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MP Miroslav Kollar Quits Governing Coalition and For the People Caucus

MP Miroslav Kollar Quits Governing Coalition and For the People Caucus

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – MP Miroslav Kollar is leaving the governing coalition and quitting the For the People caucus, TASR has learnt from his assistant Rastislav Haulis. Kollar, who is at the same time mayor of the town of Hlohovec (Trnava region), in a statement pointed to the bad situation

Caputova: Situation in Slovakia Critical, Gov't Must Take Action

Caputova: Situation in Slovakia Critical, Gov't Must Take Action

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – The epidemiological situation in Slovakia is extraordinarily grave and serious, President Zuzana Caputova warned after her Tuesday meeting with scientists of the government consilium and an initiative called Science Helps. Caputova repeatedly underlined the need to listen to the voice of science because the “pandemic is

Financial Administration Finds Largest Illegal Cigarette Production Ever

Financial Administration Finds Largest Illegal Cigarette Production Ever

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Financial Administration (FS) detected the largest ever illegal cigarette production plant in Slovakia as part of an operation codenamed Black Panther last week, FS president Jiri Zezulka told a news conference on Tuesday. During the raids in Lucenec and Tomasovce (both Banska Bystrica region), the FS

Petra Vlhova Takes Silver in Alpine Combined Race in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Petra Vlhova Takes Silver in Alpine Combined Race in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Cortina d’Ampezzo, February 15 (TASR) – Slovak skier Petra Vlhova on Monday notched her first ever podium appearance in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo when she gained the silver medal in the Alpine combined race, finishing 0.86 seconds behind USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin. The bronze

Lipsic: Criminal Justice Could Perhaps Make First Big Leap in 30 Years

Lipsic: Criminal Justice Could Perhaps Make First Big Leap in 30 Years

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – New Special Prosecutor Daniel Lipsic claimed on Monday after he was sworn into office that he’ll endeavour to get the public to believe once again that the law applies to everyone. “I appreciate the trust that Parliament has put in me. I’m convinced that

Avalanche in Western Tatras Sweeps Away Three Ski Mountaineers, Killing Two

Avalanche in Western Tatras Sweeps Away Three Ski Mountaineers, Killing Two

Liptovsky Hradok, February 14 (TASR) – An avalanche under the Kondratova Kopa mountain (on the Slovak-Polish border) in the Western Tatras swept away three Polish ski mountaineers on Saturday (February 13) in the late hours of the night, killing two of them, the Mountain Rescue Service (HZS) reported on its website

Kovarik Wouldn't Like Conspiracies to Spread in Case of Bohm's Death

Kovarik Wouldn't Like Conspiracies to Spread in Case of Bohm's Death

Bratislava, February 13 (TASR) – I wouldn’t like various conspiracies and speculations to spread in the case of Frantisek Bohm’s death, a key witness in several cases currently being investigated by the police, Police Corps President Peter Kovarik said in a statement on Saturday. “This is in no case