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SUMMARY-SATURDAY-September 18, 2010 - 11 p.m.
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BRATISLAVA - The seventh plebiscite in Slovakia's history has begun on Saturday.
NOVA DEDINKA - Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radicova took part in the referendum in Nova Dedinka (Bratislava region) on Saturday.
BRATISLAVA - Saturday's referendum will be a clear fiasco if at least 400,000 people won't participate in it, Parliamentary Chairman Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) told TASR after taking part in the plebiscite in Bratislava on Saturday.
BRATISLAVA - A state commission for the Hayek Consulting awarded to the company after its co-owners Martin Chren (SaS) and Ivan Svejna (Most-Hid) have become state secretaries is no reason for dismissing the SaS nominee, SaS chairman Richard Sulik said on Saturday after discussing the issue with Chren a day earlier.
BRATISLAVA - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic views the fact that Slovakia has been entrusted to organise a meeting of top NATO officials after hosting the informal gathering of NATO defence ministers in Bratislava in 2009 as a confirmation of its successful integration into NATO structures.
BRATISLAVA - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic will not participate in the referendum on Saturday, TASR was told by President's spokesman Marek Trubac on the same day.
KOSICE - Chairman of the coalition Most-Hid party Bela Bugar took part in the referendum in Kosice on Saturday.
BRATISLAVA - The right-wing extremists on Saturday organised a march to the statue of Prince Svatopluk installed at the Bratislava Castle's courtyard.
STARY SMOKOVEC - Slovak Defence Minister Lubomir Galko (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) participated in the referendum in Stary Smokovec (Presov region) on Saturday.
BRATISLAVA - Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Mikulas Dzurinda (SDKU-DS) thinks that the referendum will not be successful, he said after casting his vote in Bratislava on Saturday.
HIGH TATRAS - The most discussed topics at the meeting of the top NATO officials held in High Tatras (Presov region) were ISAF operations in Afghanistan, KFOR mission in Kosovo and the new 2020 strategy of the North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Chief of Armed Forces General Staff Lubomir Bulik said at a press conference on Saturday.
BRATISLAVA - The seventh plebiscite in Slovakia's history ended at 10 p.m. on Saturday, when polling stations were closed.
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