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Fico: We'll Focus on People Who Work

Fico: We'll Focus on People Who Work

Bratislava, January 11 (TASR) – Working people will be the centre of the Government’s attention, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at a press conference after the Cabinet session on Wednesday, referring to an amendment to the law on employment services approved by the Cabinet on the same day. “The

AKO Poll: Smer Top, Ahead of SaS and SNS in Early January

AKO Poll: Smer Top, Ahead of SaS and SNS in Early January

Bratislava, January 11 (TASR) – If a general election had taken place in early January, it would have been won by Smer-SD on 27.7 percent of the vote (44 MPs), ahead of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 13.1 percent (21 MPs) and the Slovak National Party (SNS) on 12.

Ex-presidents Urge Kiska to Heed Counsel, But Not to a Tee

Ex-presidents Urge Kiska to Heed Counsel, But Not to a Tee

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – The president of Slovakia should pay adequate attention to what his aides advise and double-check their advice, former heads of state Rudolf Schuster and Ivan Gasparovic told incumbent President Andrej Kiska at the annual New Year’s presidential lunch on Tuesday. “Mr President is smart, because

Fico: We Want to Dedicate All Our Energy on Domestic Front

Fico: We Want to Dedicate All Our Energy on Domestic Front

Bratislava, January 10 (TASR) – Smer-SD wants to dedicate all its energy on the domestic front this year in order to get people to trust the government, Prime Minister Robert Fico told a news conference in Bratislava on Tuesday, stressing that trust is needed to fight terrorism. “We are eminently interested

Bugar: We Shouldn't Even Sit at One Table with Extremists

Bugar: We Shouldn't Even Sit at One Table with Extremists

Bratislava, January 5 (TASR) – A good recipe for dealing with extremists in Parliament would be if parliamentary parties didn’t sit with them at one table at all, said Most-Hid leader Bela Bugar in an interview with TASR on Thursday, giving Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party leader Richard Sulik as

Kalinak: I'll Keep Post of Interior Minister for Now

Kalinak: I'll Keep Post of Interior Minister for Now

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – I’ll remain in my post for now, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) told a press conference dedicated to traffic safety in 2016 on Wednesday. Kalinak had been asked whether he intends to resign from his post following the end of the Slovak Presidency of the

Glvac: Slovakia Has No Better Alternative to Current Cabinet

Glvac: Slovakia Has No Better Alternative to Current Cabinet

Bratislava, January 4 (TASR) – There is no, let alone a better, alternative to the current Government, which is partly borne out by the statements of Parliamentary Vice-chair Lucia Duris-Nicholsonova (Opposition Freedom and Solidarity/SaS party), said fellow Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD) on Wednesday. “According to her [Duris-Nicholsonova’s] statement,