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) – Lubica Lassakova (Smer-Social Democracy), who was nominated for culture minister in the possible new Slovak government, today apologised for her recent statement that American financier George Soros influenced the development in postcommunist countries. Being the head of a regional branch of the senior government Smer-SD, Lassakova indicated earlier this ...
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) – 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 ...
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 ...
