Domestic Policies

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The State Electoral Commission has confirmed the results of the Saturday (November 4) election to the Higher Territorial Units (VUCs) with official figures released on Sunday. Hence, the Slovak regional governors officially are Juraj Droba (Bratislava region, 20.42 percent of votes), Jozef Viskupic (Trnava region,

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

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

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

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

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