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Politicians View Ban on Wearing Burqas in Slovakia as Premature

Politicians View Ban on Wearing Burqas in Slovakia as Premature

Bratislava, December 21 (TASR) – Coalition and Opposition politicians approached by TASR on Wednesday don’t think that the current situation in Slovakia requires a law banning the wearing of burqas in public places. Open support for an initiative sponsored by Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko

Tejbus: Handlova Mining Tragedy Not Due to Act of God, But Human Factor

Tejbus: Handlova Mining Tragedy Not Due to Act of God, But Human Factor

Bratislava, December 21 (TASR) – The explosion at Handlova Coal Mine (Trencin region) that claimed the lives of 20 people on August 10, 2009 wasn’t caused by an act of God, but by the human factor, former head of the Central Mining Office’s (HBU) mining safety department Vladimir Tejbus

Fico: We Managed to Cross Another Threshold in Reducing Unemployment

Fico: We Managed to Cross Another Threshold in Reducing Unemployment

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia has decreased to 8.78 percent chiefly thanks to active measures employed by the Government to support the labour market, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. “We’ve managed to cross another threshold, and

Fico: Attack on European Cultural Identity in Berlin, We Must Defend Ourselves

Fico: Attack on European Cultural Identity in Berlin, We Must Defend Ourselves

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – The attack on people gathered at a Christmas market in Berlin represents an attack on the cultural identity of Europe, and Slovakia is entitled to adopt counter-measures, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday after a session of the National Security Analytical Centre convened in response

Barabas's 'Sloboda pod nakladom' Receives Grand Prix in Bilbao

Barabas's 'Sloboda pod nakladom' Receives Grand Prix in Bilbao

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – Pavol Barabas’s documentary ‘Sloboda pod nakladom’ (Freedom under Load) about the oldest generation of mountain porters in the High Tatra mountains has received the Grand Prix Award at the Bilbao Mendi Film Festival, TASR learnt on Monday. This is the tenth award for the film.

Korcok: Defence and Security Are Business of Political Leaders

Korcok: Defence and Security Are Business of Political Leaders

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The common security and defence policy has seen no progress, but this isn’t the business of any presidency, but of political leaders, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State Secretary and Government Proxy for Slovakia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU Ivan

Beblavy: Foreign Affairs Ministry Concealing Info in Evka Agency Case

Beblavy: Foreign Affairs Ministry Concealing Info in Evka Agency Case

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has provided MPs with almost none of the key documents that they demanded during a probe that they carried out at the ministry, MP Miroslav Beblavy (Independent) told a news conference held on Parliament’s premises on Monday. Moreover, MPs