Domestic Policies

Fico Seeks Medical Treatment due to High Pressure During Party Congress

Bratislava, December 7 (TASR) – Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico, a former three-times prime minister, didn’t appear with a speech at a congress of his party in Bratislava on Saturday and went instead to seek medical treatment due to problems with high blood pressure.

“No speculations, please. I’m having a huge problem with blood pressure and I need to leave the congress. I’m going to hospital,” said Fico at the venue of the congress even before the event officially started.

Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, a Smer vice-chairman, later told journalists that Fico’s condition was stabilised.

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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