Bratislava, March 20 (CTK) – Probable future Slovak prime minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-Social Democracy) will send a new proposal of the government composition to President Andrej Kiska, who rejected the original line-up earlier today, on Wednesday, Pellegrini has told journalists. Pellegrini said he would propose Health Minister Tomas Drucker to the post of interior […]
Prague, March 20 (CTK) – Foreign Minister Martin Stropnicky has summoned Russian ambassador to Prague Alexander Zmeyevsky for Wednesday to explain the Russian diplomacy’s statement that the poison used against a former Russian spy in Britain may come from the Czech Republic, the ministry tweeted today. Stropnicky (ANO) rejected the Russian statement on Saturday. […]
Bratislava, March 20 (CTK) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska refused to appoint a new government in the lineup proposed by the current coalition of the Smer-Social Democracy, Slovak National Party (SNS) and Most-Hid, Kiska told reporters today after a meeting with possible next PM Peter Pellegrini. Kiska said he asked outgoing Deputy Prime Minister […]
Bratislava, March 19 (CTK) – Most current Slovak ministers are to stay in the new cabinet now being formed by Peter Pellegrini (Smer-Social Democracy) after the resignation of PM Robert Fico as the changes in the 15-member government are to cover five posts, including that of the PM, the coalition leaders told CTK today. […]
Bratislava, March 19 (CTK) – Three Slovak opposition parties that are demanding new elections as a solution to the current crisis triggered by the murder of an investigative journalist will submit a bill shortening the current election term in parliament, their representatives said in a joint statement today. However, the three parties do not […]
Bratislava, March 19 (CTK) – The Slovak General Prosecutor’s Office said today it has addressed Italian authorities to propose the establishment of a joint team to investigate the murder of Jan Kuciak, a journalist who wrote about suspicious activities of Italian entrepreneurs in Slovakia. Before being shot dead, together with his girlfriend, in late […]
Bratislava, March 18 (CTK) – Possible next Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini does not want ministers polarising society extremely in his government as President Andrej Kiska indirectly called on him, and he would like his cabinet to be appointed next week, Pellegrini said in a TV debate today. On Saturday, Kiska called for a government […]
Bratislava, March 17 (CTK) – The Slovak Foreign Ministry has rejected connecting Slovakia with chemical weapons and their use, ministry spokesman Peter Susko told CTK today, in reaction to the Russian diplomacy statement listing Slovakia among the countries from which the Novichok lethal substance might come. This poison was used in an attack on […]
Prague/Brno March 17 (CTK) – The Czech foreign affairs and defence ministers, Martin Stropnicky and Karla Slechtova (both ANO), rejected today the Russian diplomacy statement that the Novichok poison used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain may come from the Czech Republic. According to several sources, the nerve agent developed […]