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Madaric: Smer-SD Losing Voter Support, Positions and Energy

Madaric: Smer-SD Losing Voter Support, Positions and Energy

Martin, December 9 (TASR) – The senior governing party Smer-SD is losing voter support, positions and energy, as was evident in several elections on various levels in recent years, including the November regional elections, Culture Minister Marek Madaric, who recently resigned as Smer vice-chairman, said at the party congress in Martin

Fico: Gov't Preparing Constitutional Amendment to Embed Social Rights

Fico: Gov't Preparing Constitutional Amendment to Embed Social Rights

Martin, December 9 (TASR) – Preparations for amending the Slovak Constitution have been launched in response to the adoption of the European Pillar of Social Rights by EU leaders in Gothenburg in November, to embed in the Slovak legal system the right for minimum wage, the upper retirement age and the

Five Embassies Call on Slovak Gov't to Continue Combating Corruption

Five Embassies Call on Slovak Gov't to Continue Combating Corruption

Bratislava, December 9 (TASR) – Five foreign embassies in Slovakia – of Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States – have released a joint statement to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9), praising the Slovak Government for its effort in the fight against corruption and at the same time calling

Fico: Smer-SD Most Successful Political Project in Slovakia

Fico: Smer-SD Most Successful Political Project in Slovakia

Martin, December 9 (TASR) – The Smer-SD party, founded as Smer (Direction) in 1999, is the single most successful political project in Slovakia’s modern history and it’s ready to win for the fifth time a general election (scheduled for 2020), Prime Minister and party leader Robert Fico said at

TURKEY: Myra – Ancient Greek Town

TURKEY: Myra – Ancient Greek Town

Lycia, Turkey, December 9 (TABLET.TV) – Myra (Ancient Greek: Μύρα) was an ancient Greek town in Lycia where the small town of Kale (Demre) is today, in the present-day Antalya Province of Turkey. It was on the river Myros (Demre Çay), in the fertile alluvial plain between Alaca Dağ, the

Most-Hid: Schulz's Opinion on United States of Europe Part of Debate

Most-Hid: Schulz's Opinion on United States of Europe Part of Debate

Bratislava, December 8 (TASR) – German SPD party chief Martin Schulz’s statements on the need to transform the EU into a United States of Europe by 2025 don’t represent the opinion of the German Government, even though it’s likely that SPD will be in the new Cabinet, said

Sulik: Schulz's Talk of United States of Europe Utopian and Arrogant

Sulik: Schulz's Talk of United States of Europe Utopian and Arrogant

Bratislava, December 8 (TASR) – German Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz’s recent statements that the EU should be transformed into a United States of Europe with a single constitution by 2025, and that countries that would reject such a constitution should be ousted, are extreme, utopian and arrogant, stated