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Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Fico: Free Lunches for Pupils to Become Reality as of January 1, 2019

Bratislava, September 4 (TASR) – Free lunches for all pupils of primary schools and last grades of nursery schools should become a reality as of January 1, 2019, Smer-SD leader Robert Fico told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday. This social measure supported by Smer-SD party will apply to about

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Pellegrini: I Don't Insist on Seven-year mandate of new Police President

Bratislava, September 3 (TASR) – The tenure of the new Police Corps president might not last for seven years in the end, said Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Radio Expres’s talk show Brano Zavodsky Nazivo on Monday. The premier was responding to the fact that a draft amendment to

Coalition and Opposition Concur on Need to Get Parliament Closer to People

Coalition and Opposition Concur on Need to Get Parliament Closer to People

Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) – There’s a need to get Parliament closer to people, coalition and Opposition MPs concurred on the occasion of the annual Open House Day at Slovak Parliament marking the Constitution Day (September 1). “To me it’s pleasant to hear the words of encouragement, but I

Pellegrini: People Challenging SNP Belong to Dung Heap of History

Pellegrini: People Challenging SNP Belong to Dung Heap of History

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, speaking at a commemorative event in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday marking the 1944 Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WWII, said that he regrets that many of those who took part in the resistance have to listen to opinions challenging their efforts.

Danko: Slovakia Can't Afford to Lose Historical Memory

Danko: Slovakia Can't Afford to Lose Historical Memory

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Arguably every family in Slovakia has its own stories and experiences from WWII, but it sometimes seems as though indifference to these events is felt in contemporary society, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at an event commemorating the 1944 Slovak National

Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Apparent peace, personal comfort, the unwillingness to face an unpleasant truth and false unity can’t serve as justifications for injustice and high-handedness among those in power against their own people, minorities and individuals, said President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday at the central commemoration marking

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Danko: Neither Employers Nor Unions Called Tourism Vouchers Bad Idea

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Neither representatives of employers at a meeting on Monday (August 27) nor representatives of trade unions at a meeting on Tuesday said that introducing recreational vouchers is a bad measure, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) after discussing recreational vouchers designed to support