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Governor-elect Lunter Calling on Kotleba to Tell Date of His Office Departure

Governor-elect Lunter Calling on Kotleba to Tell Date of His Office Departure

Banska Bystrica, November 21 (TASR) – Banska Bystrica regional governor-elect Jan Lunter on Tuesday called on outgoing governor Marian Kotleba of far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) to finally determine the place, date and time when he can take over the office, TASR learnt on Tuesday. At the same time,

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

Matecna: Very Difficult to Say When Double Food Standards Will Disappear

The question of how long double standards in food (and goods) quality will exist on the market is difficult to answer, said Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on RTVS’s political discussion programme ‘O pat minut dvanast’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on

Danko: Preliminary Accord on 13th Salary Exempt from Taxes and Levies

Danko: Preliminary Accord on 13th Salary Exempt from Taxes and Levies

We’ve already come to a preliminary agreement on the thirteenth salary that would be enacted by legislation and exempt from taxes and levies, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on TA3’s show ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. “It should amount to the level of

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

I won’t try to persuade MPs from my Smer-SD party to vote for my favourite, incumbent public service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) director Vaclav Mika, in Tuesday’s (June 20) second round of the election for the top RTVS post, said Culture Minister Marek Madaric on RTVS’s

Danko: Thirteenth Salary Shouldn't Be Mandatory for All

Danko: Thirteenth Salary Shouldn't Be Mandatory for All

Bratislava, June 7 (TASR) – The thirteen and fourteenth salaries that the governing coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) wants to introduce in legislation shouldn’t be mandatory for all, said SNS leader and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko on Radio Expres’s ‘Brano Zavodsky Nazivo’ talk show on Wednesday. SNS intends to

Ersek: Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice Might Be Completed by 2025

Ersek: Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice Might Be Completed by 2025

Motorway from Bratislava to Kosice might be completed by 2025, or by 2026, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said on RTVS’s politics programme ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues). Opposition MP Eduard Heger (OLaNO-NOVA), who also appeared on the show, reminded Ersek of the fact although the 2020 deadline

Drucker: Health Sector Not Black Hole, But Changes Will Take Time

Drucker: Health Sector Not Black Hole, But Changes Will Take Time

Slovakia doesn’t have a bad health sector; it’s neither catastrophic, nor a black hole, said Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. Drucker realises that the public wants to see changes in the health sector immediately. This is