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SaS Nominates Nicholsonova as Parliamentary Vice-chair

SaS Nominates Nicholsonova as Parliamentary Vice-chair

Bratislava, March 18 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) will nominate MP Lucia Nicholsonova as Opposition parliamentary vice-chair, the party’s National Council decided on Friday. The post of parliamentary chair should go to the Slovak National Party (SNS) – and, according to agreements of the Smer-SD-SNS-Most-Hid-Siet coalition, it should be SNS

Opposition to Divide Chairmen Posts in Controlling Committees

Opposition to Divide Chairmen Posts in Controlling Committees

Bratislava, March 18 (TASR) – Four opposition parties – liberal Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), OLaNO-NOVA, We are Family-Boris Kollar and far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) – should agree on the allocation of chairmen’s posts in parliamentary committees in upcoming days, according to Smer-SD leader Robert Fico. This is in keeping

Beblavy, Machackova and Petrik Leave Siet Party

Beblavy, Machackova and Petrik Leave Siet Party

Bratislava, March 17 (TASR) – Legislators Miroslav Beblavy, Katarina Machackova and Simona Petrik at a press conference in Bratislava on Thursday announced their departure from the Siet (Network) party. Zuzana Zimenova is also leaving her post in the party, although she wasn’t an actual member of it. “We’re renouncing

Fico Delivers Coalition Agreement to President Kiska

Fico Delivers Coalition Agreement to President Kiska

Bratislava, March 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister and Smer-SD leader Robert Fico on Thursday delivered the agreement between four political parties – Smer, the Slovak National Party (SNS), Most-Hid and Siet – to form a governing coalition to President Andrej Kiska. The parties have already presented their programme priorities as the basis for

Future Coalition Divides Gov't Posts in 9:3:2:1 Ratio

Future Coalition Divides Gov't Posts in 9:3:2:1 Ratio

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) – The four parties Smer-SD, SNS, Most-Hid and Network reached an agreement on the division of Government posts, Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico announced after the talks at Government Office on Wednesday. As the party with the largest amount of election votes, Smer-SD will receive the posts of

Coalition Parties to Redistribute Ministries This Afternoon

Coalition Parties to Redistribute Ministries This Afternoon

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) – Smer-SD, the Slovak National Party (SNS), Most-Hid and Siet (Network) will make a final decision on redistribution of ministerial departments today (Wednesday), TASR has learnt – with the ministries divided up in a 7:3:2:1 basis. Major ministries will go to the winning party Smer.

Government Proxy for Roma Pollak Wants PG to Ban LSNS

Government Proxy for Roma Pollak Wants PG to Ban LSNS

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – The goals of the far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) and its programme fly in the face of the law, Government Proxy for Roma Communities Peter Pollak said on Tuesday, citing the results of a legal analysis. Furthermore, LSNS statements on the Roma made in