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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Pellegrini: No Migrants Will Come to Slovakia without Our Consent

Pellegrini: No Migrants Will Come to Slovakia without Our Consent

Brussels, June 29 (TASR correspondent) – Slovakia can accept as many as 1,200 migrants to assist neighbouring countries that find themselves in need; however, no migrants will come to Slovakia without the Government’s consent, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said on Friday in reaction to an agreement on

Pellegrini: We Agreed on Highest-ever Salary Hike in Public Sector

Pellegrini: We Agreed on Highest-ever Salary Hike in Public Sector

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – Salaries for public servants should increase by 10 percent on average as of next year, as Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) and trade unions signed a declaration on higher-level collective agreement in the public sector for 2019 and 2020 on Thursday. “We’ve sealed the results

Pellegrini in Strasbourg: We Can Only Face Current Challenges Jointly

Pellegrini in Strasbourg: We Can Only Face Current Challenges Jointly

Strasbourg, June 27 (TASR correspondent) – Slovakia needs the Council of Europe in the current turbulent times as much as other countries do, said Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini during the speech that he delivered to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg on Wednesday. “Terrorism, the

SaS Officially Supporting Robert Mistrik in Next Year's Presidential Elections

SaS Officially Supporting Robert Mistrik in Next Year's Presidential Elections

Bratislava, June 26 (TASR) – The strongest Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is officially supporting the candidacy of its former member Robert Mistrik in next year’s presidential elections, party leader Richard Sulik told a news conference on Tuesday. Support for Mistrik was unanimously decided on by the SaS Republic

Slovak Parliamentary Team Places Second in V4 Football Tournament

Slovak Parliamentary Team Places Second in V4 Football Tournament

Bratislava, June 23 (TASR) – During an informal meeting of the heads of parliaments of the Visegrad Four (V4) group held in the Hungarian tourist town of Balatonfured, the Slovak parliamentary delegation took part in a football tournament of the four countries’ MPs. The Slovak team finished second in the tournament,

Sakova: Introducing Cameras for Police Is Complicated Process

Sakova: Introducing Cameras for Police Is Complicated Process

Bratislava, June 22 (TASR) – Introducing cameras during police raids is a complicated process, and recordings must be stored somewhere, which necessitates the existence of a depository, said Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) on Friday. “It takes us slightly longer with regards to individual specifications and requirements from individual police organisational

Pellegrini Officially Takes over V4 Presidency from Orban in Budapest

Pellegrini Officially Takes over V4 Presidency from Orban in Budapest

Budapest, June 21 (TASR correspondent) – Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) officially took over the rotating one-year presidency of the Visegrad (V4) group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday. Slovakia will assume the presidency as of July 1. It