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Ersek: Transport Ministry Most Efficient in EU Funds Drawing

Ersek: Transport Ministry Most Efficient in EU Funds Drawing

Sahy, October 11 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry has launched tenders for the construction of more than 200 kilometres of highways and expressways over the last two years, stated Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) at a press conference in Sahy (Nitra region) on Thursday, evaluating his two

Parliamentary Chairman Danko Rules Out His Presidential Candidacy

Parliamentary Chairman Danko Rules Out His Presidential Candidacy

Antalya/Bratislava, October 9 (TASR correspondent) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS), who is currently participating in the third summit of parliamentary speakers from Eurasian countries in Antalya (Turkey), ruled out his candidacy in next year’s presidential election at a press conference he gave to Slovak journalists

Poll: Kiska, Pellegrini and Danko Viewed as Most Trustworthy Politicians

Poll: Kiska, Pellegrini and Danko Viewed as Most Trustworthy Politicians

A poll conducted by Focus agency in September has shown that people in Slovakia place the highest level of trust in President Andrej Kiska (41.3 percent), followed by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (39.7 percent) and Parliamentary Chairman and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko (29.3 percent)

Prime Minister: We Won't Tolerate Any Mafia in This State

Prime Minister: We Won't Tolerate Any Mafia in This State

Lekarovce, October 4 (TASR) – We won’t tolerate any kind of Mafia in this state – neither land Mafia nor agromafia, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini stated at an away-from-home Government session held in Lekarovce (Kosice region) on Thursday. Pellegrini replied this way to a question raised by one of the farmers,

Pellegrini: Neither I nor Smer-SD Have Information from Investigation File

Pellegrini: Neither I nor Smer-SD Have Information from Investigation File

Ploske, October 3 (TASR) – The chairman of the Smer-SD party, its other officials and the prime minister have no specific information from the investigation file related to the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said after Wednesday’s away-from-home Cabinet session

Fico: Kuciak Murder Investigation Has Ruled Out Italian Mafia Theory

Fico: Kuciak Murder Investigation Has Ruled Out Italian Mafia Theory

Bratislava, October 2 (TASR) – The results of the investigation into the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova have dispelled the claim that the Italian Mafia, with connections to the Slovak Government Office, was behind the crime, claimed Smer-SD chair Robert Fico on Tuesday. Fico tendered his

SNS Worried by Campaign for Syrian Orphans

SNS Worried by Campaign for Syrian Orphans

Bratislava, October 2 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) finds as incomprehensible the fact that the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry chose to engage in “dubious, unsystemic and inappropriate” discussion on how many children Slovakia could “steal” from Syria under the veneer of humanitarian aid, instead of informing public about