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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Survey: Andrej Danko Most Likeable Party Chair

Survey: Andrej Danko Most Likeable Party Chair

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – According to a public opinion poll carried out by Focus agency and released Friday, among the chairmen of parliamentary political parties the most popular is Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS)– with more than half (50.2 percent) of the 1,003 respondents describing him as

Lubomir Vazny to Become New General Director of Socialna Poistovna

Lubomir Vazny to Become New General Director of Socialna Poistovna

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – Lubomir Vazny (Smer-SD) will be the new general director of social insurer Socialna poistovna, with the Cabinet approving his appointment at its session on Thursday. Vazny will replace Dusan Munko (Smer-SD), whose term of office expires on July 24. Vazny has served as transport minister (2006-10)

Report: Terrorist Threat in Slovakia Might Increase This Year

Report: Terrorist Threat in Slovakia Might Increase This Year

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – The threat of terrorism in Slovakia might increase this year in the context of increased security threats to EU-member countries, according to a Report on the Security Situation in Slovakia in 2015 acknowledged by the Government at its session on Thursday. Threats could be linked mainly

Military Training of First Volunteers Begins in Martin

Military Training of First Volunteers Begins in Martin

Martin/Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – Military training of the first volunteers began at the Training Battalion base in Martin (Zilina region) on Wednesday and will last until September 30, Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova told TASR on the same day. Under a pilot project, 37 volunteers (including 13 women) will

SaS Submits Motion for Disciplinary Proceedings against Danko

SaS Submits Motion for Disciplinary Proceedings against Danko

Bratislava, July 4 (TASR) – Opposition MP Anna Zemanova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) will submit a motion against Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) to the parliamentary mandate and immunity committee on Monday, Zemanova told a news conference on the same day. Zemanova believes that Danko wantonly interrupted the

Slovakia Assumes Presidency of Council of European Union

Slovakia Assumes Presidency of Council of European Union

Bratislava, July 1 (TASR) – Slovakia officially took over a six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union from the Netherlands on Friday. On this occasion, members of the European Commission with its President Jean-Claude Juncker at helm arrived in Slovakia on Thursday evening to hold talks with members

Most-Hid Draws Up Proposed Changes in Police and Prosecutions

Most-Hid Draws Up Proposed Changes in Police and Prosecutions

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – The governing coalition Most-Hid party views suspicions of intentional failures to investigate potential tax fraud as very serious and an element that weakens the public’s trust in state institutions, party representatives stated at a meeting of the Most-Hid presidium on Monday (June 27). Therefore, Most-Hid