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Babitzova Resigns as Sanca Chair over Election Result

Babitzova Resigns as Sanca Chair over Election Result

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – Eva Babitzova has resigned as Sanca (Chance) chair following the party’s disappointing result in the general election in March (0.25 percent), TASR learnt on Thursday. Babitzova made the announcement on Facebook, adding that she won’t run for the post again at the next

Kiska: Kotleba Is Fascist, We Need to Name Things Directly and Clearly

Kiska: Kotleba Is Fascist, We Need to Name Things Directly and Clearly

Krupina, April 7 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska paid a visit to the town of Krupina (Banska Bystrica region) on Thursday partly due to the results of the 2016 general election, which saw wide support for Marian Kotleba’s far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) in the town, TASR learnt

Kalinak: Businesses in Tax Havens Will Be Regulated by New Law

Kalinak: Businesses in Tax Havens Will Be Regulated by New Law

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – The new Government Manifesto will include a commitment to draw up a law aimed against letterbox companies, said Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on Wednesday. “We should be concerned when money flows into areas that are uncontrollable. We shouldn’t be talking about bans but about making

Solymos Opts for Maximum Transparency in Brestovska Cave Rental

Solymos Opts for Maximum Transparency in Brestovska Cave Rental

Bratislava, April 5 (TASR) – Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) decided to abolish the rental contract regarding Brestovska Cave, TASR learnt from Juraj Rybansky of the Environment Ministry press department on Tuesday. According to Rybansky, the State Protection of Nature (SOP) will draft the budget to determine what it will cost

ANS: Health-Care System Lacks Tens of Millions of Euros

ANS: Health-Care System Lacks Tens of Millions of Euros

Bratislava, April 5 (TASR) – Small and medium-sized hospitals reiterate that the health-care system will be short of €95 million in 2016 due to increasing expenditures on salaries, said Slovak Hospitals Association (ANS) president Marian Petko on Facilities associated in ANS will be short €27 million this year, stated Petko. “We

115 Names on Slovak List of Panama Papers, Mostly Foreigners

115 Names on Slovak List of Panama Papers, Mostly Foreigners

Bratislava/Praha, April 5 (TASR) – Around 11.5 million documents have been leaked from the Mossack Fonseca law firm based in the tax haven of Panama, with at least 115 people from Slovakia, the Czech Investigative Journalism Centre reported on its website on Tuesday. The Slovak list isn’t, however,

LSNS: Police Return All Arms and Licence to MP Krupa

LSNS: Police Return All Arms and Licence to MP Krupa

Banska Bystrica/Bratislava, April 4 (TASR) – Police on Monday returned all firearms and the licence to carry them to Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) MP Peter Krupa, who saw them seized in late March, LSNS vice-chairman Rastislav Schlosar told TASR on Monday. When confiscating Krupa’s arms, police told