbow Pride Elicits Differing Reactions, Zitnanska Decries Any Hate Speech

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – People are free to hold various opinions on issues – even on those concerning LGBTI community, but instances of hate speech that Slovakia bore witness even today towards the Rainbow Pride 2017 have no place in tolerant society, Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) said on Saturday. Zitnanska

Rainbow Pride in Bratislava Attracts Turnout of 2,000, Promotes Gay Rights

Rainbow Pride in Bratislava Attracts Turnout of 2,000, Promotes Gay Rights

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Some 2,000 people have converged upon Bratislava to attend the Rainbow Pride 2017 on Saturday, TASR learnt on the same day. Police warned the organisers that sympathizers of far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) have also come into the city, prompting the organisers to

Paska: SNS MPs Support for Most-Hid Nominees Thing of Past Now

Paska: SNS MPs Support for Most-Hid Nominees Thing of Past Now

Bratislava, August 17 (TASR) – Slovak National Party (SNS) MPs might not lend their support to any candidate nominated for public office by fellow coalition partner Most-Hid anymore, SNS vice-chair Jaroslav Paska intimated on his Facebook page, TASR learnt on Thursday. Paska was incensed by the fact that Ombudswoman Maria Patakyova,

Education Minister Peter Plavcan Steps Down

Education Minister Peter Plavcan Steps Down

Bratislava, August 17 (TASR) – Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport Peter Plavcan (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) stepped down from his post on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. It was Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) who urged Plavcan on Wednesday (August 16) to tender his resignation,

OLaNO: Fico Uses EU as Fig Leaf to Cover Corruption

OLaNO: Fico Uses EU as Fig Leaf to Cover Corruption

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is using the European Union as a fig leaf to cover corruption, Opposition OLaNO-NOVA MP Veronika Remisova said at a press conference on Wednesday. Remisova spoke in response to Fico’s statement dated from Tuesday (August 15), when he claimed that

Hrabko: Fico, Danko and Bugar Make Up Coalition, Not Indivisible Family

Hrabko: Fico, Danko and Bugar Make Up Coalition, Not Indivisible Family

Bratislava, August 10 (TASR) – The decision of the Slovak National Party (SNS) chair Andrej Danko to withdraw from the coalition agreement without SNS also automatically forfeiting its status of a coalition partner is unprecedented in Slovakia and not really in proportion to the problems SNS is facing, publicist Juraj Hrabko