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Ex-presidents Believe that Fascists Won't Win Election and Won't Form Gov't

Ex-presidents Believe that Fascists Won't Win Election and Won't Form Gov't

Bratislava, January 17 (TASR) – At their New Year meeting with current President Zuzana Caputova on Friday, the former Slovak presidents said they believe that fascists won’t win the upcoming general election. If LSNS eventually did win, ex-president Rudolf Schuster would task the party leader with forming the government only

Former Prosecutor-general Trnka Released from Police Cell

Former Prosecutor-general Trnka Released from Police Cell

Bratislava, January 17 (TASR) – Former prosecutor-general Dobroslav Trnka, who was arrested and interrogated by the National Crime Agency (NAKA) for over eight hours on Thursday, was released from the cell on Friday on the order of a prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, its spokesperson Jana Tokolyova told TASR

Poll: Smer-SD Still on Top at End of Last Year

Poll: Smer-SD Still on Top at End of Last Year

Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) – If a parliamentary election had been held at the end of last year, it would have been won by Smer-SD on 22.5 percent of the votes, followed by the far-right LSNS on 11.5 percent and For the People on 11 percent, according to a

President Calls on Public to Participate in General Election

President Calls on Public to Participate in General Election

Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova has called on the Slovak public to participate in the upcoming general election, reminding those who live abroad that they too can vote. According to the president, the election will be a big opportunity to decide on Slovakia’s future. “For some of

Premier: Danko's Had Fetish for Me for Halting Military Purchases

Premier: Danko's Had Fetish for Me for Halting Military Purchases

Bratislava, January 5 (TASR) – The contents of a Facebook status posted late on Saturday in which Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (SNS) called on me “not to act like a coward” and to withdraw the Slovak soldiers stationed in Iraq immediately probably had a lot to do with the fact that

Danko: Pellegrini Should Stop Being Coward and Send Aircraft to Iraq

Danko: Pellegrini Should Stop Being Coward and Send Aircraft to Iraq

Bratislava, January 5 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair and Slovak National Party (SNS) head Andrej Danko late on Saturday night called on Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) “not to be a coward” and to send the Slovak government aircraft to Iraq in order to fetch the seven Slovak soldiers deployed there. Danko

President Asks Church Representatives to Adopt Stance on Hate Speech

President Asks Church Representatives to Adopt Stance on Hate Speech

Bratislava, January 3 (TASR) – Seeking and finding a common good has recently been made very difficult by the perilous phenomenon of hate speech, President Zuzana Caputova said while receiving representatives of churches and religious communities in the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Friday. Caputova asked them to pursue a joint,