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MPs with Wedding Cake Continue Blocking Parliament

MPs with Wedding Cake Continue Blocking Parliament

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Wednesday morning suspended the special parliamentary session until Thursday morning due to continuing obstructions by a group of Independent MPs around Miroslav Beblavy (Progressive Slovakia-Together). Beblavy’s group has been blocking the area around the podium since

Beblavy and Company Geared Up to Spend Night in Parliament

Beblavy and Company Geared Up to Spend Night in Parliament

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – Five independent lawmakers led by Miroslav Beblavy plan to spend the night in Parliament and thus continue blocking a suspended special House session that they perceive as unlawful, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Beblavy also responded to the call addressed to them by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini

Democratic Party Chair Calls on Galko & Co. to Leave Election Slate

Democratic Party Chair Calls on Galko & Co. to Leave Election Slate

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – Michal Kravcik, chairman of the non-parliamentary Democratic Party, which has sheltered defectors from parliamentary opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) around Lubomir Galko and put them high on its general election slate, on Tuesday called on the same group to step down from the list, as

'Immortal Truth' Memorial to Murdered Journalists Unveiled in EP

'Immortal Truth' Memorial to Murdered Journalists Unveiled in EP

Brussels, February 18 (TASR-correspondent) – A memorial called ‘Immortal Truth’, honouring murdered Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, and Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, was revealed in the European Parliament on Tuesday. The sculpture, made by Slovak architecture student Martin Mjartan, will be featured on the main

Slovaks Spend Highest Share of Expenditures on Housing and Food

Slovaks Spend Highest Share of Expenditures on Housing and Food

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – The average Slovak household spent more than one quarter of its monthly expenditures on housing and energy last year, according to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. The second most demanding item was food with a 17.2-percent share of total expenditures, up more than 2

Danko Halts Special Session after Beblavy Puts Wedding Cake on Podium

Danko Halts Special Session after Beblavy Puts Wedding Cake on Podium

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (SNS) has suspended the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session until Wednesday morning in response to the actions of Independent MPs around Independent MP Miroslav Beblavy, who placed a wedding cake on the podium and refused to remove it from the chamber. Beblavy had

SaS Plans Changes in Public Procurements and to Scrap State Stimuli

SaS Plans Changes in Public Procurements and to Scrap State Stimuli

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party wants to push for all tenders for orders even with a low value – i.e. over €50,000 – to be published on a mandatory basis and to introduce preliminary market consultations for all higher-value orders, SaS representatives told a