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Bratislava, September 29 (TASR) – Former three-time foreign affairs minister and current MEP Eduard Kukan gave up his SDKU-DS membership last week, parlamentnelisty.sk news website reported on Thursday. Kukan, one of the founders of SDKU (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union), said that he didn’t want to make any fuss

Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – There are only three relevant European states that don’t have limited time on MPs’ speeches in their legislative assemblies, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on TA3’s discussion programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. There are only three relevant European

Bratislava, September 24 (TASR) – Slovakia’s system of care provided to children that have problems or come from a problematic environment is rotten, said member of parliamentary human rights and national minorities committee Natalia Blahova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) on RTVS’s political discussion show ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues) on

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – MP Daniel Lipsic (OLaNO-NOVA) while driving his car ran over a 72-year-old pensioner on Vajnorska Street in Bratislava on Monday evening, with the pensioner subsequently dying from his injuries, Novy Cas daily has reported on its internet version. An ambulance took the pensioner to the hospital

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) supports Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) in introducing changes in Parliament, he said on RTVS’s political discussion programme ‘Sobotne dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues). “I absolutely support Danko’s ambition to finally discipline the Opposition in Parliament,” said Fico. He expressed his outrage

There are almost 200 people in Slovakia prepared to provide accommodation to refugees, SME daily writes on page 4 on Friday, adding that hundreds more are ready to help them financially or arrange things at offices. However, the Government does not plan to accept additional refugees, even if they were