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Olympic Walking Champion Matej Toth Beats Sagan as Athlete of Year

Olympic Walking Champion Matej Toth Beats Sagan as Athlete of Year

Bratislava, December 23 (TASR) – Olympic 50-kilometre race walk champion Matej Toth and silver medalists from Rio in the K-4 kayak 1,000-metres Denis Mysak-Erik Vlcek-Juraj Tarr-Tibor Linka were selected on Thursday night as the 2016 Athlete(s) of the Year in the individual and team categories, respectively. In the voting

Cibula: Austrian Islamist Security Threat Threatens Bratislava as Well

Cibula: Austrian Islamist Security Threat Threatens Bratislava as Well

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – A terrorist threat originating from Austria could also put Bratislava in danger, believes former Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) director and Former Intelligence Officers Association chair Igor Cibula. “The attention that the police and intelligence community in Slovakia are paying to the security situation with regard to

Police Expel 30 Foreigners Illegally Staying in Slovakia

Police Expel 30 Foreigners Illegally Staying in Slovakia

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The Slovak police earlier this week carried out a major inspection aimed at identifying foreigners illegally sojourning in Slovakia, and this resulted in the administrative expulsion of 30 people, Police Corps spokesperson Denisa Baloghova told TASR on Thursday. The police focused mainly on accommodation facilities, construction

Kollar: We Are Family Party Growing, Each Migrant Should Be Deported

Kollar: We Are Family Party Growing, Each Migrant Should Be Deported

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The We Are Family party of millionaire Boris Kollar came into existence by renaming the purchased non-parliamentary party of Peter Marcek called Party of Slovak Citizens, as the original intention of registering a new political party failed during the verification of collected petition signatures by the

UDZS Approves Revival Plan for Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna

UDZS Approves Revival Plan for Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The Health Care Supervisory Office (UDZS) has approved a revival plan submitted by state-owned health insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP), which is expecting a record loss this year, TASR learnt on Thursday. “The Office has concluded that the proposed measures represent realistic prospects for the gradual

Most of PPS Group Detva Employees Support Joining Strike

Most of PPS Group Detva Employees Support Joining Strike

Detva, December 22 (TASR) – Employees of engineering company PPS Group Detva (Banska Bystrica region) on Thursday voted in favour of going on strike, according to a statement sent to TASR on the same day. Almost 87 percent of the 800 employees of PPS Group Detva participated in the vote. Of

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) has suspended proceedings on the withdrawal of accreditation from the Clean Day resocialisation centre in Galanta (Trnava region), allegedly because he doesn’t have enough arguments, reasons and findings at his disposal, but this looks like