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Students Invite Fico to Join Anti-corruption March

Students Invite Fico to Join Anti-corruption March

Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – The organisers of the great anti-corruption march slated for Monday evening have delivered a letter to the Government Office inviting Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to join the march’s third edition, TASR learnt on the same day. The students in their letter report that in

Focus Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September on 26 percent

Focus Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September on 26 percent

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Had a general election been held in mid-September, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 26 percent of the votes, garnering 43 seats in Parliament, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by Focus agency, which released the results on Thursday. The

Kazimir: Law-Enforcement Authorities to Examine Leak of Tax Data

Kazimir: Law-Enforcement Authorities to Examine Leak of Tax Data

Bratislava, September 18 (TASR) – Law-enforcement authorities will examine who anonymously published tax data concerning President Andrej Kiska, Finance Minister Peter Kazimir (Smer-SD) said following his meeting with the head of the country on Monday. “Over the past weekend we identified, based on data from the Financial Administration’s Information System,

Progressive Slovakia Presents Long-term Vision; Aims to Become Party

Progressive Slovakia Presents Long-term Vision; Aims to Become Party

Bratislava, September 17 (TASR) – The Progressive Slovakia association, which wants to change into a political party, on Sunday presented its long-term vision for Slovakia’s development, citing some trends that should have impact on Slovakia in the next few years, including the progress of technology and the population’s ageing.

Beblavy and Mihal's Party to Be Named 'Together - Civic Democracy'

Beblavy and Mihal's Party to Be Named 'Together - Civic Democracy'

Bratislava, September 12 (TASR) – The party that is being set up by Independent MPs Jozef Mihal and Miroslav Beblavy is to be called ‘Together – Civic Democracy’ (‘SPOLU’, or ‘Together’ in Slovak), TASR learnt on Tuesday. The drive to collect the signatures from the public that are needed to register the

Martina Lubyova from SAV to Become New Education Minister

Martina Lubyova from SAV to Become New Education Minister

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – The task of heading the Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry will be given to Martina Lubyova, current director of the Slovak Academy of Sciences’ (SAV) Prognostics Institute, Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Andrej Danko announced on Monday. Lubyova is replacing Peter Plavcan, who resigned at

Danko: Preliminary Accord on 13th Salary Exempt from Taxes and Levies

Danko: Preliminary Accord on 13th Salary Exempt from Taxes and Levies

We’ve already come to a preliminary agreement on the thirteenth salary that would be enacted by legislation and exempt from taxes and levies, said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on TA3’s show ‘V politike’ (In Politics) on Sunday. “It should amount to the level of