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Fico: Release of Lawyer from Custody Shows How Courts and Police Operate

Fico: Release of Lawyer from Custody Shows How Courts and Police Operate

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – The Constitutional Court’s decision to release lawyer Martin R. from custody has disqualified both the Specialised Criminal Court as well as the Special Prosecutor’s Office, head of the opposition Smer-SD party Robert Fico stated on Monday, adding that the move “illustrates how the police,

Kovarik: Minimum Age for Police Officers to Be Lowered, Name Tags Removed

Kovarik: Minimum Age for Police Officers to Be Lowered, Name Tags Removed

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – The minimum age for being accepted to the police could be lowered from 21 to 18 in order to help expanding their ranks, while police officers should no longer wear name tags, Police Corps president Peter Kovarik has told TASR to present legislation that is currently

Barrister Released from Custody after Constitutional Court Finds Flaws

Barrister Released from Custody after Constitutional Court Finds Flaws

Bratislava, May 17 (TASR) – The Specialised Criminal Court on Friday released a barrister identified only as Martin R., who was in custody since 2019, TASR was told by his lawyer Pavol Antos on the same day. The release was earlier ordered by the Constitutional Court. Antos said that this verdict

Czech Court Rejects Majsky's Request to Be Released on Parole

Czech Court Rejects Majsky's Request to Be Released on Parole

Bratislava/Prague, May 11 (TASR) – Prague 4 District Court on Tuesday turned down Slovak tycoon Jozef Majsky’s application to be released on parole, Prague 4 District Court vice-chair and spokesman Michal Dvorak told TASR on the same day. “The request has been rejected, as the court came to the

EU Court of Justice Holds Hearing on Scrapped Meciar's Amnesties

EU Court of Justice Holds Hearing on Scrapped Meciar's Amnesties

Brussels/Luxembourg, May 6 (TASR-correspondent) – The Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday held a hearing on the 1995 kidnapping of ex-president Michal Kovac’s son to Austria and on the decision of the Slovak parliament in March 2017 to scrap the amnesties for those suspected of this

Funeral Home Chief Kills Man in Morgue to Blackmail Own Wife

Funeral Home Chief Kills Man in Morgue to Blackmail Own Wife

Bratislava, April 27 (TASR) – Undertaker Jozef Kiraly has been sentenced by the Supreme Court to 23 years in prison for a premeditated murder committed two years ago in a morgue in the village of Sunava (Presov region), TASR learnt on Tuesday. Kiraly stabbed to death a man identified only as

Fico Points to Embezzlement in Company Associated with Justice Minister

Fico Points to Embezzlement in Company Associated with Justice Minister

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – The managing director of a family firm associated with Justice Minister Maria Kolikova (For the People) was sentenced by a Bratislava court for embezzling more than €15,000 in 2019, said opposition Smer-SD head Robert Fico on Tuesday. “We have a justice minister, whose company has