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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

AKO Poll: Smer in Lead on 26 Percent, Current Coalition Loses Majority

AKO Poll: Smer in Lead on 26 Percent, Current Coalition Loses Majority

Bratislava, June 23 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in mid-June, it would have been won by the Smer-SD party on 26 percent of the votes, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by AKO agency, which released the results on Friday. The survey, which was conducted on a

SaS Calls on Labour Minister Richter to Step Down Due to Clean Day Case

SaS Calls on Labour Minister Richter to Step Down Due to Clean Day Case

Bratislava, June 22 (TASR) – The Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is calling on Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) to resign from his post, as he’s lost the moral capability to remain in the post due to his attitude in the Clean Day resocialisation

Fico: I Would Welcome it if Agreement at VW is Achieved as Soon as Possible

Fico: I Would Welcome it if Agreement at VW is Achieved as Soon as Possible

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) would welcome it if an agreement was achieved as soon as possible in the strike at Bratislava-based Volkswagen (VW), he said on Tuesday on the premises of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry where he came to comment on

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

I won’t try to persuade MPs from my Smer-SD party to vote for my favourite, incumbent public service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) director Vaclav Mika, in Tuesday’s (June 20) second round of the election for the top RTVS post, said Culture Minister Marek Madaric on RTVS’s

Fico Attends Consecration of Slovak Wooden Church in Iceland

Fico Attends Consecration of Slovak Wooden Church in Iceland

Reydarfjordur/Bratislava, June 17 (TASR correspondent) – Catholic bishop of Slovak origin Capuchin David Bartimej Tencer consecrated a unique wooden church in the Icelandic town of Reydarfjordur on Saturday, with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak and Finance Minister Peter Kazimir in attendance. The wooden

Matecna: Retail Chains Recognise High Quality of Slovak Foodstuffs

Matecna: Retail Chains Recognise High Quality of Slovak Foodstuffs

Poprad, June 16 (TASR) – Retail chains recognise that Slovak foodstuffs are coming into fashion, not because of their Slovak origin, but because of their high quality, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) after visiting the production premises of Tatrakon cannery based in

Opposition Turning to Constitutional Court Due to Land Expropriation Law

Opposition Turning to Constitutional Court Due to Land Expropriation Law

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – The Opposition is turning to the Constitutional Court due to the law amendment that enables highway construction work on plots of land before they are expropriated, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and OLaNO-NOVA MPs told a news conference on Parliament’s premises on Thursday. The two parties