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Sulik Meets Kollar, Hopes Broad Rightist Coalition Is Nearer

Sulik Meets Kollar, Hopes Broad Rightist Coalition Is Nearer

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – I hope that rightist politicians have moved another step forward towards a broad rightist coalition with 87 seats [in the 150-seat House – ed. note], said Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chairman Richard Sulik on Thursday after a meeting with We Are Family-Boris Kollar party leader Boris Kollar

Pollak: Political Parties Musn't Stoop to Extremists' Level

Pollak: Political Parties Musn't Stoop to Extremists' Level

Bratislava, March 9 (TASR) – People who deny spiritual, human and moral values for which people regardless of their ethnic minority or skin colour were killed in WWII have arrived in the legislative body, said Government Proxy for Roma Communities Peter Pollak in a statement on Wednesday. [The far-right Kotleba – People’

President Holds Ceremonial Lunch to Mark International Women's Day

President Holds Ceremonial Lunch to Mark International Women's Day

Bratislava, March 8 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska at Presidential Palace on Tuesday organised a lunch for ten women from various social groups and regions to mark International Women’s Day, and debate about the weekend’s general election and the women’s perspective of Slovakia. “March 8 is a day

Markiza Exit Poll: Smer Gets 27.3%, SaS Second on 13.3%

Markiza Exit Poll: Smer Gets 27.3%, SaS Second on 13.3%

Bratislava, March 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer-SD came first in the general election in Slovakia on Saturday on 27.3 percent, followed by Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on 13.3 percent and OLaNO-NOVA on 11.2 percent, according to a TV Markiza exit poll. The following parties

Former President Kovac out of Life-threatening Danger, Still Hospitalised

Former President Kovac out of Life-threatening Danger, Still Hospitalised

Bratislava, March 5 (TASR) – Former President Michal Kovac is in stable condition and out of life-threatening danger but remains in hospital in the Bratislava borough of Ruzinov where he was admitted earlier on Saturday. Bratislava University Hospital (UNB) spokesperson Petra Stano Matasovska on the same day Spokesperson Petra Stano Matasovska

Former President Michal Kovac Hospitalised

Former President Michal Kovac Hospitalised

Bratislava, March 5 (TASR) – Former Slovak President Michal Kovac was taken to hospital in the Bratislava borough of Ruzinov on Saturday, TV Markiza reported on its website on the same day. “The 85-year-old patient was transported to Ruzinov hospital,” Emergency Medical Service Operational Centre (OSZZS) spokesman Boris Chmel told TASR.

Campaign for General Election Now Over, Moratorium in Place

Campaign for General Election Now Over, Moratorium in Place

Bratislava, March 3 (TASR) – The official campaign for the general election on Saturday, March 5 ended with the beginning of a 48-hour moratorium that began at 7 a.m on Thursday. According to the law on election campaigns, any activities that could favour or harm parties, movements and coalitions running