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Gaspar to Step Down from Post of Interior Minister Sakova's Advisor

Gaspar to Step Down from Post of Interior Minister Sakova's Advisor

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Former Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar is leaving the post of advisor to Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD), the interior minister told journalists before her meeting with President Andrej Kiska on Thursday, adding that a mutual agreement was reached on his resignation. Sakova said that they

Kotleba Hands over Signatures in Support of His Presidential Candidacy

Kotleba Hands over Signatures in Support of His Presidential Candidacy

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Leader of far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) Marian Kotleba handed over a petition with signatures necessary for his presidential candidacy on Wednesday, TASR learnt on the same day. “We want actual defence of traditional values to get engaged in the presidential race. We’re

Lajcak: Brexit Measures Should Be Approved by House in March

Lajcak: Brexit Measures Should Be Approved by House in March

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Measures aimed at mitigating the effects of Brexit, a.k.a. Lex Brexit, should be approved by Parliament as early as in March, stated Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after a Cabinet session on Wednesday, adding that the measures in question

OLaNO and SaS Demand Gaspar's Ouster from Interior Ministry

OLaNO and SaS Demand Gaspar's Ouster from Interior Ministry

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) is not at such liberty to make decisions as she purports to be, MP Gabor Grendel (opposition’s Ordinary People party/OLaNO) stated on Tuesday. Grendel spoke in response to the fact that before making her decision on the fate of

Election of Constitutional Judges in Parliament Shifted to February

Election of Constitutional Judges in Parliament Shifted to February

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – The election of candidates for Constitutional Court judges in Parliament has been delayed until early February, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Chairman of the parliamentary constitutional committee Robert Madej (Smer-SD) proposed that the discussion preceding the election should be shifted from the originally planned date of January

Matecna: Doubtful-quality Beef from Poland May Have Reached Slovakia

Matecna: Doubtful-quality Beef from Poland May Have Reached Slovakia

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matecna (Slovak National Party/SNS) has stated that it can’t be ruled out that doubtful-quality beef from an abattoir in Poland could have reached Slovakia. Matecna was reacting to the fact that Polish police are investigating an abattoir suspected of illegally trafficking

Lajcak Gets Fine Amounting to Three Monthly Salaries from Committee

Lajcak Gets Fine Amounting to Three Monthly Salaries from Committee

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) has been fined the sum of three months of his salary by the parliamentary conflict of interests committee for his failure to include his equity stake in a house in the village of Jarabina in his