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Some 500 People Celebrate November '89 Along with Opposition

Some 500 People Celebrate November '89 Along with Opposition

Bratislava, November 17 (TASR) – Enough of Prime Minister Robert Fico; we didn’t want this; it’s time for a new November – such were the slogans that reverberated at the Slovak National Uprising Square on Thursday. There were around 500 people celebrating November 17, 1989 at an event organised by

Fico: Free-of-charge Train Transport for Students Remains in Place

Fico: Free-of-charge Train Transport for Students Remains in Place

Bratislava, November 17 (TASR) – The free-of-charge train transport will remain in place, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday after a lunch with university students from around the whole of Slovakia. The premier reported that in the two years since it’s been introduced almost one million people have

Bugar: If Centre-Right Had Formed Gov't, It Would Have Been Dead by Now

Bugar: If Centre-Right Had Formed Gov't, It Would Have Been Dead by Now

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) – Any chance of forming a centre-right government after the March 2016 general election vanished the moment when the Slovak National Party (SNS) gave up on talks with a quintet of other rightist parties, but even if SNS had decided to join a rightist government, such a

Matovic: NAKA Should Set Up Branch in Lomnicka

Matovic: NAKA Should Set Up Branch in Lomnicka

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) – If Police Corps president Tibor Gaspar wants to make the police more trustworthy, the National Crime Agency (NAKA) should set up a branch in the village of Lomnicka (Presov region) in order to question all voters who cast their votes in the March general election, stated

Gaspar: Case of Election Corruption in Lomnicka Thoroughly Investigated

Gaspar: Case of Election Corruption in Lomnicka Thoroughly Investigated

Bratislava, November 14 (TASR) – Police have thoroughly investigated the alleged buying of votes in the village of Lomnicka (Presov region), stated Police Corps President Tibor Gaspar at a press briefing on Monday. Gaspar thus rejected the criticism from former government proxy for Roma communities Peter Pollak (OLaNO-NOVA) and OLaNO-NOVA leader

Drucker: Introduction of eHealth System Failed on All Fronts

Drucker: Introduction of eHealth System Failed on All Fronts

Bratislava, November 14 (TASR) – The eHealth system in Slovakia should have been in operation a long time ago, but its introduction was accompanied by failures at all levels, mainly in the area of implementation, said Health Minister Tomas Drucker (a Smer-SD nominee) at the international ITAPA 2016 conference in Bratislava

Bugar: Current Governing Coalition Is Working Effectively

Bugar: Current Governing Coalition Is Working Effectively

Nove Zamky, November 12 (TASR) – The current governing coalition, no matter how strange it might appear, is working effectively and is striking and implementing agreements quite swiftly, said Most-Hid leader Bela Bugar at the ninth party congress in Nove Zamky (Nitra region) on Saturday. “I can compare several governing coalitions