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Health Minister Dolinkova Survives No-confidence Motion in House

Health Minister Dolinkova Survives No-confidence Motion in House

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova (Voice-SD) survived the opposition's attempt to oust her via a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Tuesday, with only 64 of the 142 MPs present voting in favour of her dismissal, while 78 MPs were against. The motion to dismiss

Culture Minister Simkovicova Survives No-confidence Motion in Parliament

Culture Minister Simkovicova Survives No-confidence Motion in Parliament

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) survived a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Tuesday, with 64 MPs of the 142 MPs present for the vote backing the opposition proposal to dismiss her, while 78 MPs were against. The motion to dismiss

Simecka Re-elected as Progressive Slovakia Chair at Saturday's Congress

Simecka Re-elected as Progressive Slovakia Chair at Saturday's Congress

Michal Simecka was re-elected chairman of Progressive Slovakia (PS) at the party's congress in Kosice on Saturday.

Stefanik's Great-grandnephew Hands over State Decoration to President's Office

Stefanik's Great-grandnephew Hands over State Decoration to President's Office

Bratislava, May 3 (TASR) - Peter Kanka, the great-grandnephew of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik, has handed over the state decoration of the Order of the White Lion of Military Group Class I in memoriam to the President's Office for safekeeping, with President Zuzana Caputova symbolically taking over guardianship

PS, KDH and 'Slovakia' Parties Collecting Signatures to Oust Dolinkova

PS, KDH and 'Slovakia' Parties Collecting Signatures to Oust Dolinkova

Bratislava, April 29 (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS), Christian Democrats (KDH) and 'Slovakia' parties are jointly collecting signatures to file a no-confidence motion in Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova (Voice-SD) from her post, party representatives told a press conference on Monday, adding that the signatures could be

Danko Now Knows Penalty for Accident: Two-year Driving Ban and Fine

Danko Now Knows Penalty for Accident: Two-year Driving Ban and Fine

Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) - Parliamentary Vice-chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) has received a two-year driving ban following his traffic accident in the Bratislava borough of Dubravka in January and will have to pay a fine as well. "I won't drive for two years, and

Sikuta: Files Allocated at Supreme Court in Transparent Way

Sikuta: Files Allocated at Supreme Court in Transparent Way

The allocation of files at the Supreme Court is okay, with files being allocated in line with the rules of transparency, said Supreme Court chair Jan Sikuta in reaction to Premier Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) statement made earlier on Wednesday.