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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

Number of Submitted Applications for Asylum in Slovakia Is Ever Decreasing

Number of Submitted Applications for Asylum in Slovakia Is Ever Decreasing

Bratislava, March 2 (TASR) – The decreasing trend in the number of applications for asylum in Slovakia has continued over the past three years, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Of 732 applications for asylum submitted in 2012, it was conferred in 32 cases and subsidiary protection [a term applied to those people

Figel: KDH Ready for Closer Cooperation with Most-Hid and Siet

Figel: KDH Ready for Closer Cooperation with Most-Hid and Siet

Bratislava, March 2 (TASR) – The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) is ready for closer cooperation with the Most-Hid and Siet (Network) parties, KDH leader Jan Figel told a news conference in Bratislava on Wednesday, adding that an alternative like this is viable and compatible in terms of agendas. “We perceive this

Six Parties to Promote 'I Jingle for Change' Anti-corruption Measures

Six Parties to Promote 'I Jingle for Change' Anti-corruption Measures

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Six political parties – Most-Hid, Siet (Network), OLaNO-NOVA, SaS, KDH and SMK – have pledged to promote anti-corruption measures via the ‘I Jingle for Change’ initiative after Saturday’s general election. Initiative representatives at a press briefing in Bratislava on Tuesday reported that two months ago they approached

Kiska's First Facebook Conference Watched by Thousands

Kiska's First Facebook Conference Watched by Thousands

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – On Tuesday thousands of people watched the live online conference hosted by President Andrej Kiska on Facebook, where he responded to questions and called on people to go out and vote in the March 5 Parliamentary election. “I’m convinced that every one of us should

Neither KDH, Most-Hid Nor Network to Sign Declaration Against Smer-SD

Neither KDH, Most-Hid Nor Network to Sign Declaration Against Smer-SD

Bratislava, February 26 (TASR) – KDH, Most-Hid and Network parties won’t sign the Declaration of Responsibility for Slovakia, aimed to reject post-election cooperation with Smer-SD, TASR learnt on Friday. It was Richard Sulik who called upon the centre-right parties to confirm this way their commitment to the formation of a