Crime & Justice

Lucansky to Step Down as Police Corps President on August 31

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Police Corps president Milan Lucansky on Tuesday announced that he’ll step down on August 31, stating that his decision was motivated by a mutual lack of confidence between him and the Interior Ministry’s current leadership.

“I view [Interior Minister] Roman Mikulec as a fair person, but I don’t acknowledge him as interior minister,” stated Lucansky, adding that they have differing opinions on how the police should be run and on several other issues.

“I don’t want to be responsible for the Interior Ministry leadership’s politicising of the police,” stated Lucansky on a social network.

Lucansky became head of the national police after the resignation of Tibor Gaspar, who left office in the wake of political and public pressure after the double murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova in 2018.

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.

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.

Coalition MP Linhart Allegedly Attacked by Police Officer without Face Mask

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – The police Internal Affairs Inspectorate has received a criminal complaint from co-governing We Are Family MP Patrick Linhart, who claims that he was attacked and injured by a police major in Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Monday when he admonished the latter for not wearing a

Read next