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Kollar: We Are Family Party Growing, Each Migrant Should Be Deported

Kollar: We Are Family Party Growing, Each Migrant Should Be Deported

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – The We Are Family party of millionaire Boris Kollar came into existence by renaming the purchased non-parliamentary party of Peter Marcek called Party of Slovak Citizens, as the original intention of registering a new political party failed during the verification of collected petition signatures by the

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Blahova: Labour Ministry Using Double Standards in Case of Clean Day

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) has suspended proceedings on the withdrawal of accreditation from the Clean Day resocialisation centre in Galanta (Trnava region), allegedly because he doesn’t have enough arguments, reasons and findings at his disposal, but this looks like

Politicians View Ban on Wearing Burqas in Slovakia as Premature

Politicians View Ban on Wearing Burqas in Slovakia as Premature

Bratislava, December 21 (TASR) – Coalition and Opposition politicians approached by TASR on Wednesday don’t think that the current situation in Slovakia requires a law banning the wearing of burqas in public places. Open support for an initiative sponsored by Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko

Beblavy: Foreign Affairs Ministry Concealing Info in Evka Agency Case

Beblavy: Foreign Affairs Ministry Concealing Info in Evka Agency Case

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has provided MPs with almost none of the key documents that they demanded during a probe that they carried out at the ministry, MP Miroslav Beblavy (Independent) told a news conference held on Parliament’s premises on Monday. Moreover, MPs

Fico: Smer to Apply Restrictive Measures to People Who Refuse to Work

Fico: Smer to Apply Restrictive Measures to People Who Refuse to Work

Bratislava, December 16 (TASR) – Only unemployed people who are honestly looking for a job and those for whom employment is hindered by serious obstacles will be at the positive centre of Smer-SD’s attention, TASR was told by the Government Office press department on Friday. The Government Office was responding

Roma Union Chair: Fico's Condemnation of Roma Horrifying

Roma Union Chair: Fico's Condemnation of Roma Horrifying

Bratislava, December 16 (TASR) – The Roma community in Slovakia is horrified at how Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) condemns the Roma, and his public statements have given neo-Nazis, fascists and skinheads a free hand to defame the Roma people, said Frantisek Tanko, chairman of civil association Roma Union, at a

Madaric: Coalition Partner's Meeting over Early Election Is Unacceptable

Madaric: Coalition Partner's Meeting over Early Election Is Unacceptable

Bratislava, December 14 (TASR) – It’s not really okay if Parliamentary Chairman and the governing Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko meets leader of Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulik over the issue of an early election, Culture Minister and Smer-SD vice-chair Marek Madaric said before the