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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

OLaNO-NOVA: Smer MPs Kubanek and Chudik Should Give Up Seats

OLaNO-NOVA: Smer MPs Kubanek and Chudik Should Give Up Seats

Bratislava, November 14 (TASR) – MPs Stanislav Kubanek and Peter Chudik (both Smer-SD) should give up their seats because they gained them in a fraudulent manner, former government proxy for Roma communities Peter Pollak (OLaNO-NOVA) told a news conference at the parliamentary building on Monday. “I call on the MPs who

Kazakhstan to Introduce Visa-free Travel for Slovaks as of 2017

Kazakhstan to Introduce Visa-free Travel for Slovaks as of 2017

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – Kazakhstan will introduce 30-day visa-free arrangements for Slovak citizens as of January 1, 2017, Serzhan Abdykarimov, the new ambassador of Kazakhstan to Slovakia and the Czech Republic, told a news conference in Bratislava on Friday. This diplomatic measure is aimed at deepening Kazakh-Slovak relations, as well

Gajdos: Displays of Fascism Seeds of Evil Waiting for Next Human Error

Gajdos: Displays of Fascism Seeds of Evil Waiting for Next Human Error

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – People are able to forget the horrors of war quickly and haven’t learned from them; otherwise our soldiers wouldn’t have to leave their families in order to contribute to global security, stated Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at a

Tax Cobra Detects 2 Cases of Tax-related Fraud Worth Total of €58 mn

Tax Cobra Detects 2 Cases of Tax-related Fraud Worth Total of €58 mn

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – The ‘Tax Cobra’ tax enforcement unit has discovered fictitious trading in reinforced steel and poultry, Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar and Financial Administration chief Frantisek Imrecze told a news conference in Bratislava on Thursday. In the first case the total damage resulting from tax fraud is

Slovakia Sends 25 Police Officers to Protect Bulgarian-Turkish Border

Slovakia Sends 25 Police Officers to Protect Bulgarian-Turkish Border

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – Twenty-five Slovak police officers will leave for Bulgaria on Thursday to protect its borders with Turkey as part of the European Border and Coast Guard mission. For this occasion, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) will meet his Bulgarian counterpart Rumania Bachvarova at the Kapitan Andreevo border

Cabinet: Constitutional Officials' Salaries to Remain Frozen in 2017

Cabinet: Constitutional Officials' Salaries to Remain Frozen in 2017

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – The salaries of constitutional officials, MPs and Cabinet members should remain frozen also in 2017, as the Cabinet approved Prime Minister Robert Fico’s proposal to amend the law on the salaries of some constitutional officials at its regular session on Wednesday. The Cabinet also okayed

Macejkova Meets Venice Commission Chief Concerning Lack of Judges

Macejkova Meets Venice Commission Chief Concerning Lack of Judges

Kosice, November 8 (TASR) – The situation at the Slovak Constitutional Court, which has been lacking three judges for a long time, was high on the agenda of talks between Constitutional Court chair Ivetta Macejkova and Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio on Tuesday. Macejkova and Buquicchio concurred on the need for