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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

Danko: I'll Wait for Court's Decision on Constitutional Judges

Danko: I'll Wait for Court's Decision on Constitutional Judges

Bratislava, October 3 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) will not announce a new election of candidates for judges of the Constitutional Court as long as the Constitutional Court decides on complaints filed by rejected candidates, Danko told journalists on Monday. “Now it’s important how the

Sulik to Send Letter to CJEU about Unsuitability of Prochazka's Bid

Sulik to Send Letter to CJEU about Unsuitability of Prochazka's Bid

Bratislava, September 30 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Richard Sulik is writing to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in Luxembourg to alert them about former Siet (Network) leader Radoslav Prochazka’s unsuitability to be an additional judge of the EU General Court (EUGC), TASR learnt

Zitnanska Ambivalent Over Prochazka's Bid for EUGC Additional Judge

Zitnanska Ambivalent Over Prochazka's Bid for EUGC Additional Judge

Bratislava, September 28 (TASR) – Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) doesn’t have a clear opinion on the candidacy of former Siet (Network) party leader Radoslav Prochazka for the post of an additional judge of the EU General Court, as approved by Cabinet at its session on Wednesday. Zitnanska feels ambivalent

Both Prosecutor and Investigator Erred in Investigation of Clean Day

Both Prosecutor and Investigator Erred in Investigation of Clean Day

Bratislava, September 27 (TASR) – According to an examination commissioned by the Prosecutor-General’s Office (GP), the investigation into the alleged sexual exploitation of wards of the Clean Day resocialisation centre in Galanta wasn’t faultless, TASR learnt on Tuesday. GP has received reports from regional prosecution offices (KP) in Trnava