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AKO Poll: Smer-SD Still in Lead in April, but with Fewer Voters

AKO Poll: Smer-SD Still in Lead in April, but with Fewer Voters

Bratislava, April 9 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in April, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 20.7 percent of the votes, which is, however, 4 percent less compared to February, TASR learnt from AKO agency, which carried out the poll on a

Matecna: I Won't Dare Evaluate Political Cover of Firm Agro Porubka

Matecna: I Won't Dare Evaluate Political Cover of Firm Agro Porubka

I won’t dare evaluate at the moment whether the activities of former Smer-SD MP Lubica Roskova’s firm Agro Porubka also had a “political background”, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) said on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday.

Sulik: It Doesn't Matter How System Changes, If Police President Isn't Honest

Sulik: It Doesn't Matter How System Changes, If Police President Isn't Honest

I wouldn’t focus on changing the rules for selecting the Police Corps president, but on the need to have an honest man at the helm of the police, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chair Richard Sulik said on TA3’s programme ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. When changing the

Pavol Paska Won't Have State Funeral, Family Refuses It

Pavol Paska Won't Have State Funeral, Family Refuses It

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – Late ex-parliamentary chairman (in office 2006–10 and 2012–14) Pavol Paska won’t have a state funeral as his family refuses this idea, TASR was told by Beatrice Szaboova, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD). “According to our information, Pavol Paska’s family

Pellegrini: I Want People Working Close to Me to Undergo Security Clearance

Pellegrini: I Want People Working Close to Me to Undergo Security Clearance

(RTVS, Sobotne Dialogy, April 7) Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said on public-service RTVS’s programme ‘Sobotne Dialogy’ (Saturday Dialogues) that he wants people with whom he works at the Government Office to undergo a security clearance. Pellegrini will also look at whether and how his predecessor, Robert Fico (Smer-SD)

Former Parliamentary Chair Pavol Paska Dies at 60

Former Parliamentary Chair Pavol Paska Dies at 60

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Former two-time parliamentary chairman (in office 2006–10 and 2012–14) Pavol Paska, 60, died of a heart attack at the premises of Kosice’s Railway Hospital with a Polyclinic on Friday morning, Svet Zdravia hospital network spokesman Tomas Kral confirmed for TASR on the same

Pellegrini: I’ll Be Glad if Committee Deals with My Income As Soon as Possible

Pellegrini: I’ll Be Glad if Committee Deals with My Income As Soon as Possible

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) is sorry that the next meeting of the parliamentary conflict of interests committee, which is to deal with his income, will take place as late as in mid-May, he told journalists on Friday, adding that he would be glad if it