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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

Czech Police: Slovak Islamist Was Planning Lone Wolf Attack

Czech Police: Slovak Islamist Was Planning Lone Wolf Attack

Prague, September 23 (TASR) – The first Slovak Islamist radical identified for legal purposes only as Dominik K., arrested last year in the Czech Republic, was actually planning a terror attack, Czech police chief Tomas Tuhy told Czech Television on Sunday. The radicalised Slovak, who frequented mosques in Prague and appeared

Witness Recognises Man from Identikit Related to Journalist's Murder

Witness Recognises Man from Identikit Related to Journalist's Murder

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – The man portrayed on an indentikit picture released by the authorities earlier this week as possibly “having information” on the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova in February has possibly been identified, Novy Cas tabloid reported on its website on Saturday.

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Bratislava, September 3 (TASR) – The tenure of the new Police Corps president might not last for seven years in the end, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Radio Expres’s talk show Brano Zavodsky Nazivo on Monday. The premier was responding to the fact that a draft amendment to

Bugar: Governing Coalition Won't Have Joint Presidential Candidate

Bugar: Governing Coalition Won't Have Joint Presidential Candidate

The current governing coalition probably won’t have a joint presidential candidate, stated chairman of junior governing party Most-Hid Bela Bugar on RTVS’s programme ‘O 5 Minut 12’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday, adding that his party will have its own candidate that will be decided on by

Matecna Still Sees No Reason to Leave Post of Agriculture Minister

Matecna Still Sees No Reason to Leave Post of Agriculture Minister

I still see no reason to leave the post of agriculture minister, stated head of the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday, a few days before an extraordinary parliamentary session during which she’

Pellegrini: If Matecna Failed, Evidence Needs to Be Presented

Pellegrini: If Matecna Failed, Evidence Needs to Be Presented

Unfair practices in Slovak agriculture are being squeezed out and many things can’t happen at present which used to happen in the past, with Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) to become a symbol of positive changes at the ministry, Prime Minister