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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Sulik Presents His Proposal for Party Slate in General Election

Sulik Presents His Proposal for Party Slate in General Election

Bratislava, September 30 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chairman Richard Sulik presented his proposal for the party’s slate for the 2020 general election on Monday. According to Sulik’s proposal, his own name should head the list for the general election, while Lucia Duris Nicholsonova should be number

Court Finds Two Former Managers Guilty Regarding VOP Novaky Blast

Court Finds Two Former Managers Guilty Regarding VOP Novaky Blast

Prievidza, September 20 (TASR) – Prievidza District Court has found two of the four former managers of Military Maintenance Company (VOP) in Novaky (Trencin region) guilty of the crime of ‘a general threat’ in connection with an explosion at the company that killed eight people in March 2007. The decision was

Smer Would Have Won Election in Sept. ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Smer Would Have Won Election in Sept. ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – If a parliamentary election had been held in the first half of September, Smer-SD would have come out on top with 21.7 percent of the votes, followed by the Progressive Slovakia-Together coalition on 13.3 percent and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia on

Politicians Have Right to Reply, House Passes Press Act Amendment

Politicians Have Right to Reply, House Passes Press Act Amendment

Bratislava, September 17 (TASR) – Politicians have the right to reply again, as this possibility was reintroduced by an amendment to the Press Act approved by Parliament on Tuesday. As many as 86 MPs voted for the amendment sponsored by MP Dusan Jarjabek (Smer-SD), while 51 were against. The right to

Csefalvayova Leaving Most-Hid

Csefalvayova Leaving Most-Hid

Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) – MP Katarina Csefalvayova stated on Monday that she’s quitting the co-governing Most-Hid party and leaving the party caucus as well. “After long deliberation, I’ve decided to quit Most-Hid,” said the MP, who stated before the summer that she would reconsider her political future. “With

Judicial Council Fails to Elect Supreme Court President

Judicial Council Fails to Elect Supreme Court President

Bratislava, September 10 (TASR) – The Judicial Council failed to elect a new Supreme Court president at its extraordinary session on Monday (September 9). Judges Jana Bajankova and Sona Mesiarkinova made it to round two. However, neither of them managed to gain more than half of the votes of the 18-strong

Bomb Alert Reported in President Caputova's House

Bomb Alert Reported in President Caputova's House

Bratislava, September 8 (TASR) – The police received an anonymous announcement on Sunday that a bomb has been placed in the house of Slovak President Zuzana Caputova. “We can confirm we have received an anonymous call on the telephone line 158 reporting that there’s an explosive in President Zuzana Caputova’