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Petra Kristufkova Resigns as Gov't Proxy for Family

Petra Kristufkova Resigns as Gov't Proxy for Family

Bratislava, June 21 (TASR) – MP Petra Kristufkova (We Are Family) is stepping down from her post of Government Proxy for Family. “It’s not worth it to serve as a lightning rod through whom attacks are made against the Government, the minister, our party and, last but not least, my

Matovic: Slovaks Free to Travel to Poland, Monaco and Montenegro

Matovic: Slovaks Free to Travel to Poland, Monaco and Montenegro

Bratislava, June 19 (TASR) – Slovaks will be able to travel freely to Poland as of 6 a.m. on Saturday (June 20), Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced on Friday following his meeting with a consilium of epidemiologists on Thursday (June 18). Nevertheless, the prime minister warned people against travelling

Fico: Substantial Change in Smer Leadership to Be Decided Next Week

Fico: Substantial Change in Smer Leadership to Be Decided Next Week

Bratislava, June 19 (TASR) – Smer-SD party head Robert Fico stated at a briefing held on Friday that the responsible Smer bodies will hold a session next week in order to decide on the party’s future, adding that there will be personnel changes and that he’s selected prospective candidates

Smer: Ex-members Who Jumped Ship to Pellegrini Should Give Up MP Seats

Smer: Ex-members Who Jumped Ship to Pellegrini Should Give Up MP Seats

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – Lawmakers who announced their departure from Smer-SD party to join the new project of Peter Pellegrini on Wednesday should consider returning their MP’s mandates to Smer-SD, party spokesman Jan Mazgut stated on the same day. “We call on the lawmakers who presented themselves today as

Fico: Time Will Show Who Is Sincere about Social Democratic Values

Fico: Time Will Show Who Is Sincere about Social Democratic Values

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – I regret that the outgoing members of Smer-SD are talking about a strong social democracy, because it is they who are shattering and weakening it, Smer-SD Chairman Robert Fico wrote on a social network in connection with the announced departure of ten more Smer-SD members, adding

Pellegrini Takes Ten Smer-SD MPs with Him on Way out of Party

Pellegrini Takes Ten Smer-SD MPs with Him on Way out of Party

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – A total of ten Smer-SD MPs are set to leave the opposition Smer-SD party along with former premier Peter Pellegrini, including party vice-chairs Richard Rasi and Peter Ziga, member of the party presidium Denisa Sakova and MPs Lubica Lassakova, Jan Ferencak, Matus Sutaj Estok, Peter Kmec,

Matovic: If State Administration Was All Wiretapped, It's Disaster

Matovic: If State Administration Was All Wiretapped, It's Disaster

If it’s confirmed that telephones throughout Slovakia’s state administration were wiretapped, that’s a disaster, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) on TV Markiza’s show ‘Na telo’ (Tough Questions) on Sunday in response to this week’s police raid at the National Agency for Network and Electronic