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Michaela Kovacova

Parliamentary Caucuses to Get €35 Monthly per MP also in 2017

Parliamentary Caucuses to Get €35 Monthly per MP also in 2017

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Parliamentary caucuses will get €35 monthly per member, just as they did in 2016, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) decided on Monday. The highest sum will go to the Smer-SD caucus which has 49 members and will thus get €1,715 monthly from

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

OLaNO-NOVA Wants to Ban Military Promotion of Active Politicians

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Politicians who have gained their military ranks while actively serving in politics should be automatically deprived of them, OLaNO-NOVA leader Igor Matovic told a news conference on Monday, adding that his movement plans to submit an amendment to the law on conscription governing the granting of

Sulik Asked Farage Why He Bugged Out After Brexit Referendum

Sulik Asked Farage Why He Bugged Out After Brexit Referendum

The now former UKIP leader Nigel Farage should not have ‘bugged out’ from the party’s top as soon as Brexit results were announced, MEP and leader of the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulik said on TA3’s discussion programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. UKIP

Fico: Fascism is Not Creeping in Slovakia, It Is Present Here

Fico: Fascism is Not Creeping in Slovakia, It Is Present Here

Klak/Ostry Grun, January 22 (TASR) – During Sunday’s commemorative gathering to mark the 72nd anniversary of the burning down of the villages of Klak and Ostry Grun (both Banska Bystrica region), Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) offered harsh words not only to the residents of these villages in the

Fico: President Donald Trump Might Be a Positive Change

Fico: President Donald Trump Might Be a Positive Change

Bratislava/Ziar nad Hronom, January 21 (TASR) – If Donald Trump fulfils pledges he made during his election campaign, a change in the post of the US president might bring positives, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said in connection with Friday’s (January 20) inauguration of Donald Trump as the

Navigation on Danube River between Bratislava and Gabcikovo Halted

Navigation on Danube River between Bratislava and Gabcikovo Halted

Bratislava, January 21 (TASR) – Navigation on the Danube River between Bratislava and the Gabcikovo Waterworks has been halted due to unfavourable weather and ice floes, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) told a news conference on Saturday. Ersek visited the waterworks along with Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) earlier

KDH and Simon Call on Holjencik to Resign from URSO Chairman Post

KDH and Simon Call on Holjencik to Resign from URSO Chairman Post

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democrats (KDH) along with MP Zsolt Simon (Independent) on Thursday called on Jozef Holjencik to resign from his Office for Regulation of Network Industries (URSO) chairman post, TASR learnt on the same day. KDH cites the URSO-issued price decisions for 2017 as the