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Caputova: We Need Stefanik's Will to Sacrifice Also Today

Caputova: We Need Stefanik's Will to Sacrifice Also Today

Bratislava/Kosariska, July 21 (TASR) – The times when someone could have taken Stefanik from the Slovaks have passed; it’s all the more important that we don’t renounce him by ourselves but live and act in the spirit of his legacy, President Zuzana Caputova stated in her speech during

Poll: OLaNO Top, Pellegrini's Voice Second, Smer-SD Third

Poll: OLaNO Top, Pellegrini's Voice Second, Smer-SD Third

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – The main governing-coalition party OLaNO would have won a general election if it had taken place in July on 23.5 percent of the votes, ahead of former prime minister Peter Pellegrini’s nascent Voice-Social Democracy (16.7 percent) and his former party Smer-SD (10.7

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Former three-times prime minister Robert Fico was re-elected Smer-SD chairman at the party’s congress in Bratislava on Saturday. Delegates at the congress also elected the following vice-chairs: Juraj Blanar, Ladislav Kamenicky, Richard Takac, Lubos Blaha and Erik Kalinak. Meanwhile, Marian Salon was elected the party’

Pellegrini Calls on Matovic to Resign, Ready to Initiate Ouster Attempt

Pellegrini Calls on Matovic to Resign, Ready to Initiate Ouster Attempt

Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) – Parliamentary Vice-chair Peter Pellegrini (Independent) at a news conference on Friday called on Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) to keep his promise and resign from his post over his diploma thesis scandal. According to Pellegrini, a thief and a liar cannot be allowed to hold the

PM Admits to Plagiarism, But Will Resign Only after Keeping Promises

PM Admits to Plagiarism, But Will Resign Only after Keeping Promises

Bratislava, July 16 (TASR) – I apologise to all honest students who didn’t cheat during their studies, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) wrote on a social network on Thursday in response to media coverage about his master’s thesis, confessing that he himself engaged in deception during his studies and

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – The state won’t buy the recently built National Football Stadium in Bratislava from businessman Ivan Kmotrik, Deputy Prime Minister for Legislation Stefan Holy (We Are Family) announced after a Government meeting on Wednesday. Holy said that contracts from 2013 and 2016 that would have paved

Mission and Tasks of Government Pandemic Commission Greenlighted

Mission and Tasks of Government Pandemic Commission Greenlighted

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – At its regular session on Wednesday the Government approved a document drawn up on the initiative of the Health Ministry, stipulating the mission, tasks, rules for activities and organisational structure of the Government Pandemic Commission. According to the ministry’s document, the commission is an inter-departmental