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MPs Override President's Veto and Approve Restrictions in House Again

MPs Override President's Veto and Approve Restrictions in House Again

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – Banners, leaflets and audio-visual presentations won’t be allowed during parliamentary sessions any more, as MPs on Tuesday once again passed an amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, overturning President Andrej Kiska’s veto with 79 votes. The highly controversial amendment to the Rules of

Plavcan: PISA Tests Confirm Need for Changes in Education System

Plavcan: PISA Tests Confirm Need for Changes in Education System

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – The results of the international PISA 2015 tests, in which Slovak pupils scored below the average for Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, have shown that Slovak education needs changes, stated Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan (a Slovak National Party/SNS

Slovakia and Serbia to Cooperate More Closely in Defence

Slovakia and Serbia to Cooperate More Closely in Defence

Bratislava, December 5 (TASR) – Deepening cooperation in the field of defence and military equipment as well as launching new opportunities for cooperation in defence industry enterprises are the main goals of an intergovernmental agreement between Slovakia and Serbia that was signed by the defence ministers of the two countries in

Reznik: TASR Is Attentive towards Efforts of V4 Parliamentary Chairs

Reznik: TASR Is Attentive towards Efforts of V4 Parliamentary Chairs

Bratislava, December 4 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) considers the effort of the parliamentary chairs of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries to intensify the mutual exchange of information vis-a-vis the European Union to be a positive thing, stated TASR general director Jaroslav Reznik on Sunday. Reznik

Danko: V4 Group News Agencies to Report More on Governments' Steps

Danko: V4 Group News Agencies to Report More on Governments' Steps

Przemysl/Bratislava, December 4 (TASR-correspondent) – The Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) will cooperate more closely, exchange information more intensively and seek to unify their policies so that people can see that their everyday problems are being addressed, concurred the V4 parliamentary chairs at an

Most-Hid Not Ruling Out Cooperation with SMK in 2017 Regional Elections

Most-Hid Not Ruling Out Cooperation with SMK in 2017 Regional Elections

Bratislava, December 3 (TASR) – The coalition Most-Hid party doesn’t rule out joining forces with the non-parliamentary Hungarian Community Party (SMK) in the regional elections scheduled to take place in 2017, TASR learnt from the Most-Hid press department on Saturday. However, the governing party refused to speak about any specific

Kissova: Energy Union Project Perceived Positively among EU Countries

Kissova: Energy Union Project Perceived Positively among EU Countries

Bratislava, December 2 (TASR) – The Energy Union project is perceived in a positive way, stated Parliamentary economic affairs committee chair Jana Kissova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) after a meeting of chairs of the Economic Affairs Committees on the Energy Union, which took place in Bratislava on Friday as part of