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Premier Rejects Linking Current Events with What Happened During WWII

Premier Rejects Linking Current Events with What Happened During WWII

Michalovce, May 6 (TASR) - I reject linking current events to those from the time of the Second World War, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Tuesday during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the Day of Victory

President Pays Tribute to M.R. Stefanik at Campoformido Airport in Italy

President Pays Tribute to M.R. Stefanik at Campoformido Airport in Italy

Rome, May 4 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini on Sunday visited the Campoformido airport in Italy, from where General Milan Rastislav Stefanik took off on his last flight to his homeland on May 4, 1919, describing Stefanik as a passionate Slovak and a convinced European who fought for the ideals

Premier Ready to Sign Agreement to Scrap Sunday Debates

Premier Ready to Sign Agreement to Scrap Sunday Debates

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) - I'm ready to sign an agreement with all political party chairmen to cancel Sunday political talk shows, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a press conference on Sunday, adding that the quality how presenters are prepared and the content of the debates don'

Richter: It's Our Duty to Override President's Veto

Richter: It's Our Duty to Override President's Veto

(STVR, 'Sobotne dialogy', May 3) It's our duty to override president's veto, MP and Smer-SD parliamentary caucus chair Jan Richter said on STVR's politics programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues), adding that the president's specific comments on the so-called

Shared Services Centre in Michalovce Will Improve Services in 24 Municipalities

Shared Services Centre in Michalovce Will Improve Services in 24 Municipalities

Michalovce, May 2 (TASR) - A new shared services centre has been officially handed over in the town of Michalovce (Kosice region) on Friday, with Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD), representatives of the Interior Ministry and Michalovce mayor Miroslav Dufinec in attendance. The centre will be used by 24 neighbouring

Premier: Transaction Tax Irrevocable, Consolidation Impossible Without It

Premier: Transaction Tax Irrevocable, Consolidation Impossible Without It

The transaction tax is irrevocable, as it brings in such a volume of money that consolidation would be impossible without it, Premier Robert Fico told a news conference on Sunday, adding that he wasn't talking about its scrapping, but correction of technical problems in the past couple of days.

Fico Will Recommend That Coalition MPs Should Override President's Veto

Fico Will Recommend That Coalition MPs Should Override President's Veto

Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - I'll recommend to MPs of the Smer-SD caucus as well as other MPs of the governing coalition that they should vote again for the law on the so-called 'COVID amnesty' and override President Peter Pellegrini's veto, Prime Minister Robert