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MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

MP Igor M. Charged with Slander against PM Fico

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – A prosecutor at the Bratislava Regional Prosecutor’s Office has pressed charges of slander against MP Igor M. over his claims that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) had secret accounts in Belize, the prosecutor’s office’s spokesman Michal Surek told TASR on Thursday. According to

Kiska: I've No Doubts Now that State Power Has Been Misused

Kiska: I've No Doubts Now that State Power Has Been Misused

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – Following the incidents aimed against his person, President Andrej Kiska has no doubts that the state’s power is being misused in Slovakia, Kiska’s spokesman Roman Krpelan told TASR on Sunday. The president was responding to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s (Smer-SD) statements made earlier

Fico: Kiska Told Me about His Tax Case Himself; I Didn't Find It Illegally

Fico: Kiska Told Me about His Tax Case Himself; I Didn't Find It Illegally

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska told me about his “tax-related issues” himself, I didn’t obtain the information illegally from the tax office or other bodies, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at a press briefing at the Government Office in Bratislava on Sunday. “He told me about

Fico: Office for Public Interest Protection to Be Set Up in Slovakia

Fico: Office for Public Interest Protection to Be Set Up in Slovakia

Laxenburg/Bratislava, September 22 (TASR-correspondent) – An Office for Public Interest Protection is likely to be set up in Slovakia in order to protect people who are willing to combat corruption, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in the Austrian town of Laxenburg on Friday after meeting Dean of the International

Authorities Said to Have Eschewed Probe into VOP Blast for Two Years

Authorities Said to Have Eschewed Probe into VOP Blast for Two Years

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – The investigation into the lethal explosion at the Military Maintenance Company (VOP) in Novaky (Trencin region) ten years ago was conducted under no authority for more than two years, and the ministries in charge were reluctant to step up to the plate, former head of the

FinMin: Slovakia Wins International Arbitration on Talc Mining Licence

FinMin: Slovakia Wins International Arbitration on Talc Mining Licence

Bratislava, August 22 (TASR) – Slovakia has won another international arbitration, this time with companies called EuroGas and Belmost Resources concerning a licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region), TASR learnt on Tuesday. “Slovakia has an exceptionally high score in lawsuits with foreign investors. Our country is starting to

EuroGas Fails for Now in International Arbitration with Slovakia for Talc

EuroGas Fails for Now in International Arbitration with Slovakia for Talc

Bratislava, August 22 (TASR) – EuroGas has failed for now in its arbitration proceedings with Slovakia concerning the allegedly illegal withdrawal of a licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region), EuroGas managing board chairman Wolfgang Rauball has admitted on the company’s website. “The International Centre for Settlement of