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Ten Slovak Villages Elected Mayors and Councillors on Saturday

Ten Slovak Villages Elected Mayors and Councillors on Saturday

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) – Inhabitants of 10 Slovak villages elected their mayors and village councillors on Saturday (January 27) due to various reasons – either an incumbent mayor passed away or elsewhere mayors and councillors tendered their resignations or weren’t elected in the last election. Three villages, Rovinka (Bratislava region)

Regional Governors: Slovak Representatives in CoR Must Be More Active

Regional Governors: Slovak Representatives in CoR Must Be More Active

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – Representatives of Slovak regions in the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) should be much more active within this EU body than before, stated Trnava regional governor Jozef Viskupic after a meeting of regional governors in Bratislava on Friday. The topic of Slovakia’s regional representatives

Coalition Council Hasn't Finished Dealing with Distraint Amnesty

Coalition Council Hasn't Finished Dealing with Distraint Amnesty

Bratislava, January 15 (TASR) – The Coalition Council hasn’t yet finished dealing with the issue of a distraint amnesty, and will return to it in late January, TASR has learnt from Justice Ministry spokesman Peter Bubla. Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska (Most-Hid) presented her proposal to the coalition partners from Smer-SD

Beblavy's Party Seeks Registration, Submits over 18,000 Signatures

Beblavy's Party Seeks Registration, Submits over 18,000 Signatures

Bratislava, January 11 (TASR) – Fledging party Together-Civic Democracy (SPOLU) has applied for registration, with its founders handing over 18,000 signatures in support of this at the Interior Ministry on Thursday. At least 10,000 signatures are required to register a party. If the party is registered, its founder Miroslav

Kalinak: We'll Try to Have Kosik Extradited to Slovakia and Make Him Testify

Kalinak: We'll Try to Have Kosik Extradited to Slovakia and Make Him Testify

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – Slovakia will attempt to transport former Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) member Lubos Kosik to its soil so that he can give testimony in the case of the 1995 kidnapping of former president Michal Kovac’s son, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) said on Wednesday. Kalinak spoke

Government Approves Changes in Slovakia's Alien Policy

Government Approves Changes in Slovakia's Alien Policy

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – Slovakia is changing the conditions for the entry and residence of foreigners in Slovakia for a period longer than 90 days by adjusting them on the basis of a 2016 EU directive, after an amendment to the law on foreigners’ stay was greenlighted by the Government

Kiska Has Lunch with Predecessors, Wasn't Asked about Candidacy

Kiska Has Lunch with Predecessors, Wasn't Asked about Candidacy

Bratislava, January 9 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Tuesday again held the annual New Year presidential lunch with his predecessors Rudolf Schuster and Ivan Gasparovic. All of them praised the tradition of New Year lunches, but this wasn’t the case for the awarding of state honours or Kiska’