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Smer Would Have Won Election in Sept. ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Smer Would Have Won Election in Sept. ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – If a parliamentary election had been held in the first half of September, Smer-SD would have come out on top with 21.7 percent of the votes, followed by the Progressive Slovakia-Together coalition on 13.3 percent and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia on

Court Exonerates Former Military Intelligence Chief

Court Exonerates Former Military Intelligence Chief

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Bratislava Regional Court on Thursday exonerated former director of the Military Intelligence Service Roman Mikulec of the accusation of endangering confidential information related to the police’s discovery of a microcard containing secret information in his car in 2013. The incident in 2013 took place shortly

FinMin: Slovakia's GDP Growth to Decelerate to 2.4 percent Y-o-Y in 2019

FinMin: Slovakia's GDP Growth to Decelerate to 2.4 percent Y-o-Y in 2019

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Slovakia’s GDP growth is expected to decelerate to 2.4 percent year-on-year in 2019, according to the latest prognosis released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday. An earlier prognosis in June counted on 3.5-percent growth y-o-y in 2019, following the 4.1-percent increase seen

Unionists Present Pellegrini with Petition to Save Steel Industry Jobs

Unionists Present Pellegrini with Petition to Save Steel Industry Jobs

Cana, September 18 (TASR) – Labour unionists delivered a petition signed by employees of U.S. Steel Kosice to Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), urging the Government to take action to help save steel industry jobs in both Slovakia and Europe, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The petition was launched at U.

Pellegrini: No-confidence Vote Turned out Just as We Expected

Pellegrini: No-confidence Vote Turned out Just as We Expected

Giraltovce, September 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) stated on Tuesday before the Government’s away-from-home session in Presov region that the no-confidence vote in him which took place earlier in the day turned out as was forseeable. “I’m not saying that I was one hundred percent calm

Slovak Court to Rule Soon in Murder of Polish Entrepreneur Case

Slovak Court to Rule Soon in Murder of Polish Entrepreneur Case

Banska Bystrica, September 17 (TASR) – A court trial related to the murder of Polish entrepreneur Grzegorz Szymanek in Slovakia more than two decades ago seems to be reaching its final stage after erstwhile Banska Bystrica mob boss Mikulas C., now jailed for life, confessed to the crime before a court,

Politicians Have Right to Reply, House Passes Press Act Amendment

Politicians Have Right to Reply, House Passes Press Act Amendment

Bratislava, September 17 (TASR) – Politicians have the right to reply again, as this possibility was reintroduced by an amendment to the Press Act approved by Parliament on Tuesday. As many as 86 MPs voted for the amendment sponsored by MP Dusan Jarjabek (Smer-SD), while 51 were against. The right to