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Galek: Coal Mining in Upper Nitra Ineffective, Staff Pressed to Sign Petition

Galek: Coal Mining in Upper Nitra Ineffective, Staff Pressed to Sign Petition

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) – Upper Nitra Mines Prievidza (HBP) mining company very probably forced its employees to sign a petition in favour of maintaining mining jobs in the Upper Nitra region following the decision of Trencin regional authority not to open another mining site in the region, stated Opposition Freedom

Reznik: No Political Power Influences RTVS Broadcasting

Reznik: No Political Power Influences RTVS Broadcasting

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – No political power has been interfering with the work of the Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) public broadcaster, and it never will, stated RTVS general director Jaroslav Reznik at a session of the parliamentary culture and media committee on Thursday. “At the same time I stress

Kiska: I Watch Situation in RTVS with Serious Concern

Kiska: I Watch Situation in RTVS with Serious Concern

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska in connection with World Press Freedom Day, which falls on May 3, wrote on Facebook that it is with great concern that he is watching the current situation in the public broadcaster RTVS. Kiska considers the alleged censorship and groundless dismissing of

People from Culture Area Calling For Dismissal of Culture Minister

People from Culture Area Calling For Dismissal of Culture Minister

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) – Activists behind the ‘Cultural resit’ initiative on Thursday handed over to the Government Office an open letter, in which they called on Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) to dismiss Culture Minister Lubica Lassakova (Smer-SD) from her post and appoint a new, competent and morally pure candidate.

Focus: Smer Would Have Won Election in April, Ahead of SaS and SNS

Focus: Smer Would Have Won Election in April, Ahead of SaS and SNS

Bratislava, May 2 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in late April, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 20.5 percent of the votes, ahead of Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 13.2 percent and the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) on 10.

Pellegrini: I Want to Reduce Number of People Working for Minimum Wage

Pellegrini: I Want to Reduce Number of People Working for Minimum Wage

Zilina, May 1 (TASR) – I’ll try to make the number of people earning the minimum wage lower every year, stated Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) during Labour Day celebrations in Zilina on Tuesday, which were organised by Slovak and Czech trade unionists. “This isn’t only a holiday marking

Slovak Interior Ministry Might Have Been Misused by Visit from Vietnam

Slovak Interior Ministry Might Have Been Misused by Visit from Vietnam

Bratislava, April 29 (TASR) – The Interior Ministry is seriously concerned that the visit of Vietnamese Minister of Public Security To Lam to Slovakia last year might have been misused for something other than working and friendly purposes, the ministry’s press department told TASR on Sunday. The ministry was responding