President Appoints Rudolf Huliak as Tourism and Sport Minister
President Peter Pellegrini appointed Rudolf Huliak as Tourism and Sport Minister on Wednesday morning. At the same time, he dismissed Dusan Keketi (a SNS nominee) from this post.
Domestic Policies
SaS: Government Should Present Specific Measures to Assist Single Parents
The state should focus on helping single-parent households and defining them in law this year, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party leader Branislav Groehling and MP Martina Bajo Holeckova (SaS) stated on Wednesday, criticising the government for doing nothing for these households so far, while raising taxes and reducing tax
Gov't: Slovakia to Provide Temporary Refuge to Ukrainians until March 4, 2026
Slovakia will provide temporary refuge for people from Ukraine until March 4, 2026, and any further extension will be automatic and in line with decisions by the Council of the European Union (EU), the government decided during its session on Wednesday.
"If the reasons for temporary protection persist, the
School Unions Consider Possible Salary Increase to Be Acceptable Compromise
Bratislava, February 25 (TASR) - The Council of the Education Trade Union considers a possible increase in the tariff salaries of all education employees to be an acceptable compromise, however, it criticises the proposal for non-tariff remuneration, trade union chairman Pavel Ondek told TASR after Tuesday's meeting of
Rallies in Memory of Kuciak and Kusnirova Held across Slovakia
Bratislava, 21 February (TASR) - Rallies are being held in several Slovak cities and towns on Friday evening to mark the seventh anniversary of the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova.
They are taking place, for example, in Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Nitra, Trnava, Poprad, Bardejov
Danko: Slovak National Party to Have New Members
Bratislava, February 18 (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) is set to expand, SNS leader and House Vice-chair Andrej Danko told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that they are receiving new members, namely some MPs from the SNS caucus who aren't members of the party.
Sutaj Estok: Voice-SD Will Do Its Best for Government to Endure
Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party will do its best to ensure that the current government endures, its leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok stated on Monday, reasoning that the opposition must not come to power because it plans to scrap several measures to help the