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House Passes Declaration on Meciar's Amnesties to Second Reading

House Passes Declaration on Meciar's Amnesties to Second Reading

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – Parliament on Tuesday passed to its second reading a declaration condemning the 1995 kidnapping of then president Michal Kovac’s son Michal Jr. abroad and the 1998 amnesties issued by then prime minister and acting president Vladimir Meciar halting all law enforcement activities relating to the

MPs Override President's Veto and Approve Restrictions in House Again

MPs Override President's Veto and Approve Restrictions in House Again

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) – Banners, leaflets and audio-visual presentations won’t be allowed during parliamentary sessions any more, as MPs on Tuesday once again passed an amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, overturning President Andrej Kiska’s veto with 79 votes. The highly controversial amendment to the Rules of

Reznik: TASR Is Attentive towards Efforts of V4 Parliamentary Chairs

Reznik: TASR Is Attentive towards Efforts of V4 Parliamentary Chairs

Bratislava, December 4 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) considers the effort of the parliamentary chairs of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries to intensify the mutual exchange of information vis-a-vis the European Union to be a positive thing, stated TASR general director Jaroslav Reznik on Sunday. Reznik

Most-Hid Not Ruling Out Cooperation with SMK in 2017 Regional Elections

Most-Hid Not Ruling Out Cooperation with SMK in 2017 Regional Elections

Bratislava, December 3 (TASR) – The coalition Most-Hid party doesn’t rule out joining forces with the non-parliamentary Hungarian Community Party (SMK) in the regional elections scheduled to take place in 2017, TASR learnt from the Most-Hid press department on Saturday. However, the governing party refused to speak about any specific

Fico: Condemning Meciar's Amnesties in Parliament Appropriate

Fico: Condemning Meciar's Amnesties in Parliament Appropriate

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – It’s appropriate to react to the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar as acting president in 1998 by condemning them via a parliamentary declaration, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday. Earlier in the day the Cabinet recommended that Parliament should adopt

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – The Cabinet recommends Parliament to adopt a declaration on the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar when he was acting president in 1998. At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the declaration’s draft wording submitted by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD)

Stop Corruption Foundation: Fico's Claims Have Nothing to Do with Reality

Stop Corruption Foundation: Fico's Claims Have Nothing to Do with Reality

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – The Stop Corruption Foundation on its Facebook page stated that Prime Minister Robert Fico’s (Smer-SD) claims that the foundation has been set up for political reasons have nothing to do with reality and are not substantiated, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Fico said that the foundation