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Five Ex-MPs Who Occupied Podium with Cake to Lose Half of April Salaries

Five Ex-MPs Who Occupied Podium with Cake to Lose Half of April Salaries

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – Former MPs Martin Poliacik, Jozef Mihal, Simona Petrik, Viera Dubacova and Alan Suchanek, who occupied the podium in Parliament day and night before and after being instructed to leave the chamber by then parliamentary chairman Andrej Danko in February, will be stripped of half of their

Interior Ministry's Anna Bilecova Offering to Take Lie Detector Test

Interior Ministry's Anna Bilecova Offering to Take Lie Detector Test

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – Interior Ministry’s chief of staff Anna Bilecova proposed to ministry’s state secretary Lukas Kyselica that she can take a lie detector test in the face of allegations suggesting her involvement in a tax fraud scheme, TASR learnt from ministry spokesperson Barbara Turosova on Wednesday.

Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – If the new government, now in office for a month, doesn’t succeed with anything else than changing the way of how prosecutor-general is elected, it will have nevertheless accomplished its fundamental mission, said Parliamentary Vice-chairman Juraj Seliga (For the People) during a debate in the

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The government-imposed special shopping hours for the elderly, now shortened by an hour to 9-11 a.m. on work days, mean that people aged 65 and more are forbidden to shop at any other time, said Slovakia’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas after a meeting of

Caputova: Our Lives to Be More Similar to Those before Crisis as of Wednesday

Caputova: Our Lives to Be More Similar to Those before Crisis as of Wednesday

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova welcomes the fact that following several weeks of strict safety measures related to the coronavirus outbreak, Slovakia already knows the outlines of their gradual easing. The head of the country posted this on a social network in reaction to the phases of loosening

Fico: Government Manifesto Matovic's Science Fiction

Fico: Government Manifesto Matovic's Science Fiction

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – The Government Manifesto is unfeasible, head of the opposition Smer-SD party Robert Fico stated on Monday, noting that there isn’t enough money in the state budget to cover the promises contained in the document. At the same time, Fico is of the opinion that the

Poll Shows Caputova and Matovic Most Credible Politicians

Poll Shows Caputova and Matovic Most Credible Politicians

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova is viewed as the most trustworthy politician in Slovakia, according to the results of an AKO agency poll showing that she has the trust of 83.6 percent of the respondents. Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) finished behind Caputova on 64.7 percent.