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Gaspar: Gorilla Scandal Needed Proper Accounting Long Time Ago

Gaspar: Gorilla Scandal Needed Proper Accounting Long Time Ago

Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) – Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar agreed with President Andrej Kiska that the Gorilla scandal needed proper accounting a long time ago, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Gaspar was responding to Kiska’s comments made earlier in the day that instead of recriminations among people who share responsibilities

Kiska: We Need to Do Accounting of Gorilla Scandal; It's Festering Wound

Kiska: We Need to Do Accounting of Gorilla Scandal; It's Festering Wound

Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) – The Gorilla scandal has existed for more than ten years, has been investigated for more than five and instead of doing some real assessment, there have only been recriminations in the media among Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD), Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar and outgoing Gorilla

Danko: President Can Select Judges But Not Assess Professional Qualities

Danko: President Can Select Judges But Not Assess Professional Qualities

Bratislava, November 7 (TASR) – The Slovak Parliament will provide the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe with full cooperation in resolving the issue concerning the appointment of Slovak Constitutional Court judges, stated Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko after meeting Venice Commission President Gianni Buquicchio in Bratislava on Monday. The meeting

Gajdos: Vast Majority of Information from Gorilla Case Being Confirmed

Gajdos: Vast Majority of Information from Gorilla Case Being Confirmed

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – It’s still true that the vast majority of information from the SIS Gorilla file that was leaked to the public is being confirmed, but there’s also information that isn’t being confirmed, said outgoing head of the Gorilla investigation team Marek Gajdos when meeting

Charges Pressed against Lipsic Partly Based on Motion Filed by Kocner

Charges Pressed against Lipsic Partly Based on Motion Filed by Kocner

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – Charges pressed against former interior minister and until recently OLaNO-NOVA MP Daniel Lipsic and former chief of the Interior Ministry’s press department and current MP Gabor Grendel (OLaNO-NOVA) weren’t ordered by politicians, businessman Marian Kocner, who filed criminal complaints against the two, told a

Dubovcova: Police Use Illegal Facilities For Detaining People

Dubovcova: Police Use Illegal Facilities For Detaining People

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – The police have created facilities for detaining people, although they aren’t proper police cells and thus no legal rules apply to them, said Ombudswoman Jana Dubovcova on Wednesday. Dubovcova explained that these cells are only parts of a corridor separated with bars. There’s usually

Zitnanska: Legal Aid Essential for Fair Trial

Zitnanska: Legal Aid Essential for Fair Trial

Bratislava/Luxembourg, October 14 (TASR) – A new directive that was approved by the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on Thursday will entitle all EU citizens to legal aid at all stages of criminal proceedings, TASR learnt on Friday. Ministers approved minimum rules relating to legal aid for suspects and