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Smer Would Have Won Election ahead of SNS, Boris Kollar Over 5%

Smer Would Have Won Election ahead of SNS, Boris Kollar Over 5%

Bratislava, February 18, (TASR) – Had a general election been held in early February, it would have been won by the currently governing Smer-SD party on 32.1 percent of the votes, according to a poll carried out by Median SK agency on a sample of 1,001 respondents between February

Matovic Testifies Before Police on Alleged Tax Fraud

Matovic Testifies Before Police on Alleged Tax Fraud

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – OLaNO-NOVA chairman Igor Matovic was summoned to the Police Corps presidium in Bratislava on Wednesday to provide testimony concerning the sale of his former company that according to Prime Minister Robert Fico involved a massive tax fraud. Matovic came to police accompanied by his lawyer Daniel

SMK Prefers Rightist Government, But Would Hold Talks with Smer-SD

SMK Prefers Rightist Government, But Would Hold Talks with Smer-SD

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – The Hungarian Community Party (SMK) would prefer a rightist government, says ‘no’ to Smer-SD, but doesn’t rule out potential post-election negotiations with Smer, either, SMK leader Jozsef Berenyi told TASR on Wednesday. “There is a need to go into negotiations, but the question is whether

OLaNO-NOVA Unveils Programme, Lipsic Wants to Angle Big Fishes

OLaNO-NOVA Unveils Programme, Lipsic Wants to Angle Big Fishes

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Combatting corruption and reforming education and health care are among the chief points of OLaNO-NOVA’s election programme as presented by party leader Igor Matovic and other figures at a press conference on Tuesday. Other points of OLaNO-NOVA’s platform include the introduction of public officials’

Brown Bear Exhibition in Zvolen Prolonged to End of March

Brown Bear Exhibition in Zvolen Prolonged to End of March

Zvolen, February 16 (TASR) – An exhibition about the biggest Slovak carnivore, the brown bear, at the Forestry and Woodcutting Museum (LDM) in Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region) has been prolonged to the end of March, TASR learnt on Tuesday. In addition to information about the animal published on panels, visitors can

Health Ministry: Only Two Nurses Stick to Notices in Martin

Health Ministry: Only Two Nurses Stick to Notices in Martin

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – Only two nurses out of 160 who originally filed resignation notices as part of a mass move at Martin University Hospital (Zilina region) have left their notices in place as of March 1, Health Ministry spokesman Peter Bubla told TASR on Monday. According to the spokesman,

Fico: Smer Has No One to Talk to about Political Programme

Fico: Smer Has No One to Talk to about Political Programme

Bratislava, February 12 (TASR) – The Opposition’s election billboards show that its world works in a programme of poverty and hypocrisy, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at the international ‘Social Democracy in 21st Century – Without Cuts and Closer to People’ conference in Bratislava on Friday. “A state for the people,