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Fico Offered Presidential Candidacy to Sefcovic, He Will Consider It

Fico Offered Presidential Candidacy to Sefcovic, He Will Consider It

Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) – Chairman of the senior governing Smer-SD party Robert Fico has offered Vice-president of the European Commission Maros Sefcovic the possibility to run for president, with Sefcovic not refusing the offer but wanting to take a few days to decide, Dennik N daily reported on Tuesday. Sefcovic

Babis: Dispute over StB Won't End, It Will Continue in Slovakia

Babis: Dispute over StB Won't End, It Will Continue in Slovakia

Prague/Bratislava, December 11 (TASR) – My dispute over whether I’ll remain on the register of agents of the former secret police (StB) during Communism won’t end and will continue in Slovakia, said Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis on Tuesday in response to the fact that his complaint related

Lajcak: If They Don't Recommend Me to Travel to Marrakech, I Will Resign

Lajcak: If They Don't Recommend Me to Travel to Marrakech, I Will Resign

Bratislava, November 23 (TASR) – Speaking on Radio Express’s talk show Brano Zavodsky Nazivo on Friday, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) said that if Parliament doesn’t recommend him to travel to the Marrakech conference on migration in December, he will resign. Lajcak has got

Ziga: Richter's Proposal on Abolishing Daylight Saving Time Not Final

Ziga: Richter's Proposal on Abolishing Daylight Saving Time Not Final

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – There will still be a debate on whether or not to switch to daylight saving time in Slovakia, with Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter’s (Smer-SD) proposal on keeping the Central European Time throughout the year not to be considered as a

Kazimir: Retirement Age Caps Against Sustainability of Public Finance

Kazimir: Retirement Age Caps Against Sustainability of Public Finance

The introduction of constitutional retirement age caps is against the sustainability of public finances, stated Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) on RTVS’s radio discussion programme ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues). The proposal to introduce the retirement age at 64 years is in Parliament in its second reading, with MPs to

Persons Charged with Kuciak's Murder Reportedly Planned to Kill Sufliarsky

Persons Charged with Kuciak's Murder Reportedly Planned to Kill Sufliarsky

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – At least two of the persons charged with murdering journalist Jan Kuciak, for legal reasons identified only as Alena Zs. and Tomas Sz., were allegedly also hired to kill Deputy Prosecutor-General Peter Sufliarsky, aktuality.sk website reported on Thursday. “Criminal prosecution for murder at the preparatory

National Anti-corruption Unit Detains Candidate for Nitra Mayor Stefek

National Anti-corruption Unit Detains Candidate for Nitra Mayor Stefek

Bratislava, September 24 (TASR) – The National Anti-corruption Unit detained the candidate for city mayor Stefan Stefek, in Nitra on Monday morning Dennik N daily reported citing a police source as well as his defence lawyer. Stefek is accused of indirect corruption when he worked for the regional water utility Zapadoslovenska