Domestic Policies

OLaNO Wins General Election in Slovakia; RTVS Exit Poll

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Opposition party OLaNO most likely won the general election in Slovakia on Saturday on 25.3 percent, ahead of hitherto the strongest governing party Smer-SD on 13.9 percent, and extra-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia-Together and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) on 8.8 percent each, according to an exit poll carried out by Median SK agency on behalf of public-service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS).

The fifth place was likely taken by Opposition party We Are Family (7.5 percent), Freedom and Solidarity/SaS (6.4 percent), For the Family (5.6 percent) and the Christian Democrats/KDH (5 percent).

No other party seems to have made it into Parliament.

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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