Parliament Dismisses Simecka from House Vice-chair Post Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka is no longer a House vice-chair, as Parliament dismissed him from the post in a secret ballot on Tuesday.
Premier: Cabinet to Be as Accommodating as Possible in Compensations Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) - The government will be as accommodating as possible to regional and local authorities in terms of financial compensations after the floods and it will respond to the situation with "specific financial decisions", Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said following an extraordinary cabinet meeting
Sastin-Straze: National Pilgrimage Held in Limited Mode Due to Adverse Weather Due to the unfavourable weather, the national pilgrimage to mark the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the patroness of Slovakia, was held in Sastin-Straze in a limited mode this year, with a Holy Mass inside the Sastin Basilica being celebrated by Zilina Diocese Bishop Tomas Galis.
Danko: Smer's Position in Terms of Parliamentary Chair Crucial for SNS Bratislava, September 10 (TASR) - The Slovak National Party (SNS) appreciates the position of the Voice-SD party it announced it will hold during a possible no-confidence vote in Parliamentary Vice-Chair Michal Simecka (Progressive Slovakia/PS), but it expects its coalition partner to be more understanding of the political compromise on
Premier: Anti-fascism Must be Basic Backbone of Educational Programme Anti-fascism and commemoration of Holocaust victims must be the basic backbone of the state educational programme, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who honoured the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and racial violence at the Holocaust Museum in Sered on Monday.
KDH: Opposition Can also Propose House Chair, We're Pleased Miklosko Has Trust Bratislava, September 8 (TASR) - If the ruling coalition can't agree on a parliamentary chair, the opposition can also propose a candidate, the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) told TASR on Sunday in response to a statement by Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chief Branislav Groehling, who would like Miklosko
Premier: It Seems That Either Danko Will Be House Chair or Ziga Will Keep Post (STVR, 'Sobotne dialogy', September 7) The situation with the post of parliamentary chair may get to the point that either Slovak National Party (SNS) head Andrej Danko will become the new House chair or Parliament will continue to be headed by Parliamentary Vice-Chair Peter Ziga (Voice-SD) until the