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Cabinet: Police Chief Should Be Selected under More Stringent Rules

Cabinet: Police Chief Should Be Selected under More Stringent Rules

Bratislava, September 26 (TASR) – The police chief is set to be chosen under new and more stringent rules, with the Cabinet approving a draft law on the Police Corps to this effect at its session on Wednesday. The original proposal mentioned a seven-year tenure for the Police Corps president, whereas

Lucansky: Police Checking Several People Concerning Kuciak's Murder

Lucansky: Police Checking Several People Concerning Kuciak's Murder

Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – The police are checking up on several people that have been identified by from the identikit picture released by the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SUP) last week, TASR has learnt from Slovak Police Corps President Milan Lucansky. According to the prosecutor, the unknown man from the

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

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

Police Caught Human Traffickers Flying on Rogallo, Arrest Turns Violent

Police Caught Human Traffickers Flying on Rogallo, Arrest Turns Violent

Hran, August 24 (TASR) – Human traffickers have no qualms about trying various unorthodox ways to illegally smuggle foreigners from Ukraine to Slovakia, with one of the more original ones being the “aerial route” on a Rogallo wing, TASR learnt on Friday. Police discovered an unauthorised crossing of the external Schengen

Police: Mistrust in Police Partly Influenced by Kuciak's Murder

Police: Mistrust in Police Partly Influenced by Kuciak's Murder

Bratislava, July 10 (TASR) – The level of mistrust in the Slovak police has been influenced by emotions that flooded society following the murders of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova, the Police Corps Presidium has told TASR in response to the results of a recently published Eurobarometer