Sign in Subscribe

Domestic Policies

Amnesty Talks Suspended by Week; Opposition Has Five Conditions

Amnesty Talks Suspended by Week; Opposition Has Five Conditions

Bratislava, March 21 (TASR) – Talks concerning the coalition-sponsored proposal for revoking the so-called Vladimir Meciar amnesties will be suspended by one week, and the House will begin discussing them again next Tuesday (March 28), concurred representatives of the coalition and Opposition at a parliamentary gremium on Tuesday. The Opposition is

Petition Calling for Scrapping of Meciar Amnesties Delivered to House

Petition Calling for Scrapping of Meciar Amnesties Delivered to House

Bratislava, March 21 (TASR) – As many as 76,831 people have supported the call to abrogate the so-called Meciar amnesties via an online petition (www.somza.to) launched two weeks ago and delivered to Parliament by NGO VIA IURIS along with students on Tuesday. “We want to tell MPs by

LSNS to Support Bills Aimed at Scrapping Meciar Amnesties

LSNS to Support Bills Aimed at Scrapping Meciar Amnesties

Bratislava, March 20 (TASR) – The far-right People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) will lend its support to the coalition-sponsored legislative proposal to revoke Vladimir Meciar’s amnesties and the presidential pardon granted by Michal Kovac to his own son, TASR learnt on Monday. LSNS officials claimed that they’ve adopted

SaS Elects Three New Members of Republic Council

SaS Elects Three New Members of Republic Council

Levoca, March 18 (TASR) – The Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party elected new members of the Republic Council as well as new representatives of its supervisory and arbitration committee at its party congress in Levoca (Presov region) on Saturday. The party’s vice-chair post that has been vacant since Jozef

Poll: Smer Remains in Lead on 28 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

Poll: Smer Remains in Lead on 28 percent, SaS and SNS Follow

Bratislava, March 17 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in the middle of March, it would have been won by the Smer-SD party on 28 percent of votes, TASR learnt from a poll by AKO agency, which released the results on Friday. The survey, which was conducted on a

Cabinet Okays Constitutional Bill to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Cabinet Okays Constitutional Bill to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – An amendment to the Slovak Constitution and a constitutional proposal to revoke the so-called Vladimir Meciar’s amnesties garnered the support of the Government on Wednesday, which also passed proposals for them to be deliberated by Parliament via a fast-tracked procedure. The new changes are designed

Coalition Unveils Solution for Revoking Meciar's Amnesties

Coalition Unveils Solution for Revoking Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – A legislative proposal to revoke Vladimir Meciar’s amnesties in a constitutional fashion has seen the light of day, the chairmen of the three coalition parties – Smer-SD, Slovak National Party (SNS) and Most-Hid – said at a press conference on Wednesday. The compromise solution the coalition parties