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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

SaS: Danko Blackmails Smer-SD to Strengthen Own Position in Coalition

SaS: Danko Blackmails Smer-SD to Strengthen Own Position in Coalition

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – Slovak National Party (SNS) chair Andrej Danko is blackmailing Smer-SD in order to strengthen his own position in the coalition, think representatives of Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulik, Jana Kissova and Lubomir Galko. In their response to the criticism by junior coalition partner

SNS Wants to Clarify Some Governance-related Issues with Pellegrini

SNS Wants to Clarify Some Governance-related Issues with Pellegrini

Bratislava, April 18 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) wants to talk to Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) on Thursday (April 19) afternoon to clarify their positions on some governance-related issues, SNS leader Andrej Danko told a news conference following the party presidium meeting on Wednesday. “If I am to

President: Departure of Police President Gaspar Only Bare Minimum

President: Departure of Police President Gaspar Only Bare Minimum

Bratislava, April 17 (TASR) – The departure of Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar is only the required minimum, and the Government needs to “start working”, said President Andrej Kiska on Tuesday. Kiska was speaking in response to the news that Gaspar will step down on May 31. “I welcome the fact