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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

Kolikova: Veronika Remisova Ready to Take over For the People

Kolikova: Veronika Remisova Ready to Take over For the People

Bratislava, June 12 (TASR) – Justice Minister Maria Kolikova (For the People) has stated for TASR that she views her party colleague Veronika Remisova as someone who is ready and has what it takes to take charge of the For the People party. “I’ve noticed how much work, hard work,

Fico Feels Sorry Pellegrini Didn't Accept His Offer to Become Smer Chair

Fico Feels Sorry Pellegrini Didn't Accept His Offer to Become Smer Chair

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) – I feel sorry that Peter Pellegrini did not accept the offer to become chairman of the Smer-SD party, current Smer-SD leader Robert Fico wrote on a social network on Wednesday afternoon. Fico keeps his fingers crossed for Pellegrini on his further political journey. “I’m sincerely