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Poll: Smer-SD Would Have Won General Election in July on 25.2 percent

Poll: Smer-SD Would Have Won General Election in July on 25.2 percent

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) - Had a general election taken place at the turn of June and July, it would have been won by Smer-SD on 25.2 percent, a recent poll carried out by Ipsos agency on behalf of the Dennik N daily has shown. Smer-SD would have been

Parliament Passes Lex Assassination Attempt

Parliament Passes Lex Assassination Attempt

MPs on Thursday passed the so-called Lex Assassination Attempt, which comprises a package of measures to improve the security situation in Slovakia.

President Also Wants to Have Office in Banska Bystrica after Summer Holidays

President Also Wants to Have Office in Banska Bystrica after Summer Holidays

Banska Bystrica, June 19 (TASR) - I've issued instructions that the President's Office should begin on Wednesday to take all necessary steps to restore the activities of the president's regional office in the premises of the State Science Library in Banska Bystrica, President Peter

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

Peter Pellegrini Takes Oath, Assumes Post of Slovak President

Peter Pellegrini Takes Oath, Assumes Post of Slovak President

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) - Peter Pellegrini swore an oath before Constitutional Court chair Ivan Fiacan during a ceremonial parliamentary session held in the Slovak Philharmonic on Saturday, thereby officially assuming the presidential office. "I promise upon my honour and conscience that I will be faithful to the Slovak

Coalition Wants to Use Summer to Agree on House Chair

Coalition Wants to Use Summer to Agree on House Chair

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - Representatives of the coalition agreed at the coalition council meeting on Monday on the course of the upcoming parliamentary session, the meetings of the cabinet and the content of the legislation, the so-called "Lex Assassination Attempt", head of the Voice-SD party Matus Sutaj

RTVS Employees Go on Three-hour Warning Strike

RTVS Employees Go on Three-hour Warning Strike

Some employees and partners of public-service broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) went on a three-hour strike at noon on Monday.