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Baranek: Political Scene Changes, Smer-SD Greatest Election Flop

Baranek: Political Scene Changes, Smer-SD Greatest Election Flop

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Political analyst Jan Baranek considers the OLaNO party and the other Opposition parties to be the “optical” regional election winners and, contrariwise, perceives Smer-SD’s performance as the greatest debacle, as a number of its governor candidates failed to win in their regions. As Baranek told

SaS: Discontent with Governing Parties Grows

SaS: Discontent with Governing Parties Grows

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The Saturday (November 4) regional election served as a convincing demonstration of resistance on the part of active people against populism, corruption and extremism, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) representatives Richard Sulik, Lubomir Galko and Jana Kissova stated on Sunday. According to SaS, discontent with the Government

Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko Welcomes Higher Voter Turnout

Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko Welcomes Higher Voter Turnout

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Parliamentary chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party) welcomes the fact that voter turnout in the Saturday (November 4) regional election saw higher numbers than in the previous 2013 election and thanked everyone who chose to exercise their franchise. “I welcome the higher turnout in the election

Final Election Results, Juraj Droba Wins Race for Bratislava Governor

Final Election Results, Juraj Droba Wins Race for Bratislava Governor

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – Juraj Droba has become the new Bratislava regional governor (SaS, OLaNO, SMK-MKP, NOVA, OKS, Zmena Zdola, DU) with 20.42 percent of votes (36,864 voters), according to the final unofficial results released by the Statistics Office on early Sunday. Droba will replace incumbent governor Pavol

Jan Lunter Celebrates Victory, Likely Defeating Far-right Governor Kotleba

Jan Lunter Celebrates Victory, Likely Defeating Far-right Governor Kotleba

Banska Bystrica, November 5 (TASR) – Banska Bystrica regional governor candidate Jan Lunter, the greatest challenger to incumbent far-right governor Marian Kotleba, began to celebrate his victory shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday by declaring: “We’ve won!” The cafe located in the heart of Banska Bystrica, where the candidate

Elections to Higher Territorial Units End

Elections to Higher Territorial Units End

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – The fifth elections to the Higher Territorial Units (VUCs) in Slovakia ended at 10 p.m. on Saturday. Polling stations in nine electoral districts of Trencin region will remain open until 11.15 p.m., however, due to previous power blackout, with the moratorium at these

Frenchman from Bratislava: Traffic Not So Bad, Let's Focus on Education

Frenchman from Bratislava: Traffic Not So Bad, Let's Focus on Education

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – Bratislava region should primarily focus on investment in education, while people shouldn’t complain about traffic as much as they do, TASR was told by Frenchman Pascal Schaller, who lives in Bratislava and was able to vote in the regional elections on Saturday. Foreign nationals with