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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

TIS: Record Number of People Willing to Report Corruption

TIS: Record Number of People Willing to Report Corruption

Bratislava, May 30 (TASR) – Four in ten Slovaks claim that they would definitely or probably report corruption to the police if they encountered it, which is the highest proportion since Transparency International Slovakia (TIS) began measuring public engagement in the fight against corruption in 2002, according to a recent survey

Fico: Corruption Is Cancer of Society

Fico: Corruption Is Cancer of Society

Presov, May 29 (TASR) – Corruption is the cancer of society, although there is a difference between perception and reality in Slovakia, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) during his meeting with teachers from Presov region at the Regional School Office in Presov on Monday. The meeting took place during a

EuroGas Intends to Raise Alleged Attempted Patent Fraud in Arbitration

EuroGas Intends to Raise Alleged Attempted Patent Fraud in Arbitration

Bratislava, May 26 (TASR) – EuroGas, which is in arbitration proceedings with Slovakia concerning the allegedly illegal withdrawal of a licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region), claims that it faced attempted patent fraud, EuroGas managing board chairman Wolfgang Rauball told TASR on Friday. EuroGas’s subsidiary Rozmin filed

KDH Sees Fear of LSNS behind Refusal to Publish its Billboard

KDH Sees Fear of LSNS behind Refusal to Publish its Billboard

Bratislava, May 25 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) wanted to order a billboard featuring the slogan “[far-right] LSNS has been in Parliament already for one year, but it has not managed to do anything there”; however, its publishing has been refused, TASR learnt from KDH spokesman Stano Zupa

Fico: I Hope Estonian EU Presidency Will be Flexible Enough

Fico: I Hope Estonian EU Presidency Will be Flexible Enough

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) – The Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU will be highly interested in preserving the unity of the Union, which is incredibly important for its future; but this can be achieved in other ways than by blindly obeying commands and respecting the stronger ones, said

Kalinak Rejects Claims of Disadvantageous Real Estate Transactions

Kalinak Rejects Claims of Disadvantageous Real Estate Transactions

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) held a press conference on Monday to reject the Opposition’s claims in recent weeks that the ministry has wasted money on certain disadvantageous real estate transactions. The Interior Ministry has called the criticism senseless, describing it as attacks on successful

Lajcak Receives Prize for Assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its Way to EU

Lajcak Receives Prize for Assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its Way to EU

Mostar/Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) received on Thursday in Mostar a special prize, the European Personality of the Year 2016, from the Evening Paper daily for his assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina on its journey to the European Union, TASR