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Slovak Matej Toth Wins Longest Athletic Event at Rio Olympics

Slovak Matej Toth Wins Longest Athletic Event at Rio Olympics

Rio de Janeiro, August 19 (TASR) – Slovak athlete Matej Toth on Friday triumphed in the longest – both in time and distance – athletic event at the Rio Olympics – the men’s 50-kilometre race walk, 18 seconds ahead of second Australian Jared Tallent. Meanwhile, Japanese Hirooki Arai beat Canada’s Evan Dunfee

Bratislava Pays Tribute to Victims of 1968 Soviet Troops Invasion

Bratislava Pays Tribute to Victims of 1968 Soviet Troops Invasion

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Representatives of the Slovak Republic gathered in front of Bratislava’s Comenius University to pay tribute to the victims of the invasion of Soviet troops into the Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968, TASR learnt on Friday. Representatives of embassies of neighbouring countries, witnesses of the event

Coalition Council: Brecely to Resign as Transport Minister

Coalition Council: Brecely to Resign as Transport Minister

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Roman Brecely (Siet/Network) will resign from his post, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after a meeting of the Coalition Council on Friday. Coalition partners – Fico, Brecely, Bela Bugar (Most-Hid) and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (SNS) – have agreed on

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

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

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Had a general election been held between August 11-16, the governing-coalition Smer-SD party would have won on 27 percent (47 seats in the 150-seat House), compared to its result of 28.3 percent in the general election on March 5, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The poll,

Coalition Leaders Discussing Changes to Governing Coalition

Coalition Leaders Discussing Changes to Governing Coalition

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – Coalition leaders Robert Fico (Smer-SD), Andrej Danko (the Slovak National Party/SNS), Bela Bugar (Most-Hid) and Roman Brecely (Siet/Network) on Friday started to discuss changes to the governing coalition. Bugar on Thursday announced that Siet party will be probably left out of the coalition. Most-Hid

Bugar: Coalition Likely to Slim Down to Three Parties

Bugar: Coalition Likely to Slim Down to Three Parties

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – The governing four-party coalition will likely change to only three parties, Most-Hid chair Bela Bugar said on Thursday evening. This means that Siet (Network) is expected to drop out of the coalition following its loss of five lawmakers, who officially joined the Most-Hid caucus earlier in

Lajcak: New Zealand Good Inspiration in Business and Education

Lajcak: New Zealand Good Inspiration in Business and Education

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – New Zealand can inspire Slovakia in many ways, such us in reducing youth unemployment, in the field of business as well as in dual education, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak after meeting his New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully in Bratislava on Thursday.