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Prime Minister Fico Won't Okay Ratification of Istanbul Convention

Prime Minister Fico Won't Okay Ratification of Istanbul Convention

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) won’t grant his consent for the Government to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence if there are obvious and legitimate discrepancies between the content of the Istanbul Convention and Slovakia’

Danko: EU Is Good Project, But Must Return to Being Service to People

Danko: EU Is Good Project, But Must Return to Being Service to People

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – The European Union (EU) is a good project, but it must return to its basics, with it being a service to the people and not to European institutions, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) said in his speech at the National Convention on the

Kiska: More Discussions on EU Needed Partly Due to Hostile Propaganda

Kiska: More Discussions on EU Needed Partly Due to Hostile Propaganda

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – It’s necessary to speak more about the European Union partly because there are voices in Slovak politics that have been directly or indirectly questioning the country’s membership in the Union, stated President Andrej Kiska in his speech as part of the National Convention on

Plan to Revisit Drugs Policy Shelved

Plan to Revisit Drugs Policy Shelved

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – A plan to revisit Slovakia’s drugs policy has been postponed, as Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) withdrew her motion to decriminalise the use of so-called hard drugs from Wednesday’s Government session after encountering disapproval from the coalition partners, TASR learnt on the same day.

SNS Not to Support Decriminalisation of Drugs in Certain Cases at Gov't Session

SNS Not to Support Decriminalisation of Drugs in Certain Cases at Gov't Session

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) objects to a Justice Ministry-sponsored draft law on the decriminalisation of certain drugs, so the SNS ministers will not support it at the Cabinet session on Wednesday (February 21), TASR learnt from a SNS press report sent to the media on

Slovak and Cuban Ministers Discussing Centre for Diabetic Foot Treatment

Slovak and Cuban Ministers Discussing Centre for Diabetic Foot Treatment

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – Using the Cuban drug Heberprot as well as setting up a Centre for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot in Slovakia have been high on the agenda of the talks between representatives of the Slovak and Cuban governments in Cuba, TASR learnt on Tuesday. The Slovak delegation

SaS: Updated Version of Agenda 2020 to Boost Business Environment

SaS: Updated Version of Agenda 2020 to Boost Business Environment

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – Slovakia’s economic policy has been damaging, and one day the country will pay for it, stated Opposition Freedom and Solidarity party head (SaS) Richard Sulik at a press conference on Monday, adding that Slovakia has once again seen its ranking in terms of economic freedom