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Sefcovic Congratulates Caputova on Victory, Sends Her Flowers

Sefcovic Congratulates Caputova on Victory, Sends Her Flowers

Bratislava, March 31 (TASR) – Presidential candidate Maros Sefcovic congratulated his opposite number Zuzana Caputova on her victory in the 2019 presidential election on late Saturday (March 30). After processing more than 95 percent of polling stations results, Caputova maintains a lead on Sefcovic of more than 15 percent. Sefcovic also

Exit Polls: Liberal Caputova Likely to Become Slovakia's First-ever Female President

Exit Polls: Liberal Caputova Likely to Become Slovakia's First-ever Female President

Bratislava, March 30 (TASR) – Liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova was likely to become the first female president of Slovakia in the popular vote on Saturday, according to two exit polls made on behalf of the public-service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) and TV Markiza, respectively. Caputova in the exit poll for

Caputova Votes, Expects Closer Result in Run-off against Sefcovic

Caputova Votes, Expects Closer Result in Run-off against Sefcovic

Pezinok, March 30 (TASR) – In the run-off against Maros Sefcovic on Saturday, Zuzana Caputova, who won the first round of the presidential election in Slovakia on March 16 without securing a majority to become president straight away, cast her ballot in her home town of Pezinok (Bratislava region), stating that

Pellegrini Already Looking Forward to Co-operation with New President

Pellegrini Already Looking Forward to Co-operation with New President

Banska Bystrica, March 30 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) stated on Saturday after he cast his vote in Banska Bystrica that he’s looking forward to co-operating with the new president. “I really wish that us Slovaks will have a good president who will be easy to co-operate with

Kiska: I Believe People Will Make Right Choice

Kiska: I Believe People Will Make Right Choice

Poprad, March 30 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska and his wife cast their vote on Saturday as usual in Poprad. In a debate with journalists he called for people to vote in the election or the new president wouldn’t have a strong mandate. “I believe that people get round to

Sefcovic: Result to Depend on Voter Turnout

Sefcovic: Result to Depend on Voter Turnout

Bratislava, March 30 (TASR) – Presidential candidate Maros Sefcovic stated to the media shortly after he and his family cast their votes in Bratislava that the definitive result of the presidential election will depend on the voter turnout in Saturday’s second round. “The higher the turnout is, the higher will

Opposition Wants to Oust Transport Minister Ersek, Submits Signatures

Opposition Wants to Oust Transport Minister Ersek, Submits Signatures

Bratislava, March 29 (TASR) – Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) will face a no-confidence motion in Parliament, as the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has managed to collect enough signatures to initiate an extraordinary session for this purpose, TASR learnt on Friday. SaS accuses Ersek of stopping the