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Judicial Council Elected Sikuta as Supreme Court Chair, He Waits for Appointment

Judicial Council Elected Sikuta as Supreme Court Chair, He Waits for Appointment

Bratislava, May 11 (TASR) – The Judicial Council elected Jan Sikuta as Supreme Court chair, however, in order to become one, he must be appointed by President Zuzana Caputova, TASR learnt on Monday. Sikuta received 12 out of 17 votes in a public election. No one voted for his opponent Ivan

Matovic: Mafia Cowers in Fear at Possibility of Lipsic Becoming Top Prosecutor

Matovic: Mafia Cowers in Fear at Possibility of Lipsic Becoming Top Prosecutor

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) – The [political] mafia fears greatly that Daniel Lipsic might “go for its throat” if elected the next Prosecutor-General, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) declared after a session of the Government on Thursday. Matovic replied this way to the question posed by journalists as to whether the

President Appoints New District Court Judges, Appeals for Their Independence

President Appoints New District Court Judges, Appeals for Their Independence

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova appointed six new district court judges in Kosice, Trebisov (Kosice region) and Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Tuesday. In her speech Caputova appealed for judicial independence, which she doesn’t view as a private right of judges but a constitutional right of citizens.

Fiacan Looking into Facts in Issue with Mamojka's Disciplinary Proceedings

Fiacan Looking into Facts in Issue with Mamojka's Disciplinary Proceedings

Kosice, May 5 (TASR) – Constitutional Court Chairman Ivan Fiacan has not yet decided whether or not he’ll file disciplinary proceedings against Constitutional Court judge Mojmir Mamojka in connection with publicised communications between Mamojka and Marian K., who stands accused of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, TASR learnt

Constitutional Court Rejects Election Complaints of PS-Together and Homeland

Constitutional Court Rejects Election Complaints of PS-Together and Homeland

Kosice, April 29 (TASR) – The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected the proposals of the Progressive Slovakia (PS)/Together coalition and of the Homeland party, which challenged the constitutionality and legality of the general election held in February this year as obviously unfounded, court spokeswoman Martina Ferencova told TASR on the

NAKA Charges Former PPA Director and Slavia Capital Financier with Corruption

NAKA Charges Former PPA Director and Slavia Capital Financier with Corruption

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – Former director of the Agriculture Payment Agency (PPA) Juraj K. and financier of Slavia Capital financial group Martin K. have been charged with accepting bribes totalling almost €1 million in connection with PPA’s allocation of subsidies, the police have reported on their website. “The total

Ciznar Agrees With Proposal to Remand Kajetan K. in Custody

Ciznar Agrees With Proposal to Remand Kajetan K. in Custody

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – Prosecutor-General Jaromir Ciznar agreed with the proposal of the prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (USP) who submitted to him a request to issue an agreement to remand the former head of the State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR), for legal reasons identified only as Kajetan