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Truban: New Blood of Politics Set to Take Over, Leaving Fico and Kalinak Afraid

Truban: New Blood of Politics Set to Take Over, Leaving Fico and Kalinak Afraid

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – Smer-SD chair Robert Fico and party vice-chair Robert Kalinak are afraid of being replaced by the new blood of politics, leader of as-of-yet non-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia-Together Michal Truban stated in his social network post on Thursday. Truban responded this way to Fico’s and Kalinak’s

Court Trial on Promissory Notes against Markiza Adjourned until September

Court Trial on Promissory Notes against Markiza Adjourned until September

Pezinok, August 1 (TASR) – A senate of the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok (Bratislava region) has adjourned until September the main trial of former economy minister and erstwhile TV Markiza director Pavol R. concerning alleged fake promissory notes against Markiza worth €70 million in total, with co-charged figure, businessman Marian

Fico: Chat Transcripts of Marian K a Weak Attempt to Hush up Truban's Drug Use

Fico: Chat Transcripts of Marian K a Weak Attempt to Hush up Truban's Drug Use

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – The release of Marian K’s encrypted chat transcripts with Nitra-based businessman Norbert Bodor, who is reported by media to be in control of police, and ex-SIS member Peter Toth is nothing but a weak attempt to deflect attention away from the drug abuse experiences of

Dennik N Publishes Excerpts from Alleged Marian K.-Bodor Chats

Dennik N Publishes Excerpts from Alleged Marian K.-Bodor Chats

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – According to encrypted chat transcripts obtained by the police, businessman Marian K., who is charged with ordering the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak last year, allegedly sent the reporter’s address to former secret-service officer Peter Toth in October 2017, ordering him to ‘paparazzi’ Kuciak,

Fico Wants to Implement Formula for Increasing Minimum Wage

Fico Wants to Implement Formula for Increasing Minimum Wage

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Head of Smer-SD Robert Fico wants to hold talks with the Slovak National Party (SNS) and Most-Hid on implementing a mechanism for increasing the minimum wage, which, according to Smer, shouldn’t be lower than 60 percent of the average in Slovakia. The party is preparing

Trade Unions Reject Mass Redundancies at U.S. Steel Kosice

Trade Unions Reject Mass Redundancies at U.S. Steel Kosice

Kosice, July 30 (TASR) – OZ KOVO Trade Union rejects the large-scale layoffs that were announced this month by the management of Kosice-based steel mill U.S. Steel, TASR learnt from OZ KOVO trade union chair Emil Machyna and U.S. Steel trade union leader Juraj Varga on Tuesday. Until March

Kalavska Presents Hospital Stratification Project as Constitutional Law

Kalavska Presents Hospital Stratification Project as Constitutional Law

Bratislava, July 30 (TASR) – Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) has presented for interdepartmental comments proceedings a proposal for hospital stratification reform in the form of a draft constitutional law, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Kalavska wants the whole political spectrum to agree on the project, as indicated to head