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Premier: Coalition Council Should Debate Kollar's Proposal to Amend Constitution

Premier: Coalition Council Should Debate Kollar's Proposal to Amend Constitution

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – The Coalition Council should discuss the proposal of Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar (We Are Family) to amend the legislation that would allow a referendum on an early election, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated on Thursday. Meanwhile, MP Ondrej Dostal (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) says that

Kollar Wants to Deal with Referendum-related Legislative Change in July

Kollar Wants to Deal with Referendum-related Legislative Change in July

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar (We Are Family) has posted on a social network that he wants to include in the special July House session a procedural proposal to change legislation in order to enable a referendum on a snap election to be announced. Kollar claims this

Remisova: Classified IT Project to Be Examined by Police

Remisova: Classified IT Project to Be Examined by Police

Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – One of the classified IT projects will be examined by the police; as the results of an inspection point to suspicions of criminal offences, said Vice-premier and Informatisation Minister Veronika Remisova (For the People) on Tuesday. “Following our initiative, the Supreme Audit Office (NKU) inspected a

Slovakia Sells back to Russia 160,000 Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Slovakia Sells back to Russia 160,000 Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) – Russia has purchased 160,000 doses of the unused Sputnik V vaccine from the Health Ministry, ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Eliasova told TASR on Friday, adding that the Russian side bought them for an identical price at which Slovakia bought them – $9.95 per dose. “In line

Parliament Approves Vaccination Lottery

Parliament Approves Vaccination Lottery

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) – Parliament on Friday approved two Finance Ministry-sponsored bills that will introduce financial aid for travel agencies to help them with reimbursing advance payments to clients who couldn’t go on paid trips due to the pandemic and related measures and financial compensation for people who already

Lengvarsky Supports Vaccination Lottery, Finds Any Motivation Good

Lengvarsky Supports Vaccination Lottery, Finds Any Motivation Good

Dolny Kubin, July 1 (TASR) – Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) told a news conference in Dolny Kubin (Zilina region) on Thursday that he supports the so-called vaccination lottery, as he views any motivation as good. “It doesn’t matter whether people are motivated by the possibility to travel,

Finance Minister Igor Matovic Survives House No-confidence Motion

Finance Minister Igor Matovic Survives House No-confidence Motion

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) survived the no-confidence motion in Parliament on Wednesday, as 51 out of 135 lawmakers voted for his ouster. A total of 67 MPs voted against the motion and 17 chose to abstain. The no-confidence motion was initiated by independent MPs centered