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SaS: Choosing Professional Soldier to Head Defence Ministry Was Error

SaS: Choosing Professional Soldier to Head Defence Ministry Was Error

Bratislava, December 7 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) should have appeared before TV cameras immediately after 11 rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were allegedly stolen from a military warehouse near Trencin and adopted a stance on the incident, said Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) vice-chair and

Coalition to Elevate Constitutional Officials' Salaries through Law on VAT

Coalition to Elevate Constitutional Officials' Salaries through Law on VAT

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – Coalition MPs will elevate the salaries of constitutional officials by one euro through an amendment to the law on VAT sponsored by Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD), TASR learnt on Wednesday. Parliamentary finance and budget committee chair Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) submitted the amending proposal on Wednesday,

Interior Minister Kalinak Survives Another No-confidence Vote

Interior Minister Kalinak Survives Another No-confidence Vote

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) will retain his post, as the Opposition failed to oust him for the third time on Wednesday, garnering only 53 votes from the 128 MPs present for its motion of no-confidence in Parliament. This time the Opposition wanted to oust Kalinak

Fico Sends Letter to Kiska to Pay for Using Gov't Plane for Private Flights

Fico Sends Letter to Kiska to Pay for Using Gov't Plane for Private Flights

Bratislava, December 5 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced on Tuesday that he has sent a letter to President Andrej Kiska requesting for him to pay the state €990,000 for using the Government’s plane for private purposes. Speaking at an Opposition-sponsored extraordinary session of Parliament devoted to

Fico: Salaries of Constitutional Officials to Go up €1 as of Next Year

Fico: Salaries of Constitutional Officials to Go up €1 as of Next Year

Bratislava, December 5 (TASR) – Salaries of constitutional officials will go up €1 as of January 2018 and Parliament will resolve their unfreezing through an amending proposal to any other law, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said following a meeting of coalition caucuses in Parliament on Tuesday. “There is a clear

Fico: Kalinak One of Best Ministers I've Met

Fico: Kalinak One of Best Ministers I've Met

Bratislava, December 5 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) is one of the best ministers that I’ve met and I don’t understand why the Opposition, anti-Government media and President Andrej Kiska are so obsessed by him, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said in Parliament during a no-confidence motion

Most-Hid Not to Vote for Salary Freeze, Calls for Systemic Solution

Most-Hid Not to Vote for Salary Freeze, Calls for Systemic Solution

Samorin, December 2 (TASR) – The co-governing Most-Hid party won’t vote for the salaries of constitutional officials to be frozen, said party leader Bela Bugar following Most-Hid’s Republican Council session in Samorin (Trnava region) on Saturday, adding that Parliament is subordinated neither to the prime minister, nor to the