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NAKA Presses Charges against Ten Varin Council Members

NAKA Presses Charges against Ten Varin Council Members

Bratislava, December 28 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) has pressed charges of sympathising with a movement aimed at suppressing fundamental rights and freedoms against ten members of the local council in the town of Varin in Zilina region, TASR learnt on Tuesday from Police Corps Presidium spokesman Michal Slivka.

CJEU: Double Jeopardy Doesn't Stand in Way of Prosecuting Kovac Jr's Kidnappers

CJEU: Double Jeopardy Doesn't Stand in Way of Prosecuting Kovac Jr's Kidnappers

Luxembourg, December 16 (TASR) – The prohibition on being tried or punished for the same offence twice (double jeopardy) doesn’t stand in the way of issuing a European arrest warrant against individuals charged with the 1995 kidnapping the son of former Slovak president Michal Kovac, according to a decision issued

Fico Charged with Crime of Incitement, Smer-SD Leader Rejects Accusations

Fico Charged with Crime of Incitement, Smer-SD Leader Rejects Accusations

Bratislava, December 16 (TASR) – Following his release from a police station, leader of the opposition Smer-SD party Robert Fico said that he was charged with the crime of incitement, TASR learnt on Thursday. “It’s made up from the beginning to the end,” said Fico, adding that he didn’t

Remeta: Criminal Prosecution of First-aid Responders Unlawful

Remeta: Criminal Prosecution of First-aid Responders Unlawful

Bratislava, December 15 (TASR) – Criminal prosecution of first-aid responders, who protested for higher salaries on Tuesday (December 14), for incitement is unlawful and unsubstantiated, Bratislava Regional Prosecutor Rastislav Remeta decided on Wednesday. As TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General’s Office spokesperson Dalibor Skladan, Remeta ordered the police to revisit the case.

Constitutional Court: Issuing UVZ Decrees in Line with Slovak Constitution

Constitutional Court: Issuing UVZ Decrees in Line with Slovak Constitution

Kosice, December 1 (TASR) – The part of the Public Health Protection Act that authorises the Public Health Office (UVZ) to issue decrees as generally binding legal regulations is in accordance with the Slovak Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday. The legal regulation was challenged at the court by Prosecutor-General

Judicial Council Chair Mazak and PG Zilinka Don't Agree on Use of Paragraph 363

Judicial Council Chair Mazak and PG Zilinka Don't Agree on Use of Paragraph 363

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – Judicial Council Chair Jan Mazak and Prosecutor-General (PG) Maros Zilinka have differing views on the use of paragraph 363 of the Criminal Code, with Mazak stating that the way Zilinka uses it may be unconstitutional and the PG reacting by saying that Mazak doesn’t have

Police Press Charges against Three Men in Relation to Incident in Piestany

Police Press Charges against Three Men in Relation to Incident in Piestany

Trnava/Piestany, November 6 (TASR) – In connection with an incident in a chain store in Piestany on Thursday (November 4), the police have pressed charges against three men from Nitra region aged 32-40 of the offences of attacking a public official and rioting, TASR learnt from Trnava regional police spokeswoman