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Alleged Nephew Swindles Elderly Couple Out of Thousands

Alleged Nephew Swindles Elderly Couple Out of Thousands

Nitra, March 11 (TASR) – An unknown man conned an elderly couple from Topolcany (Nitra region) out of €5,000 on Thursday by means of the old trick of posing as their nephew and asking them to lend him money, Nitra regional police spokesperson Renata Cuhakova told TASR on Friday. “The

Kollar: I'll Insist on Lipsic Becoming New Interior Minister

Kollar: I'll Insist on Lipsic Becoming New Interior Minister

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – Boris Kollar, leader of the We Are Family-Boris Kollar party, doesn’t want any ministry within a potential rightist government, but he will insist that Daniel Lipsic (OLaNO-NOVA) should become the new interior minister, TASR was told at the ceremonial handing over of MP’s certificates

MP's Certificates Ceremonially Presented

MP's Certificates Ceremonially Presented

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – State Commission for Elections and Control of Political Parties’ Financing chairman Eduard Barany ceremonially presented certificates to newly elected MPs in Parliament’s historical building on Zupne Square in Bratislava on Friday. The 150-seat House will see 77 new MPs, with the remaining 73 retaining their

Industrial Production Up 1.6 percent Y-o-Y in January 2016

Industrial Production Up 1.6 percent Y-o-Y in January 2016

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – Industrial production increased by 1.6 percent year-on-year in January 2016, the Slovak Statistics Office announced on Friday. This development was influenced by growth in manufacturing of 2.7 percent; by a drop in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supplies of 3.5 percent; and by

Open Letter Criticises Churches' Attitude to Kotleba's Party

Open Letter Criticises Churches' Attitude to Kotleba's Party

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – Religious organisations in Slovakia bear their share of responsibility for the fact that an extremist party that covers its hatred in Christian rhetoric has got into parliament, a group of theologians and figures from the social sphere stated in an open letter on Friday. The letter,

Foreign Ministry: Greece Shouldn't Interfere in Slovak Internal Affairs

Foreign Ministry: Greece Shouldn't Interfere in Slovak Internal Affairs

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Ministry sent a diplomatic message to Greek Ambassador to Slovakia Nicolas Panagiotis Plexidas on Thursday expressing concern and regret over what it called repeated efforts to influence internal political developments in Slovakia, the ministry’s press department told TASR on

Prochazka: Siet Has Eight Priorities to Be Included in New Government

Prochazka: Siet Has Eight Priorities to Be Included in New Government

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – Siet party will try to push through eight points to be encompassed in the new government’s programme declaration, said Siet leader Radoslav Prochazka after a two-hour session of the party’s presidium on Thursday. These eight points are: approval of a law against the letterbox