Bratislava, March 29 (CTK) – Controversial real estate magnate Ladislav Basternak, whose business partner was Smer-Social Democracy deputy chairman and former interior Slovak minister Robert Kalinak, has been charged with tax fraud, the General Prosecution announced today. Basternak is suspected for unlawfully demanding value-added tax refunds of nearly two million euros in real estate ...
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) – 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 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 15 (CTK) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska today accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Robert Fico, which means the fall of the whole cabinet, and assigned outgoing Deputy PM Peter Pellegrini (both Smer-Social Democracy) to form a new cabinet based on the current three-party coalition. Fico’s cabinet will remain in office pending ...
Strasbourg, March 14 (CTK) – People’s mistrust of their own state institutions is one of the alarming aspects of the situation in Slovakia after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, Slovak MEP Ivan Stefanec told CTK today, referring to a report a delegation of six MEPs released on return from Bratislava. “The report was ...
Bratislava, March 13 (CTK) – The government parties, Smer-Social Democracy (Smer-SD), the Slovak National Party (SNS) and Most Hid, have not agreed on a solution to the coalition crisis yet, SNS and parliament chairman Andrej Danko said and did not rule out talks on the PM’s replacement being conducted. The parties tried to find ...
