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Parliamentary Committee Okays Fico's Candidacy for Constitutional Judge

Parliamentary Committee Okays Fico's Candidacy for Constitutional Judge

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – The parliamentary constitutional committee on Thursday decided that Smer-SD leader Robert Fico meets the legal criteria to become a Constitutional Court judge. The committee has thus okayed Fico’s candidacy for the post of constitutional judge, with seven MPs voting for and six against. The parliamentary

Election of Constitutional Judges in Parliament Shifted to February

Election of Constitutional Judges in Parliament Shifted to February

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – The election of candidates for Constitutional Court judges in Parliament has been delayed until early February, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Chairman of the parliamentary constitutional committee Robert Madej (Smer-SD) proposed that the discussion preceding the election should be shifted from the originally planned date of January

Woman Ordering Hit on Journalist Kuciak Faces Charges of Another Murder

Woman Ordering Hit on Journalist Kuciak Faces Charges of Another Murder

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – A woman identified only as Alena Zs. due to legal reasons and facing charges of ordering the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, was indicted with yet another murder on Thursday, police reported on its social network on the same day. On

Marian K. Will Be Interrogated in Case of Preparing Sufliarsky's Murder

Marian K. Will Be Interrogated in Case of Preparing Sufliarsky's Murder

Bratislava, January 16 (TASR) – The controversial entrepreneur due to legal reasons identified only as Marian K., who is currently in tightened custody in the so-called case of TV promissory notes, will be interviewed in the case of an alleged conspiracy to murder First Deputy Prosecutor-General Peter Sufliarsky, TASR learnt on

Ciznar Has Dismissed Vanek from Post of Deputy Prosecutor-General

Ciznar Has Dismissed Vanek from Post of Deputy Prosecutor-General

Bratislava, January 15 (TASR) – Prosecutor-General (PG) Jaromir Ciznar has cancelled Rene Vanek’s mandate to carry out the post of deputy prosecutor-general on Tuesday, TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General Office’s spokesperson Andrea Predajnova on the same day. Ciznar decided so based on the information reported in the media related to

Robert Fico Is Candidate for Constitutional Court Judge, Was Proposed by Glvac

Robert Fico Is Candidate for Constitutional Court Judge, Was Proposed by Glvac

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – Chairman of the senior governing Smer-SD party Robert Fico is a candidate to become a Constitutional Court judge, TASR was told on Monday by Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD), who personally submitted the bid to Parliament’s filing office. According to Glvac, Fico’s experience qualifies

Pavol R. Charged with Ordering Volzova's Murder

Pavol R. Charged with Ordering Volzova's Murder

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – The supervising prosecutor of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Bratislava on Friday pressed charges at Bratislava II District Court against former economy minister and private TV Markiza director, for legal purposes identified only as Pavol R., with ordering the murder of his business associate Sylvia