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Former President Pooh-poohs State of Republic Address

Former President Pooh-poohs State of Republic Address

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – Former two-time president Ivan Gasparovic (2004-09 and 2009-14) has expressed his surprise at his successor Andrej Kiska’s criticism in the State of the Republic Address on Wednesday of how the police have been investigating the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend in February,

OLaNO: Fico's Proposal Pathetic, Falling Short of Cleaning Up Politics

OLaNO: Fico's Proposal Pathetic, Falling Short of Cleaning Up Politics

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – The Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) party is in favour of having the tax affairs of presidential candidates mandatorily published, but wouldn’t limit the law to them only: if the bill is to make sense, tax and banking confidentiality should be scrapped also for all potential

SLOVAKIA 24/7 - News in English

SLOVAKIA 24/7 - News in English

Bratislava, June 15 (TABLET.TV) - Watch our weekly news Slovakia 24/7 with Mark Christensen Slovakia 24/7 - News in EnglishTASR.TV je internetová televízia Tlačovej agentúry Slovenskej republiky. Prináša priame prenosy zo všetkých regiónov Slovenska. Okrem live streamov pripravuje publicistické relácie týkajúce sa diania na Slovensku a

Fico: Presidential Candidates Should Give Up Tax Secrecy

Fico: Presidential Candidates Should Give Up Tax Secrecy

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – The strongest parliamentary party Smer-SD wants to change legislation so that presidential candidates are obligated to give up tax confidentiality during their campaign, said the party’s head Robert Fico at a press conference on Friday, admitting that the motive is because of the tax problems

Most-Hid Proposes Legalising Home Distillation

Most-Hid Proposes Legalising Home Distillation

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – The co-governing Most-Hid party on Thursday unveiled a legislative proposal aimed at legalising the domestic distillation of alcohol for one’s own use, stating that this certainly won’t affect Slovakia’s distillery industry. “There’s a long tradition of distilling spirits from home-grown fruit, but

Premier: Slovak Gov't to Prepare Special Measures for Volkswagen Slovakia

Premier: Slovak Gov't to Prepare Special Measures for Volkswagen Slovakia

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – Bratislava-based carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia is the largest private employer in Slovakia, the largest tax payer and one of the most important investors in the country. Given its importance to the Slovak economy, the Government will immediately draw up special measures for this company, stated Prime Minister

Danko: Czechs Will Take over Some Institutes from Slovak Rules of Procedure

Danko: Czechs Will Take over Some Institutes from Slovak Rules of Procedure

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies will be taking over some institutes from the Slovak Rules of Procedure, with both countries trying at the same time to harmonise their Rules of Procedure with the European Parliament, said the head of the Slovak Parliament Andrej Danko (Slovak National