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Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in November Ahead of SNS and SaS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in November Ahead of SNS and SaS

Bratislava, December 1 (TASR) – Had a general election been held between November 23-29, the governing-coalition Smer-SD party would have won on 23.3 percent (with 40 seats in the 150-seat House), compared to its result of 28.3 percent in the general election on March 5, TASR learnt on Thursday.

Fico: Condemning Meciar's Amnesties in Parliament Appropriate

Fico: Condemning Meciar's Amnesties in Parliament Appropriate

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – It’s appropriate to react to the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar as acting president in 1998 by condemning them via a parliamentary declaration, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday. Earlier in the day the Cabinet recommended that Parliament should adopt

Lajcak Nominated for Post of President of UN General Assembly

Lajcak Nominated for Post of President of UN General Assembly

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak is probably on track to become the president of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Lajcak announced his nomination for the UN post after the Government session on the same day. Slovakia

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – The Cabinet recommends Parliament to adopt a declaration on the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar when he was acting president in 1998. At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the declaration’s draft wording submitted by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD)

Ziga Rejects That Weapons from Slovakia Went to Middle East

Ziga Rejects That Weapons from Slovakia Went to Middle East

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday rejected any involvement of Slovakia in the alleged discovery of weapons in the Middle East. According to Ziga, the weapons and ammunition that were sent from Slovenia to Slovakia back in 2005 were properly

Fico: Dubcek's Bust to Be Unveiled in European Parliament

Fico: Dubcek's Bust to Be Unveiled in European Parliament

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – Slovak politician Alexander Dubcek, who was at the helm of a reformist Czechoslovak communist movement in 1968 known as the Prague Spring, will get a bust in European Parliament on December 13, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Tuesday at Bratislava Castle at a ceremony commemorating the

Defence to Get Almost €1 billion in 2017

Defence to Get Almost €1 billion in 2017

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – The Defence Ministry will see its budget increased by €109 million to almost €990 million in 2017, according to the state budget approved by Parliament on Tuesday. Overall defence spending will increase to €998 million, which makes up 1.19 percent of GDP. The figure for