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Sulik Threatens to Take Fico to Court over SaS Drug Abuse Comments

Sulik Threatens to Take Fico to Court over SaS Drug Abuse Comments

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chairman Richard Sulik intends to file a criminal complaint and bring a civil lawsuit against Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) for his allegations that SaS representatives have a drugs problem – unless Fico retracts his accusations. “Robert Fico has gone too far. I

Petrik Insists on Contesting Nursery Law at Constitutional Court

Petrik Insists on Contesting Nursery Law at Constitutional Court

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Independent MP Simona Petrik is resolved to take the new Act on Nursery Schools to the Constitutional Court in order to cover all bases and make sure that parts deemed to be discriminatory are repealed, TASR learnt on Thursday. Petrik’s statement came after Labour, Social

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in February Ahead of SaS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in February Ahead of SaS

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Had a general election been held in February, the governing-coalition Smer-SD party would have won on 25.5 percent (with 43 seats in the 150-seat House), followed by the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 13.8 percent (with 23 seats), according to a poll carried

Lajcak: Inclusion of Roma Community into Society Is Problem

Lajcak: Inclusion of Roma Community into Society Is Problem

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – As far as the Roma issue is concerned, the problem doesn’t lie that much with discrimination, but rather with how to include the Roma community into society, stated Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday. Lajcak

Sulik: Mihal's Exit Due to Difference in Views and Mihal's Busy Schedule

Sulik: Mihal's Exit Due to Difference in Views and Mihal's Busy Schedule

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party MP and founding member Jozef Mihal has opted to leave the party due to a divergence of opinion regarding migrants between the two of us and due to his busy schedule involving training courses on taxes and levies, SaS chairman Richard

SaS Founding Member and MP Mihal Exits Party

SaS Founding Member and MP Mihal Exits Party

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party founding member and MP Jozef Mihal has decided to leave the party eight years after helping to get it off the ground, TASR learnt from the party’s spokesperson Katarina Svrcekova on Monday. “We understand his [Mihal’s] decision, because he

SaS and OLaNO Close to Reaching Cooperation Agreement for VUC Election

SaS and OLaNO Close to Reaching Cooperation Agreement for VUC Election

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and OLaNO-NOVA are in final stage of talks on mutual support for candidates in the upcoming regional election slated for autumn, TASR learnt on Saturday. Although the liberals of SaS claim that partial agreements on names have been clinched already,