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Fico: We'll Try to Amend Constitution to Boost Social Rights

Fico: We'll Try to Amend Constitution to Boost Social Rights

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – Clear pro-European attitudes, a just and strong social state, a balance between economic freedoms and social rights, vivid interest in voters and better communication with the public should be the main pillars of the new platform for the senior governing party Smer-SD, Premier Robert Fico said

Opposition Calls Parliamentary Security Committee to Debate Gorilla

Opposition Calls Parliamentary Security Committee to Debate Gorilla

Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) – The Opposition has collected enough MPs’ signatures to initiate an extraordinary session of the parliamentary security committee to debate the resignation of the chief investigator of the Gorilla corruption scandal, OLaNO-NOVA caucus leader Richard Vasecka said at a press conference on Friday. The Opposition also wants

Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Interior Ministry: EKS Has Saved Almost €168 million in 50,000 Deals

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Use of the Electronic Contractual System (EKS) in public procurements has so far saved a total of €168 million in almost 50,000 deals, said Interior Ministry spokesman Petar Lazarov on Thursday. According to Lazarov, the system, thanks to its transparency, has done away with all

Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – No other Slovak constitutional official had to make such difficult and painful decisions within such a short period of time as former president (1993-98) Michal Kovac, said current President Andrej Kiska in a speech at a Requiem Mass for Kovac at St. Martin’s Cathedral in

President's Guard Bids Farewell to Kovac with Military Honours

President's Guard Bids Farewell to Kovac with Military Honours

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – The Slovak President’s Honour Guard said farewell to former Slovak president Michal Kovac (1993-98) with a military ceremony and honours on the Presidential Palace courtyard on Thursday. Earlier in the day, the first part of Kovac’s state funeral took place at Bratislava Castle, where

Sulik: Kovac Protected Slovakia So It Wouldn't End up Like Belarus

Sulik: Kovac Protected Slovakia So It Wouldn't End up Like Belarus

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Richard Sulik on Thursday said that he will remember first Slovak president Michal Kovac as the only person from that period who protected Slovakia so that it wouldn’t end up like Belarus. Sulik said that he didn’t get

Slovakia to Hold National Mourning on Thursday to Honour Ex-President Kovac

Slovakia to Hold National Mourning on Thursday to Honour Ex-President Kovac

Bratislava, October 12 (TASR) – Based on a Cabinet decision from October 6, there will be a national mourning in Slovakia between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Thursday (October 13) in connection with Slovak ex-president Michal Kovac’s passing away. His state funeral will take place on the same