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Prosecutor Presses Charges against LSNS Leader Marian K.

Prosecutor Presses Charges against LSNS Leader Marian K.

Bratislava, July 27 (TASR) – A prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor’s Office (USP) on Thursday (July 26) pressed charges against far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) leader Marian K. for the offence of demonstrating sympathy to a movement advocating for the suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, USP spokesperson

Two Slovaks Arrested in Britain over Acid Attack on Three-year-old Boy

Two Slovaks Arrested in Britain over Acid Attack on Three-year-old Boy

London, July 26 (TASR) – Two Slovak citizens have been arrested in the British city of Worcester over an acid attack on a three-year-old boy, Foreign and European Affairs Ministry press department director Igor Skocek told TASR on Thursday. According to British media, the police have arrested five men in total

Via Iuris: Roma Tenants Discriminated Against by Sabinov

Via Iuris: Roma Tenants Discriminated Against by Sabinov

Presov, July 12 (TASR) – The Presov Regional Court definitively decided that the town of Sabinov and the Ministry of Construction and Regional Development applied discriminatory practices when they treated Roma and non-Roma inhabitants differently during the eviction of tenants from apartments in the town centre, by moving Roma inhabitants to

Police Arrest 20 Referees and Football Club Officials over Match Fixing

Police Arrest 20 Referees and Football Club Officials over Match Fixing

Banska Bystrica, July 8 (TASR) – The police on Sunday announced that they detained 20 people in a raid related to sports corruption in Banska Bystrica on Saturday, while charges were eventually pressed against 21 people. A total of 70 officers from the elite National Crime Agency (NAKA) and students of

President Vetoes Amendment to Act on Courts

President Vetoes Amendment to Act on Courts

Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska has vetoed an amendment to the Act on Courts that he views as significantly limiting public supervision over court decisions, Martin Liptak of the President’s Office told TASR on Friday. Kiska returned the amendment to Parliament, recommending that it shouldn’t

Charges Pressed against Slovan Bratislava General Manager over Nazi Salute

Charges Pressed against Slovan Bratislava General Manager over Nazi Salute

Bratislava, June 25 (TASR) – An investigator from the National Crime Agency’s (NAKA) anti-terrorist unit on Monday pressed charges against Vice President and general manager of the SK Slovan Bratislava football club Ivan K. jr. for the offence of demonstrating sympathy to a movement advocating for the suppression of fundamental

Sala: Drunk Man Took 'Borrowed' Dustbin Lorry on Night-time Joy Ride

Sala: Drunk Man Took 'Borrowed' Dustbin Lorry on Night-time Joy Ride

Sala, June 25 (TASR) – A drunk man from Sala (Nitra region), 34, decided to go on a night-time joy ride in a dustbin lorry, so at roughly 10 p.m. on Saturday night (June 23) he took the keys from his company’s waste collection vehicle and hit the streets,