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AEJ and SSN Call on Fico to Apologise for His Statements on Journalists

AEJ and SSN Call on Fico to Apologise for His Statements on Journalists

Bratislava, November 24 (TASR) – The Slovak section of the Association of European Journalists (AEJ) is concerned about the statements made by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at a press conference on Wednesday (November 23) when he called journalists “dirty anti-Slovak prostitutes”, TASR learnt on Thursday. “The Prime Minister’s verbal

Parliament Approves Constitutional Officials Salary Freeze for Next Year

Parliament Approves Constitutional Officials Salary Freeze for Next Year

Bratislava, November 23 (TASR) – The salaries of constitutional officials, MPs and Government ministers, but not judges and prosecutors, will remain frozen in 2017, according to an amendment to the law on the salaries of some constitutional officials, that was approved by Parliament on Wednesday. The amendment was approved with 125

Prime Minister Fico Won't Divulge His Rent to Conflict of Interest Committee

Prime Minister Fico Won't Divulge His Rent to Conflict of Interest Committee

Bratislava, November 23 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico won’t be disclosing the rental sum he pays for living in Bonaparte apartment complex, owned by tax evasion suspect Ladislav Basternak, to the Parliamentary Conflict of Interest Committee. The motion was killed by seven coalition votes, with coalition MPs Peter Kresak

Fico: What's Happening in Recent Days is Targeted Attack on Slovak Presidency

Fico: What's Happening in Recent Days is Targeted Attack on Slovak Presidency

Bratislava, November 23 (TASR) – What’s been happening in the past two or three days is not an accident, but a targeted attack against the successful Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU and against Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following

Kalinak Sends Documents on Relationship with B.A. Haus to Committee

Kalinak Sends Documents on Relationship with B.A. Haus to Committee

Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) has sent materials regarding his ownership relationship with a company called B.A. Haus to the parliamentary committee for incompatibility of posts, TASR learnt on Sunday. Despite missing documentation, the material might help the committee to make headway in its decision-making,

Pirosik Charged for Lighting Smoke Shell in Front of Presidential Palace

Pirosik Charged for Lighting Smoke Shell in Front of Presidential Palace

Bratislava, November 18 (TASR) – The police have pressed charges of rowdiness against the leader of the radical leftist Resistance-Labour Party, Stanislav Pirosik, who on Thursday fired a red smoke shell at a demonstration in front of the Presidential Palace, Bratislava regional police directorate spokesperson Tatiana Kurucova told TASR on Friday.

State to Help Trnava-based Carmarker with Labour Requalification

State to Help Trnava-based Carmarker with Labour Requalification

Trnava, November 18 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) along with Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD) and Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) general director Marian Valentovic on Friday discussed possibilities for supporting employment with representatives of Trnava-based carmarker PSA Groupe Slovakia, TASR