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Sulik Re-elected as SaS Chairman, Declares Party Coherence

Sulik Re-elected as SaS Chairman, Declares Party Coherence

Zvolen, September 7 (TASR) – Richard Sulik was re-elected as chairman of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party at its extraordinary congress held in Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region) on Saturday. Sulik as a sole candidate running for the party chairman post gained votes from 135 party members. The congress was attended

Fico: Smer-SD Slate Leader Hasn't Been Decided Yet

Fico: Smer-SD Slate Leader Hasn't Been Decided Yet

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – The leader of the Smer-SD slate for the 2020 parliamentary election has not been decided, Smer-SD Chairman Robert Fico said on TV Pravda on Friday. Fico said that Smer-SD wants to win the parliamentary election and also form a government. “If Smer-SD should benefit from the

Kamenicky: Call for Ministers to Save Still in Place

Kamenicky: Call for Ministers to Save Still in Place

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – The Finance Ministry has been continuously monitoring the development of individual budgetary chapters and it will react following publication of the data from the autumn macroeconomic development prognosis if necessary, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) said in reaction to the 2Q GDP data published by the

House Fails to Reach Quorum, No-confidence in PM Postponed to Monday

House Fails to Reach Quorum, No-confidence in PM Postponed to Monday

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – An Opposition-initiated no-confidence motion in Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) was postponed to Monday afternoon after Parliament on Friday failed twice to reach the necessary quorum. Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) called on Opposition MPs to attend the session postponed to Monday. “The Opposition has

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Growth Decelerated to 2 percent in 2Q19

Stats Office: Slovakia's GDP Growth Decelerated to 2 percent in 2Q19

Bratislava, September 6 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economic growth decelerated in the second quarter of 2019 to 2 percent year-on-year, a development that was down mainly to slumps in industry and exports, which were offset by growth in domestic demand, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. The dynamics of Slovakia’s

Fico: Mazurek Said What Almost Whole Nation Thinks

Fico: Mazurek Said What Almost Whole Nation Thinks

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – Ex-MP Milan Mazurek (far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia/LSNS) said what almost the whole nation thinks, governing Smer-SD party leader Robert Fico said in a video he’s posted on a social network in connection with Mazurek’s final conviction for defaming a race, nation

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in August ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in August ahead of PS-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in Slovakia in late August, it would have been won by the current main governing party Smer-SD, albeit on less that 20 percent of the votes (i.e. on 19.6 percent), with Progressive Slovakia (PS)-Together coalition the runner-up