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Ethnic Hungarian Parties Gear Up for Talks on Cooperation

Ethnic Hungarian Parties Gear Up for Talks on Cooperation

Bratislava, June 26 (TASR) – Ethnic-Hungarian political parties are launching talks on potential co-operation in the run-up to next year’s parliamentary election, TASR learnt on Wednesday. It was Most-Hid that declared its interest in talks after its Republican Council session on Saturday. The coalition party intends to hold negotiations with

Nicholsonova Applied for Suspension of Her Membership of SaS

Nicholsonova Applied for Suspension of Her Membership of SaS

Bratislava, June 26 (TASR) – I have applied for suspension of my membership of the party, TASR learnt on Wednesday from elected MEP for Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) Lucia Duris Nicholsonova, with the MEP not specifying the reasons for suspending her membership. The party’s Republican Council has not yet approved

Caputova, Danko, Pellegrini to Sign Declaration on Slovakia's Orientation

Caputova, Danko, Pellegrini to Sign Declaration on Slovakia's Orientation

Bratislava, June 26 (TASR) – The three most senior constitutional representatives of Slovakia, President Zuzana Caputova, Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party) and Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), will sign a joint declaration on Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation at Bratislava Castle on Thursday, Parliament Office spokesperson Tomas Kostelnik stated

House Elects Edita Pfundtner as Single Constitutional Court Judge Candidate

House Elects Edita Pfundtner as Single Constitutional Court Judge Candidate

Bratislava, June 25 (TASR) – Parliament once again elected only a single Constitutional Court judge candidate in its repeated vote on Tuesday – Justice Ministry state secretary Edita Pfundtner. Seeing as the House has still failed to elect the required number of candidates to date, the next vote is scheduled to be

Caputova Confirms to Stoltenberg Slovakia Is Clearly Leaning Towards NATO

Caputova Confirms to Stoltenberg Slovakia Is Clearly Leaning Towards NATO

Brussels/Bratislava, June 25 (TASR) – New Slovak President Zuzana Caputova on behalf of Slovakia confirmed on Tuesday that the country is clearly leaning towards transatlantic structures and building European security, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg stated on the same day after he received Caputova in the NATO headquarters in Brussels.

Matecna Disconcerted to See Double Quality Standards in 31% of Food Products

Matecna Disconcerted to See Double Quality Standards in 31% of Food Products

Bratislava/Brussels, June 24 (TASR) – It’s disconcerting that up to 31 percent of food products tested in the EU had significantly different ingredients in their content in different countries, even though the front packaging of the products didn’t suggest any dissimilarities, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriela

CEPTA: Thousands of People Die Due to Polluted Air in Regional Capitals

CEPTA: Thousands of People Die Due to Polluted Air in Regional Capitals

Bratislava, June 24 (TASR) – Polluted air in Slovak regional capitals lead to over 4,000 premature deaths per year, according to experts of the Sustainable Alternatives Centre (CEPTA), who analysed the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute’s (SHMU) data on the volume of dust particles and nitrogen oxides in the air. As