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SKOK Offers Siet 100 Billboards for Clear Answer on Coalition with Smer

SKOK Offers Siet 100 Billboards for Clear Answer on Coalition with Smer

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – The SKOK party is offering the fellow extraparliamentary Siet (Network) party 100 billboards in February if Siet chairman Radoslav Prochazka will provide a clear yes or no to post-election cooperation with Smer-SD, SKOK chairman Juraj Miskov announced at a press conference on Friday. According to Miskov,

Prochazka: I Challenge Fico to TV Debate on RTVS

Prochazka: I Challenge Fico to TV Debate on RTVS

Zilina, January 29 (TASR) – Siet (Network) party leader Radoslav Prochazka at an extraordinary briefing in Zilina on Friday challenged Prime Minister Robert Fico to a face-to-face televised debate on public broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS). “In the 18 months since the creation of Network, the chairman [Fico] of

Siet, OLaNO and SaS Join I'm Rattling for Change Initiative

Siet, OLaNO and SaS Join I'm Rattling for Change Initiative

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – A trio of political parties – Siet (Network), Ordinary People (OLaNO) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) – has committed itself to promoting anti-corruption measures called ‘I’m Rattling for Change’ [an allusion to the rattling of keys during the Velvet Revolution – ed. note]. The initiative was conceived by

Nurses: Health Care for One Million Patients in Peril as of February

Nurses: Health Care for One Million Patients in Peril as of February

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) – A total of one million patients in Trnava, Zilina and Presov regions will be without proper health care as of next month following the mass resignations of nurses, head of the nurses trade union Monika Kavecka stated on Thursday. “If the health minister [Viliam Cislak] claims

Kiska: All Political Parties Are Recipients of Teachers' Demands

Kiska: All Political Parties Are Recipients of Teachers' Demands

Bratislava, January 28 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska hosted representatives of the Slovak Teachers Initiative (ISU) at the Presidential Palace on Thursday. ISU declared a fully blown strike on Monday, January 25. Kiska said in his speech that all political parties running in the upcoming general election are the recipients of

Draxler: Some Teachers Might Not Have Seen Hikes on Their Payslips

Draxler: Some Teachers Might Not Have Seen Hikes on Their Payslips

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – Some teachers might not have seen a 22-percent hike on their payslips that the Education, Science, research and Sport Ministry and Prime Minister Robert Fico talked about recently, as Juraj Draxler conceded on Wednesday. Speaking in a discussion organised by the initiative Enough, Let’s Not

Fico: Slovakia Ascendant on Corruption Index, But We're Not Happy Yet

Fico: Slovakia Ascendant on Corruption Index, But We're Not Happy Yet

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – Although Slovakia has seen improvement in its ranking of the corruption chart, the Government is far from satisfied because what’s important is to respond to sentiments and needs of people, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a press briefing on Wednesday. Fico spoke in response