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SNS Wants to See Death Penalty Re-established

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - Co-ruling Slovak National Party (SNS) delegates to the programme conference held on Friday voted to approve its manifesto for the June 12 general election with new proposals in various spheres. SNS showed in what it called the Programme of Responsibility and Opportunity for Slovakia that it continues to want capital punishment in the country… read more

Sulik: Judges\' Rulings and Attitudes Make Them Unfit for Their Jobs

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - Given their decisions and attitude to their work, judges have rendered themselves unfit for the job, head of the fledgling Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Richard Sulik told TASR on Friday. "They've shown that as a whole they're inept, and that's why the judiciary is such an abysmal state," said Sulik. He added that his view is based on lawsuit… read more

Offenders Beat SDKU Official, Local Politics Might Be Involved

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - Unknown offenders on Tuesday beat SDKU-DS local Bratislava councillor Milan Trstensky, who had to be hospitalised following the attack, TASR was told by SDKU-DS Regional Chair Lucia Zitnanska on Friday. In late 2009, an unknown offender set alight a car belonging to Martin Zatovic, chairman of SDKU-DS caucus in the local council in Bratislava's… read more

Slota: Many Gypsies Won\'t Work Even If We Promise Them the Moon

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Jan Slota and his advisor, Slovakia's Roma Parliament head Ladislav Fizik, on Friday agreed that the biggest problem facing the Roma is unemployment. "It's necessary to give work to those who want to work. Unfortunately, however, we observe that there is a large percentage of them who are too lazy to work… read more

Lizak: Austrian Concerns About Mochovce Unjustified, Talks Continue

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - At the meeting Friday with Walter Grahammer, general director of the European section of Austrian Foreign Ministry, Slovak Ambassador to Austria Peter Lizak pointed to the forthcoming and transparent manner in which Slovakia has proceeded vis-a-vis the construction of the 3rd and 4th nuclear reactors at Mochovce (Nitra region), TASR was told by Foreign… read more

Lajcak: We\'re Interested in Discussing Dual Citizenship with Hungary

Bratislava, May 7 (TASR) - Slovakia has indicated to Hungary that it is interested in discussing the topic of dual citizenship, Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak told TASR on Friday. Hungary's incoming Foreign Affairs Minister Janos Martonyi recently stated that ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries may be given dual citizenship following an amendment… read more

Lajcak to Provide Slovak Aid to Moldova in Its Integration Efforts

Bratislava/Chisinau, May 6 (TASR) - Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak left on Thursday for a visit to Moldova's capital city Chisinau to provide financial and political aid to his Moldovan partners, TASR learned from Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Peter Stano on the same day. Lajcak will hold talks with his counterpart Iurie Leanca, Prime Minister Vladimir… read more

Wheel of Salary Turns Out Into Highlight of SaS Election Campaign

Zvolen, May 6 (TASR) - The so-called wheel of salary – designed for people to calculate what their net income would be if the party's deduction bonus scheme is introduced – proved to be the highlight of Thursday's campaign stop of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) in Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region). SaS, led by Richard Sulik (former advisor to Finance Minister Jan Pociatek/Smer-SD),… read more

Belousovova: How Do You Know That Man on SNS Billboards Is Roma?

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) - The man featured on the Slovak National Party's (SNS) controversial billboards doesn't have Roma but Slovak nationality, said SNS vice-chair Anna Belousovova at a press conference on Thursday, asking how SNS's critics know that he is Roma. SNS's billboards displayed a photograph of a dark-skinned bare-chested and heavily tattooed man with a… read more

Union of Roma: Vote-buying Among Roma Persists

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) - The Union of Roma in Slovakia (URS) civil organisation has got hold of information showing that the 'buying' of Roma votes continues to be the case ahead of the June 12 general election, RUS chairman Frantisek Tanko told a press conference on Thursday. "Representatives of individual unnamed political parties are going ahead with this, offering… read more

Pociatek: Parliament Can\'t Be Ignored in Regard to Greek Bailout

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) - Parliament can't be ignored when it comes to the issue of the loan to Greece, said Slovak Finance Minister Jan Pociatek (Smer-SD) on Thursday. Pociatek stated that Slovak MPs have to okay legislative amendments as well as the specific contracts linked to Slovakia's potential bilateral loan of €816 million to Greece. "It wasn't the Government's… read more

Jadus: Slovakia Could Become Dumping Ground of Europe

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) - Extremely high prices for waste disposal in western countries of the European Union and the end of the transition period vis-a-vis the cross-border transport of waste next year could make Slovakia the dumping ground of Europe, warns Environment Ministry State Secretary Jaroslav Jadus (LS-HZDS). "We can't let this happen," said Jadus in an interview… read more

Advertisement Company Pastes Over Contentious SNS Billboards

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) - Billboard company euroAWK on Wednesday expressed regret over the fact that their advertisement space presented a motif evoking racial hatred, TASR was informed by Adriana Svarcova on behalf of the company's manager Kirsten van Landenghem on the same day. According to Svarcova, euroAWK immediately pasted over the incriminating 29 billboards throughout… read more

Kukan: Slovakia\'s Foreign Policy Has Become too Omnidirectional

Bratislava, May 5 (TASR) - The basic orientation of Slovakia's foreign policy on all cardinal points – as described by Prime Minister Robert Fico – is misguided, former foreign affairs minister and now MEP Eduard Kukan (SDKU-DS) told TASR on Wednesday. "If we don't have our priorities defined clearly, we can hardly appear as a trustworthy partner ... because claiming… read more

Roma Initiative: Gov\'t Hasn\'t Done Anything to Resolve Roma Issue

Banska Bystrica, May 5 (TASR) - The Roma Initiative in Slovakia (RIS) is concerned about the lack of attention being paid to resolving Roma problems in Slovakia by the current Government, RIS chairman Alexander Patkolo said at a press conference in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Even though the three Coalition parties - Smer-SD, LS-HZDS and the Slovak National Party (SNS)… read more