Domestic Policies

Bratislava, March 27 (TASR) – Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico didn’t give a clear answer on Tuesday as to whether or not he will relinquish his MP mandate. Upon tendering his resignation as prime minister two weeks ago, Fico stated that he wanted to remain in the Parliament at least until

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – The governing coalition is not joining the parliamentary discourse on the Government Manifesto, as it does not want to escalate tensions by reacting to the Opposition’s invectives, Smer-SD caucus vice-chair Dusan Jarjabek said on Monday, viewing insults by the Opposition as purpose-made and pointless. “Everything

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – Thousands of people gathered in Bratislava on Friday to commemorate murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova at a protest march organised by university students. The student march has become the main protest event following the abortion of ‘For Decent Slovakia’ gathering. The crowd

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – The vote of confidence motion in the Government of Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) has been postponed to next week due to the immense interest by Opposition lawmakers in joining the debate, with the session rescheduled to continue on Monday (March 26) morning, TASR learnt on Friday. A

Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) – Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as a three-time prime minister has left a significant mark in Slovak politics, like nobody has done before, and he will continue to do so as leader of Smer-SD, whose programme pillars have been reflected in the new Government’s Manifesto, new Prime

Bratislava, March 22 (TASR) – Lawmakers from the most popular Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party won’t support the Government Manifesto of Peter Pellegrini’s (Smer-SD) Cabinet, SaS leader Richard Sulik announced at a press conference on Thursday. “We acknowledge the appointment of this Government in the same way we