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Transport Ministry: We're Exerting Great Efforts to Have Roads Repaired

Transport Ministry: We're Exerting Great Efforts to Have Roads Repaired

Bratislava, July 10 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry is aware of the importance of first-class roads and is exerting above-average efforts to have them repaired, with European funds alone used to either modernise or complete repairs on more than 900 kilometres of first-class roads and almost 100 bridges in

Pellegrini: Positives Lacking in Archbishop's Sermon at Pilgrimage

Pellegrini: Positives Lacking in Archbishop's Sermon at Pilgrimage

Nitra, July 5 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), who attended the National Pilgrimage of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Nitra on Thursday, a national holiday in Slovakia, told journalists that Greek Catholic Archbishop of Presov Jan Babjak’s key sermon lacked “positives to encourage the nation and infuse a

Archbishop at National Pilgrimage: Slovakia Needs Leaders Pursuing Truth

Archbishop at National Pilgrimage: Slovakia Needs Leaders Pursuing Truth

Nitra, July 5 (TASR) – The Slovak public doesn’t want to hear any more fairy tales but the truth after the February murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, said Greek Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Presov Jan Babjak in a sermon at the National Pilgrimage of Saints Cyril and Methodius in

Mayor Stevcik Orders Fence around US Embassy to Be Removed

Mayor Stevcik Orders Fence around US Embassy to Be Removed

Bratislava, July 3 (TASR) – The fence around the US Embassy on Hviezdoslav Square in Bratislava will have to be removed, said Bratislava Old Town mayor Radoslav Stevcik, who issued an order to that effect on Tuesday. The US Embassy has declared that it doesn’t intend to comply, however. “Today,

Fico: 'For a Decent Slovakia' Shows True Colours, in Cahoots with Soros

Fico: 'For a Decent Slovakia' Shows True Colours, in Cahoots with Soros

Bratislava, July 3 (TASR) – By supporting selected candidates, the ‘For a Decent Slovakia’ initiative has joined the campaign for the upcoming local elections and shown its true colours in an outrageous manner, claimed Smer-SD chair Robert Fico at a press conference on Tuesday. Fico dubbed representatives of the initiative ‘children

For a Decent Slovakia Calls on Honest People to Run in Local Elections

For a Decent Slovakia Calls on Honest People to Run in Local Elections

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) – The For a Decent Slovakia initiative, which organised mass protests following the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova, has voiced its support in the autumn local elections for candidate for Bratislava mayor Matus Vallo, candidate for Nitra mayor Marek Hattas and candidate

OLaNO Wants to Revisit Presidential Election Spending Caps with Pellegrini

OLaNO Wants to Revisit Presidential Election Spending Caps with Pellegrini

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) party plans to discuss changing campaign financial caps for the 2019 presidential race with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), TASR learnt on Friday. According to OLaNO, the current limits don’t afford equal opportunities to all candidates, but instead work in favour