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Kiska Won't Run in Presidential Election, But Not Leaving Politics

Kiska Won't Run in Presidential Election, But Not Leaving Politics

Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska announced at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday afternoon that he will not run in next year’s presidential election, but he isn’t planning to pull out of political life completely, either. He said that his decision was influenced by several factors.

Fico: Kiska Should Publish KTAG 2013-14 Financial Report Due to Suspicions

Fico: Kiska Should Publish KTAG 2013-14 Financial Report Due to Suspicions

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) – The public needs to know whether the 2014 presidential race was waged in a fair manner or if someone enjoyed an enormous advantage, said Smer-SD chair Robert Fico at a press conference on Monday, calling on President Andrej Kiska to give consent to publishing the 2013-14

Sulik Rules Out Post-election Cooperation with SNS Led by Andrej Danko

Sulik Rules Out Post-election Cooperation with SNS Led by Andrej Danko

Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is extending the list of parties it is not willing to cooperate with after the general elections, said SaS leader Richard Sulik on TV Markiza’s politics discussion programme ‘Dvadsatpatka’ (Twenty-five) on Sunday. Following the governing Smer-SD and far-right LSNS, SaS has ruled out

SNS Calls on Most-Hid to Replace Defence Ministry State Secretary Ondrejcsak

SNS Calls on Most-Hid to Replace Defence Ministry State Secretary Ondrejcsak

Bratislava, May 12 (TASR) – The governing Slovak National Party (SNS) is calling on Defence Ministry’s State Secretary Robert Ondrejcsak (Most-Hid) to disclose all his incomes, including indirect ones for lectures and publishing activities from arms lobbyists, said SNS vice-chair and parliamentary defence and security committee head Anton Hrnko on

Matecna Likely to Face No-confidence Motion over Farmers' Subsidies

Matecna Likely to Face No-confidence Motion over Farmers' Subsidies

Bratislava, May 11 (TASR) – Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) is likely to face a no-confidence motion in Parliament over her failures concerning agriculture subsidies, with the Opposition starting to collect signatures to this effect, stated the leaders of Opposition parties Freedom and

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

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

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – A poll conducted by Focus agency in April has shown that people in Slovakia have the most trust in President Andrej Kiska (46.2 percent), Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (34.7 percent) and Parliamentary Chairman and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko (31.2 percent)

Kristufkova Ousted from Committee for Supervising Military Intelligence

Kristufkova Ousted from Committee for Supervising Military Intelligence

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) – Parliament with 73 votes (from the 137 MPs present) has recalled Opposition MP Petra Kristufkova (We Are Family) from the parliamentary committee for supervising Military Intelligence, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The MPs did so in line with a proposal of Slovak National Party (SNS) vice-chairman Anton