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TIS: Despite Progress Slovakia Still Failing to Catch 'Big Fish' for Corruption

TIS: Despite Progress Slovakia Still Failing to Catch 'Big Fish' for Corruption

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – Over the past three years Slovakia has seen only a tiny improvement in terms of successfully prosecuting corruption at the highest levels, according to an analysis carried out by Transparency International Slovakia (TIS), which presented the results on Friday. According to the analysis, which examined developments

Abel: Police Dealing with Eight Cases of Election Corruption

Abel: Police Dealing with Eight Cases of Election Corruption

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA), an elite body of the Slovak police, is carrying out eight sets of criminal proceedings over the suspicion of election corruption, said Police Corps vice-president Lubomir Abel at a press briefing on the sidelines of a meeting of the State Electoral

Drucker on Corruption in Health Care: Let's Refuse to Engage in It

Drucker on Corruption in Health Care: Let's Refuse to Engage in It

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – The Slovak health-care sector isn’t in such a terrible state that people fearing for their health have to give bribes, Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) has told TASR. “It’s a habit that’s been here for decades. I don’t think that

Slovak Police Stop Van Carrying 11 Illegal Migrants Heading to Austria

Slovak Police Stop Van Carrying 11 Illegal Migrants Heading to Austria

Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) – A van carrying eleven illegal migrants from Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, including two minors and one child, was stopped by the Slovak police on the outskirts of Bratislava near the Austrian border on Wednesday. The vehicle with Austrian licence plates was driven by a 38-year old

SaS: Kicking Shot Girl on Ground Can't Be Punished with Suspended Sentence

SaS: Kicking Shot Girl on Ground Can't Be Punished with Suspended Sentence

Bratislava, July 12 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party disapproves of the plea bargain struck between the prosecutor and former members of the Police Corps who shot a girl during a car chase and later were shown kicking her on the ground in a video recording, TASR learnt on

Fake Police Officer Attempts to Collect Fine on R1 Expressway

Fake Police Officer Attempts to Collect Fine on R1 Expressway

Nitra, May 18 (TASR) – A fake police officer attempted to collect a fine for a supposed misdemeanour on the R1 expressway near Nitra on Thursday, TASR learnt from Nitra regional police directorate spokesperson Renata Cuhakova on the same day. Driving a VW Passat with flashing lights behind the front windscreen,

Slovak Police to Tighten Screw on Internet Criminals

Slovak Police to Tighten Screw on Internet Criminals

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) – The Slovak police have allocated more officers to the department combating cyber crime in order to facilitate the monitoring of the internet and actively enter illegal activities to tighten the screw on internet criminals, Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar has announced. Meanwhile, the cyber crime police