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SaS Files Motion to Convene Extraordinary House Session to Oust Matovic

SaS Files Motion to Convene Extraordinary House Session to Oust Matovic

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) has submitted a motion to convene an extraordinary meeting and vote of no confidence in Finance Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO), chairperson of the SaS parliamentary caucus Anna Zemanova said on Friday, adding that the proposal was signed by 32 MPs. In addition

Education Minister Could Be Appointed Next Week, Premier Didn't Say Name

Education Minister Could Be Appointed Next Week, Premier Didn't Say Name

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – The new education minister could be appointed next week, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said during the traditional Question Time in Parliament, which takes place on Thursday afternoons when the house is in session. Heger didn’t want to say the name of the new head

Heger: Minority Government Can Continue with Reforms as Well

Heger: Minority Government Can Continue with Reforms as Well

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – Speaking on Radio Expres’s Brano Zavodsky Live show on Thursday, Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated that a minority government can continue with reforms as well. “Regardless of the fact whether it is a minority or majority government, it can implement this,” he said, pointing to

Constitutional Court to Judge Constitutionality of First Referendum Question

Constitutional Court to Judge Constitutionality of First Referendum Question

Kosice, September 21 (TASR) – The Constitutional Court will decide whether the first referendum question, which concerns the government’s resignation, is constitutional. At a non-public session of its plenum on Wednesday, the court accepted President Zuzana Caputova’s motion regarding this matter in its entirety for further proceedings. The court

Lengvarsky to Present Draft to Raise Salaries of All Health Workers to Gov't

Lengvarsky to Present Draft to Raise Salaries of All Health Workers to Gov't

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – I’ll present a proposal to increase salaries of health professionals at the Government meeting on Wednesday (September 21), Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) told a press conference on Tuesday. In addition to the announced increase in salaries of doctors and nurses, it also

Premier Hopes that Snap General Election Won't Take Place

Premier Hopes that Snap General Election Won't Take Place

Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) – Speaking on TV Joj’s talk show ‘Na hrane’ (On the Edge) on Thursday (September 15) evening, Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said that he hopes a snap general election won’t take place. Heger pointed to several reforms that his Government has managed to implement. These

Heger: I Beg Our Lady of Sorrows to Keep Constant Patronage over Slovakia

Heger: I Beg Our Lady of Sorrows to Keep Constant Patronage over Slovakia

Bratislava, September 15 (TASR) – Following the Mass of the national pilgrimage marking the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patroness of Slovakia, in Sastin-Straze on Thursday, which he personally attended, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated on his Facebook account that he begs the Sorrowful Mother in his prayers