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MPs to Try to Dismiss Fico and Kalinak from Their Posts on Wednesday

MPs to Try to Dismiss Fico and Kalinak from Their Posts on Wednesday

Bratislava, July 1 (TASR) – Opposition MPs will attempt to dismiss Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at an extraordinary session at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (July 6), said Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at a press conference on Friday. Moreover, the second attempt to dismiss Interior Minister

Attempt to Dismiss Kalinak Should Be Resumed within Seven Days

Attempt to Dismiss Kalinak Should Be Resumed within Seven Days

Bratislava, July 1 (TASR) – The extraordinary parliamentary session dedicated to an attempt to dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) from his post over his alleged involvement in the Basternak tax fraud case should continue within seven days, said Parliamentary Vice-chair Andrej Hrnciar (Siet/Network) after a meeting of the legislators’

Cabinet Approves Priorities of Slovakia's Presidency of EU Council

Cabinet Approves Priorities of Slovakia's Presidency of EU Council

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – The Cabinet approved the programme of Slovakia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU at its session on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. The programme, which basically sets out the priorities for the whole of the EU for the next six months, beginning

Most-Hid Draws Up Proposed Changes in Police and Prosecutions

Most-Hid Draws Up Proposed Changes in Police and Prosecutions

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – The governing coalition Most-Hid party views suspicions of intentional failures to investigate potential tax fraud as very serious and an element that weakens the public’s trust in state institutions, party representatives stated at a meeting of the Most-Hid presidium on Monday (June 27). Therefore, Most-Hid

Protesters on SNP Square Again Call for Kalinak to Resign

Protesters on SNP Square Again Call for Kalinak to Resign

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – Around 2,000 people gathered at SNP Square in Bratislava on Monday to call on Interior Minister Robert Kalinak to resign for allegedly covering up tax frauds involving businessman Ladislav Basternak. The protest was organised by the two strongest Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and

Five Siet MPs Don't Trust Prochazka, Setting Up Platform

Five Siet MPs Don't Trust Prochazka, Setting Up Platform

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – Five Siet (Network) MPs – Martin Fedor, Andrej Hrnciar, Katarina Csefalvayova, Eduard Adamcik and Igor Janckulik – on Monday announced that they don’t trust party chairman Radoslav Prochazka anymore, and have set up a ‘Platform for Responsible Policies’ supporting the Government. They made the announcement after leaving

Opposition: Kalinak Signed for Stake in Firm But Was in Montenegro

Opposition: Kalinak Signed for Stake in Firm But Was in Montenegro

Bratislava, June 23 (TASR) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) is obviously able to be in two places simultaneously, as he was signing the transfer of a stake in a company called FoRest in Bratislava and visiting the Balkans at the same time, representatives of Opposition parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS)