Domestic Policies

Fico Endorses 'Best Candidate for URSO Chairman' Jahnatek

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Former economy minister and current MP Lubomir Jahnatek is the best candidate to take over at the helm of energy regulator URSO, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Radio Expres’s ‘Brano Zavodsky Nazivo’ talk show on Friday.

Fico added that he hopes that Jahnatek will be appointed by the Government next week, calling him a candidate “without a peer” in the selection procedure.

“He [Jahnatek] outperformed all the others by four horse lengths. He’s a person who knows his stuff, and so I’ll be happy to endorse him. I hope that Lubo Jahnatek will be appointed head of the regulatory office next week,” said the premier.

Jahnatek emerged victorious on Wednesday from among four candidates who threw their hats into the ring to fill the vacancy left by former URSO head Jozef Holjencik in early February.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

President Appoints Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister

President Zuzana Caputova appointed Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister on Friday.

Premier: Youth in Slovakia Becoming Radicalised, Mainly Online

Young people in Slovakia are becoming radicalised, chiefly online, Premier Ludovit Odor and Interior Minister Ivan Simko told the media following a Security Council meeting on Wednesday.

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