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4-Party Coalition Ends, State to Be Led by Smer-SD, SNS and Most-Hid

4-Party Coalition Ends, State to Be Led by Smer-SD, SNS and Most-Hid

Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) – Leaders of the political parties of Smer-SD, the Slovak National Party (SNS) and Most-Hid – Robert Fico, Andrej Danko and Bela Bugar respectively – have signed new Coalition Agreement at Bratislava Castle on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. According to it, the Coalition has been narrowed

OLaNO-NOVA and SaS: We'll Distribute KALIspecial Alone

OLaNO-NOVA and SaS: We'll Distribute KALIspecial Alone

Bratislava, August 31 (TASR) – If Slovak Post refuses to distribute the KALIspecial magazine on the Kalinak-Basternak case to Slovak households, Opposition parties OLaNO-NOVA and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) will do so themselves, MPs Jozef Viskupic (OLaNO-NOVA) and Jozef Rajtar (SaS) announced on Wednesday. While Slovak Post and the Culture Ministry

Kiska Appoints Ersek as Transport Minister

Kiska Appoints Ersek as Transport Minister

Bratislava, August 31 (TASR) – Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) was appointed Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister by President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday. Ersek, 58 and number 9 on the Most-Hid slate in March, has replaced Roman Brecely (Siet/Network). The shifts in the governing Coalition are the result of the departure

Plavcan Only Minister to Appear at Children's Question Time in House

Plavcan Only Minister to Appear at Children's Question Time in House

Bratislava, August 30 (TASR) – MPs were replaced in the parliamentary chamber for an hour by children from Comenius Children’s University on Monday who interrogated Government members at a special Question Time. Question Time, also called Question Hour, ordinarily provides scope for MPs to approach Cabinet members with their questions,

Fico: I'll Never Introduce Antipathy into Slovak-Russian Relations

Fico: I'll Never Introduce Antipathy into Slovak-Russian Relations

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – I’ll never introduce antipathy into Slovak-Russian relations, and I refuse to create a new enemy, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in WWII in Banska Bystrica on Monday. Fico stated that

Kiska: We Can't Tolerate Fascism While Celebrating SNP

Kiska: We Can't Tolerate Fascism While Celebrating SNP

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Slovakia shouldn’t celebrate a state holiday marking an uprising against fascism while at the same time tolerating any displays of fascism, said President Andrej Kiska at the main national commemoration event marking the 72nd anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) during WWII in

500 People Attend Tenth Weekly Bonaparte Protest

500 People Attend Tenth Weekly Bonaparte Protest

Bratislava, August 22 (TASR) – Around 500 people gathered for the tenth weekly protest staged in front of Prime Minister Robert Fico’s private flat in the Bonaparte residential complex in Bratislava on Monday, calling for the resignations of both Fico and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. The Bonaparte complex belongs to