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Expert Opinion: TV Markiza-related Promissory Notes Not Authentic

Expert Opinion: TV Markiza-related Promissory Notes Not Authentic

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) – The promissory notes concerning TV Markiza aren’t authentic, as, based on a request from the National Crime Agency (NAKA), a renowned graphologist has concluded that the signatures of former TV Markiza boss for legal reasons identified only as Pavol R. on the promissory notes are

Kiska: Tuesday House Vote on Constitutional Judges a Warning

Kiska: Tuesday House Vote on Constitutional Judges a Warning

Bratislava, October 24 (TASR) – The Tuesday (October 23) vote of the Parliament on the rules governing the election of Constitutional Court judges serves as a warning, as the system of checks and balances has remained untouched only due to the chaos surrounding the vote, President Andrej Kiska claimed on Wednesday.

Duris Nicholsonova Files Criminal Complaint over Danko's Rigorous Thesis

Duris Nicholsonova Files Criminal Complaint over Danko's Rigorous Thesis

Bratislava, October 16 (TASR) – Parliamentary Vice-chair Lucia Duris Nicholsonova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office over Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko’s (Slovak National Party/SNS) rigorous thesis on Tuesday. Duris Nicholsonova also asks the PG Office to examine whether the procedure

Police Searching Homes to Investigate Environmental Crime

Police Searching Homes to Investigate Environmental Crime

Bratislava, October 15 (TASR) – The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) intervened in the Bratislava region on Monday morning, with the police currently conducting home searches and searches of other premises and plots of land in several locations in Bratislava, and the Senec and Pezinok districts (both Bratislava region), TASR was informed

Via Iuris: Keeping Minimum Age for Constitutional Judges Is Positive Change

Via Iuris: Keeping Minimum Age for Constitutional Judges Is Positive Change

Bratislava, October 11 (TASR) – Leaving the minimum age limit for candidates for Constitutional Court judges at 40 years would be a positive change, said lawyer Peter Wilfling of Via Iuris in a reaction to an amending proposal approved by the parliamentary constitutional committee. Committee chairman Robert Madej (Smer-SD) almost unanimously

PG: Solving Murder of Kuciak and Fiancee Top Priority

PG: Solving Murder of Kuciak and Fiancee Top Priority

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – Solving the double murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova remains a top priority for the police and Prosecutor’s Office, which have a fundamental interest in thoroughly investigating the crimes, Prosecutor-General’s Office spokesperson Andrea Predajnova told TASR on Friday. “The extensive

Persons Charged with Kuciak's Murder Reportedly Planned to Kill Sufliarsky

Persons Charged with Kuciak's Murder Reportedly Planned to Kill Sufliarsky

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – At least two of the persons charged with murdering journalist Jan Kuciak, for legal reasons identified only as Alena Zs. and Tomas Sz., were allegedly also hired to kill Deputy Prosecutor-General Peter Sufliarsky, aktuality.sk website reported on Thursday. “Criminal prosecution for murder at the preparatory