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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

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