Domestic Policies

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.

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

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

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

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

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