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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Smer-SD ahead of SaS and LSNS in Mid-May AKO Agency Poll

Smer-SD ahead of SaS and LSNS in Mid-May AKO Agency Poll

Bratislava, May 23 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in mid-May, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 21.5 percent of the votes, ahead of the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 16.7 percent and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS)

Journalists Should Enjoy Special Status, Ministry to Form Working Group

Journalists Should Enjoy Special Status, Ministry to Form Working Group

Bratislava, May 21 (TASR) – The protection provided to journalists when performing their work needs to be strengthened by means of legislation, Culture Minister Lubica Lassakova, representatives of publishing houses and editors-in-chief concurred at a meeting on Monday. “There’s no legally binding definition of the term ‘journalist’ at the moment,

Sefcovic: Quarter of Funds from EU's Future Budget to Go to Climate

Sefcovic: Quarter of Funds from EU's Future Budget to Go to Climate

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – Climate change is the number one danger for humanity and, therefore, 25 percent of the EU budget for the following seven years will go towards climate protection, said European Commission Vice-president for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic when addressing the GLOBSEC 2018 Bratislava Forum on Friday. “The

Special Prosecutor's Office Presses Charges against Antonino V.

Special Prosecutor's Office Presses Charges against Antonino V.

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – A prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday (May 17) filed an indictment against an Italian entrepreneur operating in eastern Slovakia, for legal purposes identified only as Antonino V., at the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok (Bratislava region), TASR was told by Special Prosecutor’

Opposition Collects Enough Votes for No-confidence Motion in Matecna

Opposition Collects Enough Votes for No-confidence Motion in Matecna

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), OLaNO and We Are Family have managed to collect enough signatures to initiate a no-confidence motion in Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee). The Opposition parties will deliver the signatures to Parliament’s

Kiska Won't Run in Presidential Election, But Not Leaving Politics

Kiska Won't Run in Presidential Election, But Not Leaving Politics

Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska announced at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday afternoon that he will not run in next year’s presidential election, but he isn’t planning to pull out of political life completely, either. He said that his decision was influenced by several factors.

Matecna: We'll Revise Contracts for Supporting Non-farming Activities

Matecna: We'll Revise Contracts for Supporting Non-farming Activities

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) – Contracts included in the call for EU-fund support for investment in the development of non-farming activities will be reassessed, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a news conference on Monday, adding that she doesn’t intend to resign