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Disciplinary Proceedings against Harabin Interrupted by Falling Light

Disciplinary Proceedings against Harabin Interrupted by Falling Light

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – Disciplinary proceedings against Supreme Court judge Stefan Harabin had to be postponed at the very beginning because the glass part of a ceiling light fell directly on the seats that were supposed to be occupied by Harabin and his lawyer in the court room, TASR learnt

Illegal Construction Booms in Roma Settlement; Mayor Beat Up

Illegal Construction Booms in Roma Settlement; Mayor Beat Up

Plavecky Stvrtok, April 19 (TASR) – An illegal construction boom has appeared in a Roma settlement near the village of Plavecky Stvrtok (Bratislava region) with the arrival of spring and neither the police or the construction authority have been able to halt it so far, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Illegal builders

Kalinak: Intel on Abdeslam's Stay in Slovakia Isn't Entirely Precise

Kalinak: Intel on Abdeslam's Stay in Slovakia Isn't Entirely Precise

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Information stating that Salah Abdeslam, who is accused of playing a major role in the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris in November 2015, has a relative in Slovakia isn’t entirely precise, said Interior Minister Robert Kalinak after the Cabinet session on Wednesday. “I’

Terrorist Abdeslam Supposedly Stayed in Slovakia in Summer of 2015

Terrorist Abdeslam Supposedly Stayed in Slovakia in Summer of 2015

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Salah Abdeslam, one of the masterminds behind the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris in November 2015, is thought to have visited Slovakia for three weeks in the summer of last year, aktuality.sk website reports on Tuesday, referring to two independent sources from the

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

Poprad, March 31 (TASR) – The bomb alert on a RegioJet express train heading from Prague to Kosice at the Poprad railway station on Thursday turned out to be a hoax, Presov Fire and Rescue Corps operation centre told TASR on Thursday. “The hold-up and subsequent lengthy scanning of the train

Hungarian Court Sentences 'Rat' to Life Imprisonment

Hungarian Court Sentences 'Rat' to Life Imprisonment

Budapest, March 31 (TASR – correspondent) – Slovak national Jozef R., nicknamed Potkan (Rat), received a life sentence from a Hungarian Court on Thursday for a bomb attack carried out in Budapest in 1988 and two murders committed in the same city in 1998, TASR learnt on the same day. According to

Court Gives Life Sentence to "the Bucket" and Fellow Partners-in-Crime

Court Gives Life Sentence to "the Bucket" and Fellow Partners-in-Crime

Banska Bystrica, March 30 (TASR) – The kingpin of the Bratislava ‘Sykorovci’ gang Robert Lalis nicknamed Kybel (Bucket) received a life sentence from the Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Life sentence was given also to Jozef Rohac nicknamed Potkan (Rat), who is currently held in custody in Hungary,