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Kalinak: Slovakia Has Passed Measures to Minimise Roma Segregation

Kalinak: Slovakia Has Passed Measures to Minimise Roma Segregation

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Slovakia has implemented programmes that minimise the risk of segregating Roma children and improve their situation and chances of participating in the education system, said Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on Wednesday. Kalinak responded in this manner to criticism heaped on Slovakia in a report on the

Tourist Numbers Reach Historic Highs in 2016

Tourist Numbers Reach Historic Highs in 2016

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Last year saw Slovakia’s tourist numbers topping the five million mark for the first time, as the number of holiday-makers, both Slovak and foreign, peaked at 5.023 million, TASR learnt from the Statistics Office on Wednesday. The tally was 16 percent higher on a

Cabinet Approves Range of Judicial Changes

Cabinet Approves Range of Judicial Changes

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – The Government on Wednesday approved a host of changes to legislation governing the judiciary, which include introducing a regional judicial selection, the assessment of judges’ performance by dedicated commissions, and a more effective system of disciplining offending judges. The bill, which was authored by the Justice

Slovakia and Hungary to Construct Two Electricity Links

Slovakia and Hungary to Construct Two Electricity Links

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Two new cross-border links of electricity networks between Slovakia and Hungary will be introduced following the inking of an agreement between the two countries’ electricity transmission network operators in Bratislava on Wednesday. The overall investment for the Gabcikovo (Trnava region)-Gonyu (Hungary)-Velky Dur (Nitra region)

Poll: 63 percent of Slovaks Favour Scrapping Meciar's Amnesties

Poll: 63 percent of Slovaks Favour Scrapping Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Almost two thirds (63 percent) of Slovaks are in favour of scrapping the amnesties issued in 1998 by prime minister and acting president Vladimir Meciar concerning the 1995 kidnapping of then president Michal Kovac’s son Michal and a thwarted referendum of 1997, according to a

Man Facing Corruption Charges Remanded in Custody

Man Facing Corruption Charges Remanded in Custody

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – An employee of an agricultural payment agency identified by a court only as Peter O. who is facing charges of corruption will be prosecuted in custody, according to a decision by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. “No appeal is possible against today’s decision of the

Zitnanska: Anti-extremist Laws Abused by Some to Court Kotleba Voters

Zitnanska: Anti-extremist Laws Abused by Some to Court Kotleba Voters

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) is disturbed to witness an anti-extremist package of criminal legislation abused in a political struggle with an eye towards acquiring voters of Marian Kotleba’s far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS), TASR learnt on Tuesday. Speaking at a press briefing,