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Parliament Halts LSNS Bill Limiting Abortions

Parliament Halts LSNS Bill Limiting Abortions

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – MPs at a parliamentary session on Wednesday halted a vote on a bill restricting abortions sponsored by far-right People Party Our Slovakia’s (LSNS), as 76 MPs voted for a motion submitted by Smer-SD MP Juraj Blanar in which he proposed not to hold a vote

New Website Monitoring EU Funds Projects Launched

New Website Monitoring EU Funds Projects Launched

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The Stop Corruption Foundation has launched a new website called kamidueurofondy.sk (where EU funds go) aimed at better monitoring the projects funded by EU funds, TASR learnt on Wednesday. People will have better information about the EU-funded projects in their towns and villages and they

Officer from National Anti-corruption Unit Arrested for Corruption

Officer from National Anti-corruption Unit Arrested for Corruption

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The police’s internal affairs inspectorate, which comes directly under the Interior Ministry, on Wednesday arrested on suspicion of corruption a member of the Police Corps’ National Anti-corruption Unit, one officer from Bratislava II District Police Directorate and two civilians. “It isn’t possible to provide

Fico: Kiska Misused State of Republic Address for Partisan Purposes

Fico: Kiska Misused State of Republic Address for Partisan Purposes

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska with his State of the Republic Address on Wednesday confirmed that he’s an Opposition politician, said former premier and Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico on the same day. “I stated back during the 2014 presidential election that Kiska would become an opposition politician.

Kiska: Politicians Must Prevent Disintegration of Society, Courage Needed

Kiska: Politicians Must Prevent Disintegration of Society, Courage Needed

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The Slovak Republic recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and it’s up to politicians to prevent society from disintegrating due to a lack of public trust in the state, said President Andrej Kiska in his State of the Republic Address in Parliament on Wednesday. According to

Pellegrini in Budapest Visits Bielik's Exhibition on 1968 Occupation

Pellegrini in Budapest Visits Bielik's Exhibition on 1968 Occupation

Budapest, June 12 (TASR) – At the end of his one-day official visit to Budapest on Tuesday, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) visited an exhibition of the work of Slovak photographer Ladislav Bielik (1939-1984) that involves large-scale photographs depicting moments from the occupation of Bratislava by Warsaw Pact troops in

Fico: Smer-SD Derives Satisfaction from Merkel's About-face on Quotas

Fico: Smer-SD Derives Satisfaction from Merkel's About-face on Quotas

Bratislava, June 12 (TASR) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel conceded that Slovakia was right and the mandatory migration resettlement quotas have fallen short of their intended purpose, which satisfies the Smer-SD party, Smer-SD chair Robert Fico claimed at a press conference on Tuesday. According to Fico, this fact represents a great