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Danko Sets Up Working Group to Draft Changes in Rules of Procedure

Danko Sets Up Working Group to Draft Changes in Rules of Procedure

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) has set up a working group in order to prepare amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, TASR learnt on Monday. According to Danko, the changes are necessary with regard to recent incidents in the House during debates.

AKO Poll: Smer-SD Top on 29.9 percent, Followed by SaS on 17.1 percent

AKO Poll: Smer-SD Top on 29.9 percent, Followed by SaS on 17.1 percent

Bratislava, July 29 (TASR) – If a general election had taken place in late July, it would have been won by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer-SD on 29.9 percent of the votes, which would have given the party 50 seats in Parliament, an AKO agency poll revealed on Friday.

Fico: Risk of Individual Terrorist Attacks in Europe Particularly High

Fico: Risk of Individual Terrorist Attacks in Europe Particularly High

Bratislava, July 29 (TASR) – The risk of terrorist attacks carried out by individuals in Europe is extremely high, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at a briefing dedicated to the security situation in Slovakia on Friday. Fico sees a clear link between migration to Europe and terrorist attacks, as various

Beblavy: Forai and Vadura Should Be Punished for VsZP Scandals

Beblavy: Forai and Vadura Should Be Punished for VsZP Scandals

Bratislava, July 21 (TASR) – MP Miroslav Beblavy (Independent) called for action and the breaking of a ‘customary rule’ in connection with the so-called Aunt Anka and Kostka Clinic cases when announcing several steps that he intends to take against former heads of state-run health insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP) Marcel

Political Prisoners Appeal to Danko for Victims of Communism Museum

Political Prisoners Appeal to Danko for Victims of Communism Museum

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – Political prisoners acknowledge Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko’s (Slovak National Party/SNS) proposal to include visits to concentration camps and more information on the Holocaust in teaching at Slovak schools, states a letter sent to Danko by Political Prisoners – the Union of Anti-Communist Resistance. At the

Droba Considering Running for Post of BSK Governor, But Svejna Isn't

Droba Considering Running for Post of BSK Governor, But Svejna Isn't

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Juraj Droba is pondering running in the 2017 regional elections for the post of Bratislava Self-governing Region (BSK) governor, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Droba said that he’ll decide by the end of this year. If he chooses to run, he’

Opposition: Anti-Kalinak Protests to Go on in Bratislava and Regions

Opposition: Anti-Kalinak Protests to Go on in Bratislava and Regions

Bratislava, July 19 (TASR) – The Opposition will continue to organise protests calling for the dismissal of Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, staging them in regional capitals, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) vice-chair Lubomir Galko said at a press conference following an Opposition Council (SaS and OLaNO-NOVA) Tuesday. The protest rallies will take