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Bednar: Ex-president Kovac's Amnesties Did Influence Slovak State

Bednar: Ex-president Kovac's Amnesties Did Influence Slovak State

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – The amnesties that late former president Michal Kovac (in office 1993-98) granted to his son in relation to the so-called Technopol scandal had an influence on the character of the Slovak state, and so they should be abrogated along with former prime minister Vladimir Meciar’s

New Police Unit to Fight against Terrorism and Extremism

New Police Unit to Fight against Terrorism and Extremism

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Slovakia has underestimated the new wave of fascism and extremism; discussions on social networks have no rules and responsibilities, and often contain information incompatible with the nature of this state, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at a press conference on Wednesday. “Responding to these issues

Mazak: I Want to Run for EGC Judge

Mazak: I Want to Run for EGC Judge

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – Former chairman of the Slovak Constitutional Court Jan Mazak, who is currently serving as advisor to President Andrej Kiska, announced on Tuesday that he wants to run again for additional judge of the European Union’s General Court (EGC). Mazak was speaking at a press briefing

Gov't Office: Slovakia's Standing in TI's Index Improved from 2011

Gov't Office: Slovakia's Standing in TI's Index Improved from 2011

Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) – Slovakia improved its place in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index from 66th in 2011 to 50th in 2015, the Government Office said in a statement on Wednesday. This statement came after Transparency International announced earlier in the day that Slovakia continues to stagnate in its

Charges of Unlawful Killing Pressed against Former MP Lipsic

Charges of Unlawful Killing Pressed against Former MP Lipsic

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Former OLaNO-NOVA MP Daniel Lipsic hasn’t yet received any notification concerning charges that have supposedly been pressed against him in relation to the fatal road accident that he was involved in last year, TASR learnt on Monday. TV Markiza reported earlier in the day that

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