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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

Nad: Slovakia Ready to Take Care of Ukrainian War Refugees If Tensions Flare Up

Nad: Slovakia Ready to Take Care of Ukrainian War Refugees If Tensions Flare Up

Brussels, February 16 (TASR) – Should tensions between Ukraine and Russia escalate and a war breaks out, Slovakia is ready to provide shelter to Ukrainian war refugees, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) stated at a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday. “We’ve been preparing for a

SaS MPs Filing Criminal Complaint over Threats to MPs

SaS MPs Filing Criminal Complaint over Threats to MPs

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MPs are filing a criminal complaint over recent public threats to MPs who supported the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the USA in Parliament, SaS MP Jan Bencik reported on Tuesday. “We’re of the opinion that [Smer-SD] MP Lubos Blaha as

Farmer's Initiative Protests at Dargov Pass, Requesting Vlcan's Ouster

Farmer's Initiative Protests at Dargov Pass, Requesting Vlcan's Ouster

Kosicky Klecenov, February 15 (TASR) – The Slovak Farmer’s Initiative (IPIF) is calling for an immediate ouster of Agriculture Minister Samuel Vlcan (an OLaNO nominee), who according to them doesn’t manage his ministry, TASR learnt on Tuesday. The farmers’ association is also asking for a meeting with Prime Minister

Smer-SD to Initiate No-confidence Motion in Minister Mikulec on Monday

Smer-SD to Initiate No-confidence Motion in Minister Mikulec on Monday

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – The opposition Smer-SD party will initiate a no-confidence motion in Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) on Monday (February 14), party head Robert Fico told a press conference on Friday. According to him, Mikulec managed the activities of the accused National Crime Agency (NAKA) investigators. Smer-SD also