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Denisa Sakova Becomes New Interior Minister

Denisa Sakova Becomes New Interior Minister

Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) – Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) has become the new interior minister, with President Andrej Kiska appointing her in the post on Thursday. Sakova served as Interior Ministry state secretary before taking over the ministerial post. The new minister was nominated for the post by the governing Smer-SD party,

Kiska Not Happy with Sakova's Bid; Must Still Appoint Her

Kiska Not Happy with Sakova's Bid; Must Still Appoint Her

Bratislava, April 24 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska is not satisfied with the nomination of Denisa Sakova for the post of interior minister, but he has to appoint her, TASR learnt from a video posted by the president on Facebook on Tuesday. “I told it to the prime minister, and I’

Denisa Sakova Will Be New Interior Minister

Denisa Sakova Will Be New Interior Minister

Bratislava, April 24 (TASR) – Incumbent Interior Ministry State Secretary Denisa Sakova (a Smer-SD nominee) will be the new interior minister. President Andrej Kiska will receive her on Tuesday afternoon, Kiska’s spokesman Roman Krpelan confirmed for TASR on the same day. “Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini on Tuesday personally informed President

Premier Wants at Interior Ministry Person Already Able to Manage It

Premier Wants at Interior Ministry Person Already Able to Manage It

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) still hasn’t said whom he will propose for the post of interior minister, TASR learnt on Monday. But the premier prefers a person who will be able to manage the ministry from the first day and won’t need time

Chmelar Starts to Collect Signatures to Support His Presidential Candidacy

Chmelar Starts to Collect Signatures to Support His Presidential Candidacy

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – Political analyst and educator Eduard Chmelar wants to run for the post of Slovak president, TASR learnt from his post on Facebook. Chmelar is starting to collect signatures and needs at least 15,000 of them. He’ll officially announce his candidacy when he obtains the

Premier: Situation Stabilised, Let's Get to Work

Premier: Situation Stabilised, Let's Get to Work

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Each minister of Peter Pellegrini’s Government (Smer-SD) has been tasked with drawing up two lists of priorities that he or she will deal with, TASR learnt on Friday. Pellegrini after the Cabinet session on Friday added that the first list should contain tasks that will

Danko and Pellegrini Agree on Workings of Coalition, Deny Tension

Danko and Pellegrini Agree on Workings of Coalition, Deny Tension

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – If anyone expected that there would be quarrels in the coalition, they should wake up, stated Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko after meeting Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Thursday, adding that there aren’t any quarrels within the governing trio about appointing a