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Prosecutor Surek Rejects Fico's Claims as Misleading

Prosecutor Surek Rejects Fico's Claims as Misleading

Bratislava, 2 March (TASR) - Prosecutor of the Prosecutor-General's Office Michal Surek has rejected the claims made by Prime Minister Robert Fico and other representatives of the Smer-SD party at a press conference on Sunday (1 March), describing them as misleading. Surek, has told TASR that no undue

Czech Biochemist Sues Kotlar Over Remarks About mRNA Vaccines

Czech Biochemist Sues Kotlar Over Remarks About mRNA Vaccines

Prague/Bratislava, 26 February (TASR) – Czech biochemist Zdenek Hel, a professor of immunology at the University of Alabama, has filed a criminal complaint against Slovak Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar over statements Kotlar made in the Czech Parliament, suspecting Kotlar of spreading a fear-mongering alarmist message,

Sutaj Estok: Threatening Messages Concern 19 Schools, Mostly in Bratislava

Sutaj Estok: Threatening Messages Concern 19 Schools, Mostly in Bratislava

Threatening messages were sent to 19 schools in Slovakia on Sunday night, most of them in Bratislava, but also one in Samorin and one in Snina, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok told a news conference on the same day, adding that 65 police patrols have been deployed to guard the schools.

Susko Stands Behind Criminal Policy Changes from 2024

Susko Stands Behind Criminal Policy Changes from 2024

Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) stands by the changes in the state's criminal policy introduced in 2024. Susko said this Parliament during Thursday's question time in response to a question from opposition MP Beata Jurik (Progressive Slovakia) on whether he perceives

Constitutional Court Suspends Penal Code Amendment on Cooperating Defendants

Constitutional Court Suspends Penal Code Amendment on Cooperating Defendants

Kosice, 11 February (TASR) - The Constitutional Court has suspended the effect of an amendment to the Penal Code that was aimed at making evidence obtained from a cooperating defendant inadmissible. The court didn't grant a proposal to suspend the effect of the remaining part of the Penal

Bratislava Court Rejects Indictment Against Curilla Group Over Procedural Flaws

Bratislava Court Rejects Indictment Against Curilla Group Over Procedural Flaws

Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) – The Bratislava I City Court on Monday (9 February) rejected an indictment filed against police officers Jan C. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] and others, citing serious shortcomings in the pre-trial proceedings and a violation of the right to defence, attorney Peter Kubina reported on

Zilinka: Constitutional Court Should Declare UOO Law Unconstitutional

Zilinka: Constitutional Court Should Declare UOO Law Unconstitutional

Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka on Monday submitted his opinion to the Constitutional Court, proposing that the law on the transformation of the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) should be declared unconstitutional, TASR reported on the basis of information published by Zilinka on a social network on Monday.