Domestic Policies

Former Parliamentary Chair Pavol Paska Dies at 60

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Former two-time parliamentary chairman (in office 2006–10 and 2012–14) Pavol Paska, 60, died of a heart attack at the premises of Kosice’s Railway Hospital with a Polyclinic on Friday morning, Svet Zdravia hospital network spokesman Tomas Kral confirmed for TASR on the same day.

Born in Kosice in 1958, the former Smer-SD vice-chair headed the Slovak Parliament twice. During his second tenure he stepped down from the post of parliamentary chair in November 2014 in the wake of a scandal involving the overpriced purchase of a CT scanner by Piestany Hospital (Trnava region). Paska also served as Smer-SD vice chair between 2003-2016.

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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