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Fico: Time Will Show Who Is Sincere about Social Democratic Values

Fico: Time Will Show Who Is Sincere about Social Democratic Values

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – I regret that the outgoing members of Smer-SD are talking about a strong social democracy, because it is they who are shattering and weakening it, Smer-SD Chairman Robert Fico wrote on a social network in connection with the announced departure of ten more Smer-SD members, adding

Pellegrini Takes Ten Smer-SD MPs with Him on Way out of Party

Pellegrini Takes Ten Smer-SD MPs with Him on Way out of Party

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – A total of ten Smer-SD MPs are set to leave the opposition Smer-SD party along with former premier Peter Pellegrini, including party vice-chairs Richard Rasi and Peter Ziga, member of the party presidium Denisa Sakova and MPs Lubica Lassakova, Jan Ferencak, Matus Sutaj Estok, Peter Kmec,

Slovakia Four Places Down in World Competitiveness Yearbook

Slovakia Four Places Down in World Competitiveness Yearbook

Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) – Slovakia keeps falling in the competitive economy ranking, moving down four places from last year in the latest World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) research and now standing in 57th place out of the 63 evaluated countries, TASR learnt from the F.A. Hayek Foundation on Tuesday. Among

Authorities Restrict Free Rural Movement Due to African Swine Fever

Authorities Restrict Free Rural Movement Due to African Swine Fever

Kosice, June 16 (TASR) – Agriculture Minister Jan Micovsky (OLaNO) stated at a briefing on Tuesday on the current situation regarding the African swine fever virus (ASFV) in Slovakia that due to the spread of the infection in the country, people will be prohibited from hiking outside designated routes in the

Vrutky Mayor Denies That Bullying Was Motive of School Attack

Vrutky Mayor Denies That Bullying Was Motive of School Attack

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – Following his meeting with Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) on Monday, Vrutky (Zilina region) mayor Branislav Zacharides denied that the cause of last week’s attack on the local school was the fact that the perpetrator was bullied. In this connection, Zacharides voiced

Matovic: If State Administration Was All Wiretapped, It's Disaster

Matovic: If State Administration Was All Wiretapped, It's Disaster

If it’s confirmed that telephones throughout Slovakia’s state administration were wiretapped, that’s a disaster, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) on TV Markiza’s show ‘Na telo’ (Tough Questions) on Sunday in response to this week’s police raid at the National Agency for Network and Electronic

Convicted Basternak Sees Assets He Transferred to Relatives Frozen by Court

Convicted Basternak Sees Assets He Transferred to Relatives Frozen by Court

Bratislava, June 12 (TASR) – Bratislava I District Court has frozen the assets of convicted tax fraudster Ladislav Basternak which had been transferred to his relatives and other persons in a controversial manner, Interior Ministry’s spokesperson Barbara Turosova told TASR on Friday. “This applies to land and real estate in