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Bugar Rules Out Coalition Break-up over Mika, May Back Reznik

Bugar Rules Out Coalition Break-up over Mika, May Back Reznik

Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) – The co-governing Most-Hid party won’t allow the coalition to break apart over head of public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) Vaclav Mika, said Most-Hid chairman Bela Bugar on Friday in response to Parliament’s vote on the new RTVS general director the day before.

Matecna: Retail Chains Recognise High Quality of Slovak Foodstuffs

Matecna: Retail Chains Recognise High Quality of Slovak Foodstuffs

Poprad, June 16 (TASR) – Retail chains recognise that Slovak foodstuffs are coming into fashion, not because of their Slovak origin, but because of their high quality, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) after visiting the production premises of Tatrakon cannery based in

No New RTVS Head Elected, Reznik and Mika into Second Round

No New RTVS Head Elected, Reznik and Mika into Second Round

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – None of the eight candidates running for the post of general director of public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) mustered enough support in the first round of a secret vote in Parliament on Thursday to be elected. The two candidates that garnered the greatest amount

Opposition Turning to Constitutional Court Due to Land Expropriation Law

Opposition Turning to Constitutional Court Due to Land Expropriation Law

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – The Opposition is turning to the Constitutional Court due to the law amendment that enables highway construction work on plots of land before they are expropriated, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and OLaNO-NOVA MPs told a news conference on Parliament’s premises on Thursday. The two parties

MPs Largely View Kiska's Speech as True to Reality

MPs Largely View Kiska's Speech as True to Reality

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – While President Andrej Kiska delivered his own perspective on where Slovakia stands, he sees things as they really are, several MPs concurred following Kiska’s State of the Republic address in Parliament on Wednesday. On the other hand, governing Smer-SD party MP Dusan Jarjabek said that

Kiska: Issue of Fighting Corruption Turned into Personal Political War

Kiska: Issue of Fighting Corruption Turned into Personal Political War

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – Slovakia is doing well in terms of economics and there has not been such a wide scope for addressing big and substantial problems over the past 25 years as there is now, President Andrej Kiska stated in the State of the Republic address he delivered in

Foreign Affairs Ministry Unaware of Slovaks Fighting in Ukraine

Foreign Affairs Ministry Unaware of Slovaks Fighting in Ukraine

Bratislava, June 13 (TASR) – The Slovak Embassy in Kiev is unaware of any Slovaks fighting in eastern Ukraine, TASR learnt from the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Tuesday. Head of the ministry’s press department Igor Skocek said that, under the Slovak Criminal Code, such active involvement in