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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

NAKA Contacts SME Daily Editor Who Was Reportedly Indimidated

NAKA Contacts SME Daily Editor Who Was Reportedly Indimidated

Bratislava, June 1 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) on Friday contacted SME daily journalist Andrej Valcek, who was reportedly intimidated by criminally prosecuted entrepreneur Marian Kocner, the police have posted on a social network. “The National Crime Agency has started to act proactively based on information in the media,

SaS Wants Kiska to Publish Documents Linking KTAG and His Campaign

SaS Wants Kiska to Publish Documents Linking KTAG and His Campaign

Bratislava, May 30 (TASR) – The Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has called on Slovak President Andrej Kiska to publish all the documents concerning interconnections between the financing of his presidential campaign and his family firm KTAG, TASR learnt on Wednesday. With regards to information that has recently appeared in

Bugar on Potential Presidential Candidacy; Presents New Party Members

Bugar on Potential Presidential Candidacy; Presents New Party Members

Bratislava, May 29 (TASR) – At a news conference presenting new Most-Hid members on Tuesday, party leader Bela Bugar said that he’ll announce whether he’ll run for the post of Slovak president or not following the party congress due to be held on June 9. “We’ll hold the

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’