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Poll: Smer-SD Top, Followed by Progressive Slovakia-Together and LSNS

Poll: Smer-SD Top, Followed by Progressive Slovakia-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, August 20 (TASR) – If a parliamentary election had been held in mid-August, Smer-SD would have come out on top with 20.8 percent of the votes, followed by the Progressive Slovakia-Together coalition on 14.9 percent and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia on 11.4 percent, according

KDH Raises Captain's Epaulette on Flagpole Visible from Danko's Office

KDH Raises Captain's Epaulette on Flagpole Visible from Danko's Office

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) on Monday raised a flag with a depiction of an epaulette for the rank of captain on a flagpole at Pecniansky Forest in Bratislava in reaction to Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko’s (SNS) drive to erect a flagpole in front

Court Proceedings in Kuciak Murder Case Should Begin by End-November

Court Proceedings in Kuciak Murder Case Should Begin by End-November

Pezinok, August 19 (TASR) – The case of journalist Jan Kuciak’s murder in February 2018 should be presented in court by the end of November, prosecutors of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (USP) told a news conference in Pezinok (Bratislava region) on Monday. Although charges were pressed against businessman Marian

MFA Continuing Talks on Defence Cooperation Agreement with USA

MFA Continuing Talks on Defence Cooperation Agreement with USA

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – The Foreign and European Affairs Ministry is continuing talks on a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the USA, the ministry’s press department has told TASR, adding that this is taking place in a standard way so that the agreement’s definitive wording will reflect Slovakia’

Kermesse and Harvest Festival Revived in Nitra This Weekend

Kermesse and Harvest Festival Revived in Nitra This Weekend

Nitra, August 16 (TASR) – Nitra, the oldest city in Slovakia, will see a city kermesse and harvest festival this coming weekend for the first time after a long hiatus, TASR learnt on Friday. The city kermesse used to take place in Nitra in mid-August as of at least the 18th

African Swine Fever Spreading in Eastern Slovakia, Dozen Cases Reported

African Swine Fever Spreading in Eastern Slovakia, Dozen Cases Reported

Trebisov, August 16 (TASR) – New sources of infection with African swine fever were reported in Trebisov district (Kosice region) on Friday, meaning that ten private pig farms have now been reported as infected, while the disease has also been diagnosed in two wild boars, the Agriculture Ministry announced on the

PS, Together, KDH and For the People Want to Replace 'Kocner's Generation'

PS, Together, KDH and For the People Want to Replace 'Kocner's Generation'

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – Progressive Slovakia (PS), Together, the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and the emerging For the People party on Friday signed a joint declaration in which they committed themselves to doing their utmost to cut ties between the police, prosecutors, the judiciary and people connected to criminal networks.