Domestic Policies

Former Siet Figure Alena Basistova Joins SNS

Bratislava, November 25 (TASR) – Independent MP Alena Basistova, who was elected to Parliament in 2016 as a member of Radoslav Prochazka’s Siet (Network) party, has joined the co-governing Slovak National Party (SNS) and its parliamentary caucus, Parliamentary Chairman and SNS chief Andrej Danko announced on Monday.

“We have among us a new SNS member, MP Alena Basistova,” said Danko at a press conference, adding that SNS has thus 16 members of its caucus.

Siet disintegrated shortly after it joined a governing coalition with Smer-SD, SNS and Most-Hid in the spring of 2016. Basistova then became an independent MP and has voted consistently with the governing coalition ever since.

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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