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Police Complete Investigation into Lawyer Valko's Murder

Police Complete Investigation into Lawyer Valko's Murder

Bratislava, August 21 (TASR) – The police on August 16 completed their investigation into the murder of lawyer and former chair of the Czechoslovak Constitutional Court Ernest Valko, who was killed on November 8, 2010, with a motion to file charges against two men, director of Slovakia’s National Crime Agency

President Kiska Dismisses Judge Jurko for Corruption

President Kiska Dismisses Judge Jurko for Corruption

Bratislava, August 9 (TASR) – Based on a proposal by the Judicial Council, President Andrej Kiska on Thursday stripped judge Milan Jurko from his judicial post over a corruption issue, TASR learnt from the President’s Office on the same day. The Supreme Court in March found the former judge of

NAKA Detains Seven People after Raiding Bratislava District Office

NAKA Detains Seven People after Raiding Bratislava District Office

Bratislava, August 9 (TASR) – Dozens of police officers raided the Bratislava District Office in the early morning on Wednesday (August 8), with an investigator from the National Criminal Agency (NAKA) Anti-Corruption Unit charging six people and one legal entity with corruption, TASR learnt from Police Corps Presidium spokesman Michal Slivka

Sturovo: Woman from 'Singing House' Ends Up in Police Cell

Sturovo: Woman from 'Singing House' Ends Up in Police Cell

Sturovo, August 7 (TASR) – The police on Tuesday arrested a woman from Sturovo (Nitra region) who has been annoying her neighbours by playing loud opera music some 16 hours a day for almost 16 years, TASR learnt on the same day. A police investigator charged the owner of the house

Micev: Let's Stop Pretending Promotion of Fascism Not Criminally Liable

Micev: Let's Stop Pretending Promotion of Fascism Not Criminally Liable

Banska Bystrica, August 5 (TASR) – Representatives of parliamentary far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) were very well aware of the symbolic meaning denoted by the numbers 14 and 88, and giving people gift cheques in that sum was a clear intent on their part, TASR was told on the

Lucansky: Slovak Police Cooperating with Germany in Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Lucansky: Slovak Police Cooperating with Germany in Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Regarding the kidnapping case of a Vietnamese citizen from Germany to his country of origin last year, the Slovak police have, in co-operation with the German authorities, done everything that has been requested; the police have even carried out some pro-active steps, stated Police Corps President

Kosice Court Decides on Remanding Ukrainian in Extradition Custody

Kosice Court Decides on Remanding Ukrainian in Extradition Custody

Kosice, July 27 (TASR) – The Kosice Regional Court on Friday decided on changing the custody status for arrested Ukrainian national Volodymyr G., who is suspected of terrorism in Ukraine, from preliminary custody to extradition custody. Volodymyr G., who has Ukrainian and Hungarian citizenships and a permanent residence in Kosice, was