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Gaspar: Initiative for My Departure Must Come from Interior Minister

Gaspar: Initiative for My Departure Must Come from Interior Minister

Bratislava, April 17 (TASR) – Tibor Gaspar announced in a news conference on Tuesday that he is remaining as Police Corps president for now; however, if the current or future interior minister asks him to resign, he will, said Gaspar, stressing that the initiative must come from the interior minister. Gaspar

Far-right MP Ordered to Pay Fine by Court for Statements on Roma

Far-right MP Ordered to Pay Fine by Court for Statements on Roma

Banska Bystrica, April 16 (TASR) – Far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) MP Milan M. was ordered by the Specialised Court in Banska Bystrica on Monday to pay a fine of €5,000, which, if unpaid, will result in a six-month imprisonment. Both the MP and the responsible prosecutor appealed

Tomas Drucker Resigns as Interior Minister

Tomas Drucker Resigns as Interior Minister

Bratislava, April 16 (TASR) – Interior Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) announced his resignation at a press conference on Monday, adding that dismissing Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar would be neither correct nor just. People at the rallies organised across Slovakia have been demanding Gaspar’s ousting since the double

Coalition and Opposition Divided over Slovakia's Stance on Skripal Case

Coalition and Opposition Divided over Slovakia's Stance on Skripal Case

Coalition representatives speaking on RTVS’s programme ‘O 5 Minut 12’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday said that they view Slovakia’s stance and its diplomatic approach in the case of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned with a nerve agent in Great Britain in March, as correct

Pellegrini: Using Chemical Weapons against Civilians Is Inadmissible

Pellegrini: Using Chemical Weapons against Civilians Is Inadmissible

Bratislava, April 14 (TASR) – Any use of chemical weapons against the civilian population is inadmissible and under no conditions is it acceptable, reads the position of Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) provided to TASR by the Cabinet Office’s Press Department on Saturday. “Therefore, I view the allies’ targeted missile

SaS, OLaNO, KDH and SMK Hold Round Table Talks on Cooperation

SaS, OLaNO, KDH and SMK Hold Round Table Talks on Cooperation

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and OLaNO along with the non-parliamentary ethnic-Hungarian SMK party and the non-parliamentary Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) might form the basis of the future government, stated the leaders of these parties, Richard Sulik, Igor Matovic, Alojz Hlina and Jozsef Menyhart, respectively,

Parizek Hands over Landmine Warning Signs to Ukraine

Parizek Hands over Landmine Warning Signs to Ukraine

Mariupol/Bratislava, April 13 (TASR correspondence) – Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Lukas Parizek (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Friday handed landmine warning signs to representatives of the International Association for Support of Ukraine in Donbass. A total of 8,600 pieces of the warning signs worth €6,