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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

President Encourages People to Go Vote, Stresses Importance of Local Government

President Encourages People to Go Vote, Stresses Importance of Local Government

Pezinok, October 29 (TASR) – After casting her vote at a nursery school in Pezinok (Bratislava region), President Zuzana Caputova encouraged people to participate in Saturday’s joint elections, pointing to the importance of local government that was manifested during the pandemic and migration crises. According to the head of the

Heger: Saturday's Elections as Important as General One

Heger: Saturday's Elections as Important as General One

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – Saturday’s joint elections are as important as a general election, said Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) after casting his vote along with his wife at a grammar school on Bilikova Street in Bratislava. “These are not just any posts. Today’s joint elections will decide who

Election2022: Polling Stations Open for Regional/Municipal Election

Election2022: Polling Stations Open for Regional/Municipal Election

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – The regional election, held together with municipal election for the first time in Slovakia, started at 7 a.m. on Saturday, with polling stations across the country due to stay open until 8 p.m. Voters are to elect their mayors, local councilors as well as

Survey: RTVS Newscasts Viewed as Most Objective Again

Survey: RTVS Newscasts Viewed as Most Objective Again

Bratislava, October 24 (TASR) – Public-service broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) has the most objective television news broadcasts, according to the results of a survey published by Median SK on Monday. The poll, which canvassed 2,067 respondents aged 14-79 between July and September, showed that 22.5 percent of

EP Sending Mission to Slovakia in Response to Double Homophobic Murder

EP Sending Mission to Slovakia in Response to Double Homophobic Murder

Brussels, October 21 (TASR-correspondent) – MEPs from the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG) on Friday approved a plan to send a mission to Slovakia in response to the recent hate-fuelled murders of two young people from the LGBTQI+ community in Bratislava, Slovak MEP Vladimir Bilick (Together)

EP Calls on Slovak Gov't to Make Progress in Protection of LGBTIQ+ People

EP Calls on Slovak Gov't to Make Progress in Protection of LGBTIQ+ People

Strasbourg, October 20 (TASR-correspondent) – The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday called on the Slovak Government to make “meaningful progress in the protection of LGBTIQ+ people” against hate crimes. In reaction to a recent case in Bratislava in which a far-right radicalised gunman murdered two young men, Matus Horvath and Juraj

Institute of Cohabitation Won't Be Introduced, House Turns Down SaS's Proposal

Institute of Cohabitation Won't Be Introduced, House Turns Down SaS's Proposal

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – The institute of legally acknowledged cohabitation will not be introduced in Slovakia for the time being, as Parliament failed to move a draft amendment to the Civil Code sponsored by the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party to its second reading on Wednesday. According to SaS MPs,