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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

Commission: Former Police Chief Lucansky Committed Suicide

Commission: Former Police Chief Lucansky Committed Suicide

Bratislava, April 16 (TASR) – The investigation of a special commission into the death of former national police chief Milan Lucansky in custody in late 2020 has concluded that he committed suicide, said commission chairman Tomas Citbaj from the Ombudswoman’s Office on Friday. “The commission didn’t find anything that

Jozef Majsky Asks to Be Released on Parole

Jozef Majsky Asks to Be Released on Parole

Bratislava/Prague, April 14 (TASR) – Slovak tycoon Jozef Majsky, who has been sentenced to nine years in prison for tunnelling non-banking financial companies and is now serving his sentence in the Czech Republic, has applied to be released on parole, Prague 4 District Court vice-chair and spokesman Michal Dvorak told

Constitutional Court Okays Extended Emergency State as Lawful

Constitutional Court Okays Extended Emergency State as Lawful

Kosice/Bratislava, March 31 (TASR) – The decision of the Government to extend the state of emergency by an additional 40 days and its measures approved on March 17 are in accordance with the Slovak Constitution, the Constitutional Court decided on Wednesday. The decision to extend the state of emergency was

Alena Zs., Charged with Preparing Three Prosecutors' Murders, Stays in Custody

Alena Zs., Charged with Preparing Three Prosecutors' Murders, Stays in Custody

Banska Bystrica, March 16 (TASR) – A pre-trial judge of the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Banska Bystrica on Tuesday decided that Alena Zs. will remain in custody. The decision can still be appealed against. Alena Zs., known to the public as an associate of businessman Marian Kocner, has been charged

Police Fine Homeless Man for Violating Covid Curfew, Case to Be Reviewed

Police Fine Homeless Man for Violating Covid Curfew, Case to Be Reviewed

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) – Following public outcry, the police announced on Tuesday that they will review a fine imposed recently on a homeless man in Bratislava for violating a curfew declared by the Government throughout Slovakia between 5 a.m. and 1 a.m. in force each day for months