Bratislava, April 16 (CTK) – New Slovak Interior Minister Tomas Drucker will tender his resignation since he does not consider it right to dismiss Police President Tibor Gaspar, which demonstrators demand, Drucker told journalists today. Protesters call for changes after the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee in early March that ...
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 13 (CTK) – The Slovak police have arrested, based on an European arrest warrant, Italian businessman Antonino Vadala, whom the recently murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak mentioned in his last article, the Slovak General Prosecutor’s Office announced. The warrant for Vadala’s arrest was issued by a court in Venice, Italy. “By ...
Bratislava, March 12 (CTK) – Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-Social Democracy) announced his resignation, which the opposition and the smallest government coalition party Most-Hid demanded after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, at a press conference today. Kalinak, deputy chairman of Smer-SD, is the second minister from the cabinet of PM and chairman ...
Bratislava, March 11 (CTK) – Smer-Social Democracy of Prime Minister Robert Fico is ready to make changes in the government lineup, but this does not mean that it will dismiss Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, Deputy Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini told the public broadcaster today. Smer-SD can take steps leading to personnel changes in order ...
Bratislava, March 10 (CTK) – The Slovak police failed when it did not call a forensic pathologist to examine the dead bodies of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, daily Pravda writes on its website today, quoting Slovak Society for Forensic Medicine head Boris Tazky said. “We consider the presence of a forensic ...
Bratislava, March 9 (CTK) – The Slovak police have been working hard to solve the recent murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, yet major progress has not been made and more and more versions of the tragedy are being developed, Prosecutor General Jaromir Ciznar told journalists today. “We are doing our utmost,” ...
Bratislava, March 9 (CTK) – Rallies protesting against Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government and demanding an independent investigation into the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee were held in Bratislava and tens of towns across Slovakia today. The demonstration at a square in Bratislava’s centre was the biggest since the protests held ...
Bratislava, March 8 (CTK) – Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-Social Democracy) wanted to discredit Slovak elite prosecutor Vasil Spirko because of the investigation of a case of suspected corruption of Kalinak, Spirko told journalists today. Spirko said he would file a criminal complaint against Kalinak, Police President Tibor Gaspar and the corruption police unit’s ...
