Pezinok, West Slovakia, March 26 (CTK) – Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova were murdered on January 21, four days before their bodies were found, Slovak prosecutor said today, releasing for the first time details of the shooting of the couple, which caused political crisis in the country. According to the ...
Bratislava, March 23 (CTK) – The murder of young journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee in late February has brought about not only a political crisis and change in the government, but it also became the proverbial last straw for a large part of society, discontented with various scandals, sociologist Michal Vasecka told journalists today. ...
Prague, March 23 (CTK) – Robert Fico has made a gambit move, sacrificing his post of Slovak prime minister in order to regain it in the next elections, commentator Adam Cerny writes in Czech daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today, referring to the Slovak government reshuffle amid a political crisis. In a chess game, gambit ...
Bratislava, March 22 (CTK) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska today appointed the new cabinet of Peter Pellegrini, which the three government parties formed after previous prime minister Robert Fico’s (both Smer-Social Democracy) resignation amid a political crisis a week ago. Most of the cabinet’s 15 members were ministers of the previous cabinet. There are ...
Bratislava, March 21 (CTK) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska will appoint current Deputy PM Peter Pellegrini as prime minister and his new government on Thursday, Kiska told reporters today. Pellegrini will attend the EU summit on Thursday and meet European Parliament President Antonio Tajani in Brussels earlier, the Government Office said. Kiska agreed ...
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) – 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 – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico offered his resignation as part of a solution to the political crisis after the assassination of journalist Ján Kuciak and his girlfriend. Fico told journalists today. But Prime Minister Andrej Kiska, who, in accordance with the constitution, appoints a new prime minister, will respect his current Coalition for Social Democracy (SDS), ...
Bratislava, March 15 (CTK) – The organisers of anti-government protests in Slovakia are not satisfied with the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, and they demand early elections, they said in their statement today. Civic activists, who have staged the biggest demonstrations in Slovakia’s ...
