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AKO Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in January, Followed by LSNS

AKO Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in January, Followed by LSNS

Bratislava, January 21 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in Slovakia in January, it would have been won by the current main governing party Smer-SD on 17.1 percent, with the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) runner-up on 11 percent and the Progressive Slovakia (PS)-Together coalition

Bodor: Detention of Suspects in Kuciak's Murder Publicly Discussed

Bodor: Detention of Suspects in Kuciak's Murder Publicly Discussed

Pezinok, January 20 (TASR) – The detention of those allegedly involved in journalist Jan Kuciak’s murder was publicly discussed in Bratislava’s cafes and restaurants, said Nitra-based oligarch Norbert Bodor at the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok (Bratislava region) on Monday when asked where he learnt about the plan to

Lajcak: Language of Hatred Musn't Make It into Vocabulary of Politicians

Lajcak: Language of Hatred Musn't Make It into Vocabulary of Politicians

Brussels, January 20 (TASR) – Anti-Semitism stems from hatred and intolerance, and such language mustn’t make it into the vocabulary of politicians, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee), who on Sunday participated in the first International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) ministerial meeting in Brussels, has stated

Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – Medicine graduates are leaving Slovakia because they can hardly find vacant jobs in Slovakia, as hospitals with their current funding prefer to be frugal with staff, while there’s also a lack of experienced doctors to teach their young colleagues, said Doctors Trade Union Association (LOZ)

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Hejce, January 19 (TASR) – The Hungarian and Slovak defence ministers, Tibor Benko and Peter Gajdos (SNS), respectively, paid tribute on Sunday to those killed when a Slovak military transport aircraft crashed near Hejce, Hungary 14 years ago. The An-24 plane carrying Slovak soldiers from the KFOR peace-keeping mission in Kosovo

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Banska Bystrica, January 18 (TASR) – If Smer-SD makes it into the new government following the February 29 general election, it will focus on three main issues – support for pensioners and for young families, and the growing lack of doctors in the country, said party chairman Robert Fico at a programme

Vlhova and Brignone Share World Cup Win in Giant Slalom in Sestriere

Vlhova and Brignone Share World Cup Win in Giant Slalom in Sestriere

Sestriere, January 18 (TASR) – Slovak Alpine skier Petra Vlhova and Italian Federica Brignone shared the first place in a World Cup giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy, finishing a mere one-hundredth of a second ahead of American Mikaela Shiffrin. The 24-year-old Slovak, voted the 2019 Athlete of the Year in her