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Kalinak: Recent Comments in Hungarian Parliament Are Dangerous

(TV Markiza, May 23, 'Na Telo') According to Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD), statements that could be heard in the Hungarian Parliament over the past week in the debate on the proposed dual-citizenship amendment are exceptionally dangerous. "Those statements are intimidating," said the minister on TV Markiza's politics show 'Na Telo' on Sunday, referring… read more

Radicova Calls on Figel to Show \'Manly Attitude\' (UPDATE)

Skalica, May 22 (TASR) - Re-ignition of Slovakia's economy, getting rid of arrogance in politics, and installing responsible governance bringing positive results for citizens - those are the key priorities of SDKU-DS, currently the strongest opposition party, for the next election term, according to SDKU election leader Iveta Radicova, speaking at a session of her party's central… read more

Political Parties Enter Official Campaign Season

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) - Slovakia's official 2010 election campaign - the airing of advertising spots - kicked off Saturday with eighteen political parties (including six parliamentary ones) registered for the June 12 event. The state-run Slovak Television (STV) and Slovak Radio (SRo) have by law to provide up to 10 hours of total airtime for all parties to present… read more

Radicova Calls on Figel to Show \'Manly Attitude\'

Pravda Daily on Saturday, May 22

Pravda daily wrote Saturday on page 12 about Slovakia's growing debts and attempts to not exceed the targeted foreign trade deficit of €3.7 billion. Analysts urge the country to retrench or see the gap in tax revenues rise further. The country's Debt Management and Liquidity Agency has this year borrowed €4.5 billion via a bond issue, setting everyone back €830,… read more

Ethnic-Hungarians Living in Slovakia Feel Safe

Bratislava, May 21 (TASR) - Most (70 percent) of the ethnic-Hungarians living in Slovakia feel as safe as ever despite the escalation of tension in Slovak-Hungarian relations, according to a sociological survey carried out by the Forum of the Institute for Minority Research in late March. The survey, conducted on a sample of 1,022 respondents, was focused on national… read more

Fresh Facts About Census Due in 2011 Revealed by Statistics Office

Bratislava, May 21 (TASR) - With one year to go before the day in which Slovaks will be asked to complete census forms, TASR news agency questioned the Slovak Statistics Office on Friday about innovations in the process. The 2011 Census will be conducted under a European Parliament and Council of European Community edict in all European Union countries. Zuzana Stukovska… read more

Amnesty International Backing Gay Pride Parade in Bratislava

Bratislava, May 21 (TASR) - Members of Amnesty International (AI) from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary will join the Gay Pride parade in Bratislava this coming Saturday, head of AI's branch in Bratislava Branislav Tichy said on Friday. "We're proud to be able to take part in the Rainbow Pride. Diversity and tolerance, equality before the law for all… read more

New Airport Terminal Opening in Afghanistan Thanks to Slovak Sappers

Kandahar, May 20 (TASR) - A new airfield terminal has been opened in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Thursday thanks to Slovak sappers, with company commander Major Dalibor Jelinek ceremoniously handing over the keys for the departure terminal to KAF base commander Gordon Moulds. The airfield was under reconstruction since March this year. The Slovak sappers changed the entrance… read more

Flood Situation in Trebisov District Improving

Trebisov, May 20 (TASR) - It's only the Bodrog River that keeps rising in Trebisov district (Kosice region), as the Latorica River is returning to more normal water levels and the Ondava River has stabilised, TASR learned from head of Trebisov District Office Robert Puci on Thursday. According to Puci, the weather forecasts are favourable, with no further extreme rainfalls… read more

Smer Representatives File Criminal Complaint Over Published Allegations

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Smer-SD vice-chairmen Marek Madaric and Igor Federic and Smer's general manager Jan Richter filed a criminal complaint on Thursday in connection to the recently-published allegations about Smer's financing. The complaint was filed concerning libel, scaremongering, vilification and the violation of rights, said Madaric. "We've announced… read more

Focus Poll: Parliamentary Election Would End in Stalemate

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - The parliamentary elections on June 12 could end in stalemate, with both the current governing Coalition and the Opposition receiving 75 seats each, according to a survey carried out this month by the Focus agency presented on news-only television channel TA3 on Thursday. According to the poll, the winner of the election would have been Smer-SD… read more

Survey: 4% of Hungarians in Slovakia Prefer to Speak Slovak at Home

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Around 75 percent of ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia mainly speak Hungarian at home, according to a survey carried out by the Focus agency on behalf of the Department of Political Sciences at the Philosophical Faculty of St. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava. Member of the department Ladislav Machacek told TASR on Thursday that… read more

KDH Files Legal Complaint Concerning Smer\'s Financing

Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - Chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Jan Figel and KDH vice-chair Daniel Lipsic filed a criminal complaint at the Prosecutor-General's Office on Thursday morning in connection to recently-published allegations concerning the financing of the main coalition party Smer-SD. "We've been working on information that appeared in the… read more

Survey: Number of Internet Users in Slovakia Risse to 60 Percent

Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - The trend of using the internet is rising constantly in Slovakia, according to the 'Slovakia and the Internet 2010' survey carried out by TNS Agency in March on a representative sample of 1,031 respondents aged over 15. While 54.3 percent of respondents said last year that they used the internet at least once a month, this proportion grew in… read more