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Slovakia to Call Ambassador to Russia Back Home for Consultation

Slovakia to Call Ambassador to Russia Back Home for Consultation

Bratislava, March 28 (TASR) – Slovakia will call back home its ambassador to Russia for consultation, announced Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after Wednesday’s Government meeting, adding that this is a serious diplomatic act. “Today I’ve used the Security Council session as well as

Coalition Preparing Big Social Package Involving Minimum Wage Hikes

Coalition Preparing Big Social Package Involving Minimum Wage Hikes

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – The coalition is preparing a huge social package and is meeting Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) to this effect after Easter, stated senior coalition Smer-SD party head Robert Fico after a Coalition Council session on Tuesday. Fico didn’t specify many details regarding the content of

Gov't of Peter Pellegrini Gains Vote of Confidence

Gov't of Peter Pellegrini Gains Vote of Confidence

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – The new Government of Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) has won confidence in Parliament, as 81 out of the 144 MPs present voted in favour of the Government Manifesto, and thus expressed confidence in the new Cabinet on Monday evening. Pellegrini’s Cabinet was backed by all of

Robert Fico Sidesteps Question About his Future as Parliamentarian

Robert Fico Sidesteps Question About his Future as Parliamentarian

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico didn’t give a clear answer on Tuesday as to whether or not he will relinquish his MP mandate. Upon tendering his resignation as prime minister two weeks ago, Fico stated that he wanted to remain in the Parliament at least until

Court Rules that Uber Must Stop Operating and Mediating Taxi Service

Court Rules that Uber Must Stop Operating and Mediating Taxi Service

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – The company Uber must stop operating its taxi service in Slovakia, as it uses persons and vehicles that fail to meet requirements set by Slovak legislation, TASR learnt from the Civic Association of Licensed Taxi Drivers (OZKT) on Tuesday. Uber is not allowed to mediate its

Hrnko: Slovakia Should Exercise Reason in Skripal Case

Hrnko: Slovakia Should Exercise Reason in Skripal Case

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – Slovakia’s actions regarding the Skripal poisoning case should be guided by reason and governed by old Roman axiom Audiatur et Altera Pars (Latin phrase meaning “listen to the other side”), a principle that no party should be judged without been given a fair hearing first,

Jarjabek: We Will Not Escalate Tension by Reacting to Opposition Invectives

Jarjabek: We Will Not Escalate Tension by Reacting to Opposition Invectives

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – The governing coalition is not joining the parliamentary discourse on the Government Manifesto, as it does not want to escalate tensions by reacting to the Opposition’s invectives, Smer-SD caucus vice-chair Dusan Jarjabek said on Monday, viewing insults by the Opposition as purpose-made and pointless. “Everything