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Gal Believes in Objective Investigation into Vietnamese National's Abduction

Gal Believes in Objective Investigation into Vietnamese National's Abduction

Bratislava, August 8 (TASR) – Following his meeting with President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday, Justice Minister Gabor Gal (Most-Hid) said he believes in an objective investigation into the circumstances surrounding the kidnapping of former Vietnamese state manager Trinh Xuan Thanh. Gal views the question of whether Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD)

Kalinak Takes Lie-detector Test over Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Kalinak Takes Lie-detector Test over Case of Kidnapped Vietnamese

Bratislava, August 7 (TASR) – Vice-chairman of the senior coalition Smer-SD party and former interior minister Robert Kalinak has undergone a lie-detector test over the case of the kidnapping of a Vietnamese citizen from Germany to his country of origin via Slovakia, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Speaking at a briefing, Kalinak

AKO Poll: One in Three Slovaks View Themselves as Liberals

AKO Poll: One in Three Slovaks View Themselves as Liberals

Bratislava, August 7 (TASR) – More than one in three Slovaks view themselves as liberals, according to the latest poll carried out by AKO agency, in which 34.6 percent of the respondents expressed an inclination towards this political orientation. Almost one in four Slovaks view themselves as rather conservative, meanwhile,

Opposition Demands Cabinet's Resignation and Kalinak's Prosecution

Opposition Demands Cabinet's Resignation and Kalinak's Prosecution

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) – The most popular Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and Ordinary People (OLaNO) demand the prosecution of MP and ex-interior minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and the chief of protocol Radovan Culak in custody and the resignation of the entire Government of Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) in response

Ravasz: Roma Holocaust Mustn't Slip into Oblivion

Ravasz: Roma Holocaust Mustn't Slip into Oblivion

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – Although the Roma Holocaust is rarely discussed, it doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be commemorated, said Government Proxy for Roma Communities Abel Ravasz on Wednesday in anticipation of Roma Holocaust Memorial Day (August 2). “We need to commemorate all the victims of Nazi extermination

Kosice: Self-help Housing Project Available to Roma at Lunik IX

Kosice: Self-help Housing Project Available to Roma at Lunik IX

Kosice, July 31 (TASR) – Slovakia’s largest and often troubled Roma borough of Kosice Lunik IX is soon to see major construction changes, as selected Roma families from this neighbourhood will be constructing their own new houses with the help of non-profit organisation ETP Slovakia-Centre for Sustainable Development, TASR learnt

Danko: I'll Initiate Measures Aimed at Dissolving Far-Right LSNS Party

Danko: I'll Initiate Measures Aimed at Dissolving Far-Right LSNS Party

Bratislava, July 30 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman and leader of the co-governing Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko told a news conference on Monday that he’ll initiate anti-fascist measures targeted at dissolving the parliamentary People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS), asking media to help him with the task. The measures