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President Warned of Russian Propaganda, Praised Unification of Majority of World

President Warned of Russian Propaganda, Praised Unification of Majority of World

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – The situation in Ukraine also concerns us, President Zuzana Caputova pointed out in an extraordinary speech on public-service broadcaster RTVS on Thursday in connection with the launch of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. The head of state praised the fact that most countries in the

Gov't Allocates Up to 1,500 Soldiers Each Day to Help Protect Eastern Border

Gov't Allocates Up to 1,500 Soldiers Each Day to Help Protect Eastern Border

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – Police patrols and the number of military troops maintaining control of Slovakia’s eastern border will be strengthened, as the Government at its special online session on Thursday approved a proposal to allocate up to 1,500 soldiers per day to help protect the state border

Interior Minister Mikulec Survives No-confidence Vote in Parliament

Interior Minister Mikulec Survives No-confidence Vote in Parliament

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) withstood the opposition’s no-confidence motion in him, as Parliament failed to dismiss him, with only 50 of the 126 MPs present voting in favour of his ouster. A total of 62 MPs voted against the motion, 13 chose to abstain

President: Let's Reject Hatred Together, Decency Must Remain Standard

President: Let's Reject Hatred Together, Decency Must Remain Standard

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova together with more than 30 personalities from various areas of social life have called on the Slovaks to reject hatred and appealed that decency in Slovakia remains a standard, TASR learnt on Wednesday. According to the head of state, it has been felt

Politicians Commemorate Legacy of Investigative Journalist Jan Kuciak

Politicians Commemorate Legacy of Investigative Journalist Jan Kuciak

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova honoured the memory of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova in Velka Maca in Trnava region on Monday, lighting a candle and laying flowers in front of the house in which they were killed in 2018. “Four years ago, the

Disgruntled Group Pounds on MP Bencik's Door to Reproach Him for Backing DCA

Disgruntled Group Pounds on MP Bencik's Door to Reproach Him for Backing DCA

Bratislava, February 20 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Jan Bencik had to deal with an unusual visit on Saturday, as a group of several people, who reproached him for backing the Slovak-US Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Parliament, broke into the apartment building in which he lives to pound

Proposal on District Courts Only One from Court Map to Make It to Second Reading

Proposal on District Courts Only One from Court Map to Make It to Second Reading

Bratislava, February 17 (TASR) – Only one of the four proposals included in the court map reform, specifically the one concerning new headquarters of district courts, have been advanced to the second reading in Parliament, while the remaining three failed to find sufficient support among MPs. The only proposal to make