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Police Test Mobile Barrier in Exercise to Prevent Illegal Migration

Police Test Mobile Barrier in Exercise to Prevent Illegal Migration

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – Near the Bratislava borough of Rusovce on Wednesday, police and fire brigade held a training exercise involving a mobile barrier to be used in response to large numbers of people having to be barred from entering the country and to direct their flow. The exercise, entitled

Zilina: Customs Officials Confiscate More Than 1,000 Fake Condoms

Zilina: Customs Officials Confiscate More Than 1,000 Fake Condoms

Zilina, February 24 (TASR) – Zilina customs officers found 1,026 fake condoms set to be delivered to a recipient in Cadca (Zilina region) from China, TASR learnt from Zilina Customs Office spokesperson Bozena Chribikova on Wednesday. Following a close inspection of the goods, the customs officers ascertained that the condoms

Family Alliance: 179 Election Candidates Support Family Declaration

Family Alliance: 179 Election Candidates Support Family Declaration

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – The Family Declaration that the Family Alliance (AZR) presented online on February 18 has been supported by 179 candidates for Parliament so far, AZR chairman Anton Chromik informed TASR on Wednesday. According to Chromik, the biggest numbers of signatories are from four parties; Siet (Network), Christian

KDH MPs Call on Fico to Fullfil His Pledge on Nurse Re-hirings

KDH MPs Call on Fico to Fullfil His Pledge on Nurse Re-hirings

Presov, February 22 (TASR) – Lawmakers Pavol Zajac and Jan Hudacky (Christian Demcracts/KDH) pointed on Monday to the critical situation prevailing in Jan Adam Reiman Faculty Hospital in Presov, understaffed at the moment by some 170 nurses, TASR learnt on the same day. Furthermore, the bulk of new hires set

Fico: We Want to Reach 85 percent of EU Living Standards in Four Years

Fico: We Want to Reach 85 percent of EU Living Standards in Four Years

Banska Bystrica, February 20 (TASR) – The Government wants Slovakia to reach 85 percent of average EU living standards in the next four years, declared Prime Minister Robert Fico at a conference on the preparation of action plans for 11 districts with high unemployment rates in Banska Bystrica on Saturday. According

Poll: Smer-SD Would've Won Election on 35 percent If Held in February

Poll: Smer-SD Would've Won Election on 35 percent If Held in February

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – Eight political parties would have made it into Parliament had an election been held between February 12-18, TASR learnt from AKO agency on Friday. The incumbent Smer-SD party was supported by 35 percent of the 1,200 people included in the poll, which equates to 63

Danko: We're Focused on Programme, Not Politicking

Danko: We're Focused on Programme, Not Politicking

Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) – Most political parties spend considerable time explaining why they’re willing or not willing to form a post-election government with Smer-SD. For the Slovak National Party, however, this is not an issue, says its leader Andrej Danko. “These games of who’s going in with whom