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Most-Hid, SMK and Solidarity to Form Joint Ethnic-Hungarian Party

Most-Hid, SMK and Solidarity to Form Joint Ethnic-Hungarian Party

Bratislava, August 7 (TASR) – Ethnic-Hungarian political parties have agreed on co-operation, will form a joint ethnic-Hungarian political party, Party of Hungarian Community (SMK) chairman Krisztian Forro told media following the talks held by representatives of the SMK, Most-Hid and Osszefogas-Spolupatricnost (Solidarity) extra-parliamentary parties on Friday. “The most important thing is

Caputova: Horrors of Roma Holocaust Can't Be Forgotten

Caputova: Horrors of Roma Holocaust Can't Be Forgotten

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) – The Roma Holocaust and its unimaginable horrors, which left an imprint on the minds of specific people, families and communities, can’t be forgotten, President Zuzana Caputova stated on Sunday on the occasion of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, adding that it’s a responsibility of

Matovic: Our Aim Is to Make Roma Feel as Full-fledged Citizens

Matovic: Our Aim Is to Make Roma Feel as Full-fledged Citizens

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated on Sunday on the occasion of the Roma Holocaust Memorial Day that knowledge about the truth and history are a basic prerequisite for eliminating extremism. “Text books have omitted the fact that members of the Schutzstaffel murdered without mercy Roma

Vetrak: Hearing of Candidates for PG Can Take Place at Earliest in November

Vetrak: Hearing of Candidates for PG Can Take Place at Earliest in November

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – The hearing of candidates for the post of prosecutor-general can’t take place sooner than early November, head of the parliamentary constitutional committee Milan Vetrak (OLaNO) has stated. “Given that the president has vetoed the bill aimed at changing the way in which the prosecutor-general is

Supreme Court Rejects Majsky's Appeal against Nine-year Sentence

Supreme Court Rejects Majsky's Appeal against Nine-year Sentence

Bratislava, July 29 (TASR) – A senate of the Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected businessman Jozef Majsky’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for fraud concerning the bankruptcy of non-banking institutions Horizont Slovakia and BMG Invest, which robbed many Slovaks of their savings early in the millennium. The trial at the

State Secretary Kyselica Resigns

State Secretary Kyselica Resigns

Bratislava, July 28 (TASR) – Interior Ministry State Secretary Lukas Kyselica is stepping down, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) reported on Tuesday on Facebook. According to Matovic, Kyselica informed him and Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) about his decision on Monday after it was revealed by daily Dennik N that Kyselica

Smer: This Is 'Kyselica Gate', He Must Resign

Smer: This Is 'Kyselica Gate', He Must Resign

Bratislava, July 28 (TASR) – The Opposition Smer-SD party on Tuesday called on Interior Ministry State Secretary Lukas Kyselica (OLaNO) to resign from the Government and also waiver his mandate as an MP, claiming that he violated the law by running in the February general election while serving as an agent