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Premier Calls for Shaping of Historical Memory of SNP with View to Youth

Premier Calls for Shaping of Historical Memory of SNP with View to Youth

Bratislava, August 23 (TASR) – Speaking at an event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Bratislava on Friday, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) called on political representatives and figures of cultural and social life in Slovakia to help in an active manner to shape a

Fico: Coalition Will Continue Even When Coalition Agreement Expires

Fico: Coalition Will Continue Even When Coalition Agreement Expires

Bratislava, August 22 (TASR) – The governing coalition will continue even when the coalition agreement expires, stressed Smer-SD Chairman Robert Fico at a press conference on Thursday, adding that cooperation in the coalition must continue partly for practical reasons, as there’s a need to approve the state budget for next

Pellegrini: Kalavska Should Seek Political Concensus for Hospital Reform

Pellegrini: Kalavska Should Seek Political Concensus for Hospital Reform

Bratislava, August 21 (TASR) – The Government hasn’t yet approved the so-called hospital stratification health-care reform, but the topic hasn’t been closed yet, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) told a press conference after the Government session on Wednesday. Pellegrini stated that Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) should

Pellegrini: I'm Not Going to Resign, I'm Staying in Smer-SD

Pellegrini: I'm Not Going to Resign, I'm Staying in Smer-SD

Bratislava, August 21 (TASR) – I’m not going to resign, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday, rejecting information in the media about his readiness to leave the Smer-SD party. The premier stressed that he’ll continue to make efforts for Smer-SD to succeed in

Poll: Smer-SD Top, Followed by Progressive Slovakia-Together and LSNS

Poll: Smer-SD Top, Followed by Progressive Slovakia-Together and LSNS

Bratislava, August 20 (TASR) – If a parliamentary election had been held in mid-August, Smer-SD would have come out on top with 20.8 percent of the votes, followed by the Progressive Slovakia-Together coalition on 14.9 percent and the far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia on 11.4 percent, according

KDH Raises Captain's Epaulette on Flagpole Visible from Danko's Office

KDH Raises Captain's Epaulette on Flagpole Visible from Danko's Office

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) on Monday raised a flag with a depiction of an epaulette for the rank of captain on a flagpole at Pecniansky Forest in Bratislava in reaction to Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko’s (SNS) drive to erect a flagpole in front

PS, Together, KDH and For the People Want to Replace 'Kocner's Generation'

PS, Together, KDH and For the People Want to Replace 'Kocner's Generation'

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – Progressive Slovakia (PS), Together, the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and the emerging For the People party on Friday signed a joint declaration in which they committed themselves to doing their utmost to cut ties between the police, prosecutors, the judiciary and people connected to criminal networks.