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Robert Fico Survives No-confidence Vote

Robert Fico Survives No-confidence Vote

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will retain his post, as the Opposition failed to oust him over the energy price scandal on Thursday. A total of 60 lawmakers out of the 130 present in Parliament voted in favour of the no-confidence motion in the Prime Minister.

Fico: Purpose of Extraordinary Session to Stir Up Conflict and Fuel Apathy

Fico: Purpose of Extraordinary Session to Stir Up Conflict and Fuel Apathy

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – The purpose of the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session is to stir up conflict and to fuel public apathy towards standard political parties, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday in a speech at the session, in which he faces an Opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion relating to

Ersek in Talks on 6% Cut in Price of Presov’s Southwestern Bypass

Ersek in Talks on 6% Cut in Price of Presov’s Southwestern Bypass

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry led by Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) has already held talks with the contractor for the southwestern bypass around the city of Presov on the D1 motorway on reducing the price of the construction work, ministry spokesperson Karolina Ducka confirmed for TASR on

Plavcan: Extremism Masquerades as Patriotism

Plavcan: Extremism Masquerades as Patriotism

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – It’s important for young people to be able to distinguish truth from lies, said Education, Research, Science and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) in a discussion on rising extremism organised by the Open Society Foundation on Thursday. The discussion focused

Impostors Use Bird Flu as Pretext to Rob Elderly Woman

Impostors Use Bird Flu as Pretext to Rob Elderly Woman

Komoca/Nitra, February 16 (TASR) – As several cases of bird flu have emerged in recent weeks especially along the rivers in south-western Slovakia, impostors have begun using the situation as an opportunity to be let into the homes of elderly people in order to rob them, TASR learnt from the

Holecek: Slovakia Unlikely to End Up Like Detroit

Holecek: Slovakia Unlikely to End Up Like Detroit

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Car production makes up one-third of Slovakia’s exports and almost half of its industrial production, but there’s no viable alternative to the automotive industry in the country, Automotive Industry Association vice-president Jaroslav Holecek told TABLET.TV on Thursday. “We haven’t managed in 25

Slovakia and Czech Republic Ink Deal on Patrolling Airspace

Slovakia and Czech Republic Ink Deal on Patrolling Airspace

Brussels/Bratislava, February 15 (TASR-correspondent) – The Slovak and Czech defence ministers, Peter Gajdos and Martin Stropnicky, respectively, meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, inked an agreement between their two countries on the mutual protection of their airspace, TASR learnt on the same day. The signing of the agreement,