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House Committee Slaps Fine on Danko for Property Disclosure Omission

House Committee Slaps Fine on Danko for Property Disclosure Omission

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman and leader of the Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko has acted in contravention of the Conflict of Interests Act by failing to include ‘claims against a third party’ in his property disclosure for 2015, TASR learnt on Tuesday. The omission concerned Danko’s

SNS Staying in Coalition and Will Search for Solutions in Energy Sector

SNS Staying in Coalition and Will Search for Solutions in Energy Sector

Bratislava, February 6 (TASR) – The Slovak National Party (SNS) will remain in the coalition and seek solutions to issues that have emerged in the energy sector recently, stated SNS leader and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko after the party’s presidium session on Monday. Danko added that the SNS presidium authorised

Remisova: Slovakia Has to Root Out Causes of Extremism First

Remisova: Slovakia Has to Root Out Causes of Extremism First

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – In terms of extremism the major problem is that we have been on the edge about what is considered to be freedom of expression and what is the defamation of race and nation, stated Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) on RTVS’s discussion programme ‘O 5

Bednar: Ex-president Kovac's Amnesties Did Influence Slovak State

Bednar: Ex-president Kovac's Amnesties Did Influence Slovak State

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – The amnesties that late former president Michal Kovac (in office 1993-98) granted to his son in relation to the so-called Technopol scandal had an influence on the character of the Slovak state, and so they should be abrogated along with former prime minister Vladimir Meciar’s

LSNS MPs Expelled from Parliamentary Chamber Due to Insignia

LSNS MPs Expelled from Parliamentary Chamber Due to Insignia

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – MPs representing the far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) were ordered out of the parliamentary chamber on Tuesday for wearing insignia promoting their political party, TASR learnt on the same day. Measures brought by an amendment to the Rules of Procedure were thus applied in

Prominent Lawyers Urge Parliament to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Prominent Lawyers Urge Parliament to Scrap Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – It would be legitimate to scrap the amnesties issued by former premier Vladimir Meciar as acting president in 1998 concerning the 1995 kidnapping of then president Michal Kovac’s son Michal and of a thwarted referendum, several prominent lawyers claim in a statement released on Monday.

Hrnko: Policemen Decided in Advance to Seize My Driving Licence

Hrnko: Policemen Decided in Advance to Seize My Driving Licence

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Slovak National Party (SNS) vice-chairman Anton Hrnko claimed on Monday that the police patrol that stopped his car and seized his driving licence for an alleged misdemeanour had decided to do so in advance. At a press conference, Hrnko presented an audio-visual recording from the police