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ERRC Taking Interior Ministry to Court over Discrimination against Roma

ERRC Taking Interior Ministry to Court over Discrimination against Roma

Bratislava, January 17 (TASR) – The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is taking the Slovak Interior Ministry to court over what it calls planned discriminatory practices by the Slovak police, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The ERRC doesn’t like planned measures aimed at tackling crime in Roma settlements. “The planned legislation

Slovak Police Recorded 66,215 Crimes Last Year

Slovak Police Recorded 66,215 Crimes Last Year

Bratislava, January 15 (TASR) – A total of 66,215 crimes were committed in Slovakia in 2017, while the police’s success rate in resolving individual crimes increased to almost 58.7 percent, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar stated at a press conference on Monday,

Danko: Coalition Council on Monday Will Deal with Distraint Amnesty

Danko: Coalition Council on Monday Will Deal with Distraint Amnesty

The Coalition Council on Monday, January 15 will deal with the forthcoming distraint amnesty prepared by the Justice Ministry, said Parliamentary Chairman and the Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko on RTVS’s talk show ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues). Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) should, according to him, present

Mazak, Rumana and Kucera Place Bids for Post of EGC Judge

Mazak, Rumana and Kucera Place Bids for Post of EGC Judge

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – Three candidates – Jan Mazak, Ivan Rumana and Michal Kucera – will stand in an election at the Judicial Council in late January aimed at selecting a candidate to occupy Slovakia’s allocated post of additional judge of the European Union’s General Court (EGC), Judicial Council spokesperson

LSNS MP Mazurek Appeals against Guilty Verdict of Defaming Roma

LSNS MP Mazurek Appeals against Guilty Verdict of Defaming Roma

Banska Bystrica, December 29 (TASR) – MP for the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) Milan Mazurek earlier this week appealed against the decision of a judge from the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Banska Bystrica who found him guilty of defaming the Roma ethnic group on Zilina-based radio station

Slovakia More Successful in Combatting Extremism in 2017

Slovakia More Successful in Combatting Extremism in 2017

Bratislava, December 26 (TASR) – The year 2017 in Slovakia was also marked by the fight against the rise of extremism, with the state adopting a number of measures in an effort at more comprehensive repression. A so-called anti-extremist penal code amendment has been in effect since the beginning of the

Slovakia to Face Another Arbitration in Talc Mining Case in 2018

Slovakia to Face Another Arbitration in Talc Mining Case in 2018

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – A company called EuroGas next year wants to sue the Slovak Republic again within arbitration proceedings for the alleged illegal withdrawal of a licence for talc mining in Gemerska Poloma (Kosice region), EuroGas managing board chairman Wolfgang Rauball told TASR on Friday. “Based on new evidence