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Gasparovic: Time Will Tell Whether Government Manifesto Is Fulfilled

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) - I believe that when something new starts it will be fulfilled, said President Ivan Gasparovic in Parliament on Tuesday after Prime Minister Iveta Radicova introduced the Government Manifesto. According to Gasparovic, time shows no mercy and people are the harshest judges. He thinks that the proposals presented by Radicova are worth thinking… read more

Slovakia to Increase Contingent in NATO Mission in Afghanistan

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) - Defence Minister Lubomir Galko said on Tuesday that Slovakia will this year increase its contingent in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, its priority international mission, from the current 290 troops to 400. Pursuant to the Atlantic Alliance's new strategy of gradually handing over control to Afghan… read more

Fico: I Didn\'t Believe Anything Radicova Said in Manifesto Speech

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) - I didn't believe a word that Prime Minister Iveta Radicova said when she presented the Government Manifesto in Parliament on Tuesday, Smer-SD chairman Robert Fico told journalists at a press conference after Radicova's speech. "If somebody talks about the fight against corruption with [former premier and Foreign Affairs Minister Mikulas]… read more

Radicova Asks Parliament for Support in Putting End to Irresponsibility

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) - The Government Manifesto is my personal commitment to put an end to irresponsible policy, and my intention is "that this will be the end of an era in which the best time for resolving acute problems is tomorrow, in a year or during the next electoral term," said Prime Minister Radicova in her speech concerning the Manifesto in Parliament on Tuesday.… read more

Slota: I Won\'t Run for SNS Chair If Nobody Else Proposes Me

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) - Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Jan Slota doesn't intend to put himself forward for re-election at the SNS congress in September, but he isn't ruling out the possibility that somebody else may propose him as a candidate. Asked by TASR whether he would accept the candidacy if proposed by some other SNS member, Slota said that "this is… read more

FinMin Slaps Heavy Fines on Supreme Court for Blocking Inspection

Bratislava, August 2(TASR) - The Finance Ministry has decided to mete out a fine of €33,000 and €1,000 on Slovakia's Supreme Court and its chairman Stefan Harabin for blocking an audit of the institution for a second time within a week, said Finance Minister Ivan Miklos later on Monday. Miklos, invoking provisions of the Financial Audit Act, said he will again dispatch… read more

Radicova Says Coalition MPs Voice Support for Government Manifesto

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) - Prime Minister Iveta Radicova has told Parliament that all lawmakers of the ruling coalition have pledged unequivocal support for Government's Manifesto ahead of the vote in the House on Tuesday which is tantamount to a vote of confidence. She was speaking after meeting the MPs from the four governing parties in the legislature's screening… read more

Chmel: State Language Act Must Be Amended

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) - Slovakia's State Language Act, amended last year much to the consternation of ethnic-Hungarian organisations and political parties, needs to be re-amended, Deputy Premier for Minorities Rudolf Chmel (Most-Hid) said on Monday. New provisions should be placed not only in sections concerning sanctions and the supervisory (oversight) authority,… read more

Krajcer: Culture Ministry Saved More Than Million in Short Time

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) - The Culture and Tourism Ministry has saved more than €1 million since the new Government took office, said Culture Minister Daniel Krajcer on Monday, adding that this was achieved by cancelling certain inefficient public procurements concluded by the former government. Krajcer views efficient dealing with public money as one of his main… read more

FinMin Insists on Inspection at Supreme Court

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) - The Finance Ministry continues to insist that an inspection should be carried out at the Supreme Court in line with the law on financial inspections, head of the ministry's PR department Mikulas Gera told TASR on Monday. "It's a standard process, similar inspections at the Supreme Court were held in 2007 and 2009 as well," added Gera.… read more

SaS: Ordinary Pople Will Give Up MP Seats If They Leave SaS Caucus

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) - Representatives of the Ordinary People (OL) faction will give up their MP's mandates if they leave the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) caucus within this electoral term, reads an agreement between SaS and OL presented to the media at a press conference on Monday. According to Ordinary People head Igor Matovic, the four OL-member MPs have agreed… read more

Radicova to Meet MPs on Monday to Discuss Government Manifesto

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - Prime Minister Iveta Radicova (SDKU-DS) is slated to meet MPs from the governing Coalition (SDKU-DS, Freedom and Solidarity/SaS, the Christian Democrats/KDH and Most-Hid) in the parliamentary cinema hall on Monday to discuss the Government Manifesto that will be debated in the plenum the day after, the Government Office Press Department told TASR… read more

DefMin: Ban on Cluster Bombs Will Have Serious Financial Implications

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - The Defence Ministry recommends that Slovakia takes part in the International Convention on Cluster Munitions, but only when the country is able to meet the commitments included in it, ministry spokesman Richard Sumeghy has told TASR. "The ban on producing cluster bombs has serious financial implications that have to be properly taken into… read more

Lipsic: Slovakia Needs Concept for Legal Imigration

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) - Slovakia should work out a concept for legal migration due to current demographic developments in the country, Interior Minister Daniel Lipsic (Christian Democrats/KDH) has told TASR. "The population has been falling, and it will continue to do this in the future. We need a concept of legal migration from countries that are close to us in… read more

Dzurinda: Forum of MPs of Carpathian Basin Shouldn\'t Be Under Parliament

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) - It will be possible to ensure that the Forum of MPs of the Carpathian Basin (FPKK) won't become a permanent institution of the Hungarian Parliament, Foreign Affairs Minister Mikulas Dzurinda has told TASR. "I plan to hold a constructive and positive dialogue with Budapest to move on forwards and introduce a more friendly atmosphere into the… read more