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Interior Ministry: Only Police Can Restore Order on Trains

Interior Ministry: Only Police Can Restore Order on Trains

Bratislava, January 16 (TASR) – Only the police can step in when public order is disrupted on board trains, and neither People’s Party-Our Slovakia (LSNS) patrols nor Roma civil patrols have any authority to do so, said the Interior Ministry in response to OLaNO-NOVA’s initiative from earlier in the

Suspect in Ill-fated Break-in Attempt at Knazko's Home Now in Custody

Suspect in Ill-fated Break-in Attempt at Knazko's Home Now in Custody

Bratislava, January 13 (TASR) – The Czech man believed to have broken into the house of actor and former politician Milan Knazko in Bratislava in the dark of the night earlier this week only to sustain a gunshot wound after Knazko opened fire was taken into custody on Friday, TASR learnt

Knazko Testifies at Police Station on Shooting Burglar in Own House

Knazko Testifies at Police Station on Shooting Burglar in Own House

Bratislava, January 12 (TASR) – Former politician and actor Milan Knazko testified at a police station on Thursday in connection with shooting a burglar who broke into his house in the small hours of Wednesday morning, TASR learnt on the same day. “He [Knazko] testified as a witnesses and victim. The

Zitnanska: We Must Draw Lesson from Prochazka's Rejection Also Pro Domo

Zitnanska: We Must Draw Lesson from Prochazka's Rejection Also Pro Domo

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – Criteria that Radoslav Prochazka (an unsuccessful candidate for a judge post at the EU General Court) failed to meet in Luxembourg should be respected and taken into account by Slovakia not only when picking candidates for international judicial institutions but also for domestic judicial posts, thinks

Police Expel 30 Foreigners Illegally Staying in Slovakia

Police Expel 30 Foreigners Illegally Staying in Slovakia

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The Slovak police earlier this week carried out a major inspection aimed at identifying foreigners illegally sojourning in Slovakia, and this resulted in the administrative expulsion of 30 people, Police Corps spokesperson Denisa Baloghova told TASR on Thursday. The police focused mainly on accommodation facilities, construction

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) has suspended proceedings on the withdrawal of accreditation from the Clean Day resocialisation centre in Galanta (Trnava region), allegedly because he doesn’t have enough arguments, reasons and findings at his disposal, but this looks like

Tejbus: Handlova Mining Tragedy Not Due to Act of God, But Human Factor

Tejbus: Handlova Mining Tragedy Not Due to Act of God, But Human Factor

Bratislava, December 21 (TASR) – The explosion at Handlova Coal Mine (Trencin region) that claimed the lives of 20 people on August 10, 2009 wasn’t caused by an act of God, but by the human factor, former head of the Central Mining Office’s (HBU) mining safety department Vladimir Tejbus