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Man who caused blast at Topoľčany factory is identified
Police said on Wednesday, August 26, that they had identified a man who brought explosives to Euromont company in Topoľčany on Tuesday and died in the blast that followed, the SITA newswire reported.
Roma group challenges SNS desire to appoint Deputy PM
The European Parliament of Roma (EPR) has called on the Slovak National Party (SNS) to give up its "mischievous" intentions to be in charge of the Government Office for Knowledge-based Society, European Affairs, Human Rights and Minorities, the TASR newswire wrote.
Pohár trpezlivosti
English speakers have their cup of sorrow and Slovaks their glass of patience, pohár trpezlivosti. Heavy-drinking SNS boss Ján Slota has managed to fill both. After yet another scandal at the SNS-run Environment Ministry, Prime Minister Fico has decided to not only force the resignation of its third minister in a year, but to strip the party of the right to nominate the next one, robbing it of control over one of three ministries it is supposed to run based on the 2006 post-election coalition agreement.
Slovenská Pospolitosť plans to found political party, interior minister reacts
According to information published on its website, the right-wing anti-Roma organisation Slovenská Pospolitosť (Slovak Togetherness), which is currently registered in Slovakia as a civic association, has started collecting signatures in order to establish itself as a political party under the name Naše Slovensko (Our Slovakia).
Suspected Molotov cocktails thrown at Slovak Embassy in Budapest
Two bottles containing an as-yet unidentified liquid were thrown into the Slovak Embassy in the Hungarian capital Budapest during the night of August 25/26.
Agriculture Minister Becík plans to step down on Thursday
Agriculture Minister Stanislav Becík, a nominee of the junior ruling coalition party the Movement for a Democratic (HZDS), told journalists on August 26, prior to a cabinet session, that he would resign from the post of agriculture minister on Thursday, August 27.
Average old-age pension in Slovakia was €337.38 in late July
The average monthly old-age pension in Slovakia amounted to €337.38 in late July. As of that date, approximately 929,300 people received this kind of pension, the SITA newswire wrote. Early retirement pension, received by 54,800 pensioners at the end of July, reached €350.52 on average, according to information provided by the state-run social security provider Sociálna Poisťovňa (SP).
Slovak president doesn't want to dismiss hospitalised minister
Outgoing Environment Minister Viliam Turský remains in hospital, ministry spokesperson Jana Kaplanová said on August 25, adding that she doesn't have any further information concerning his state of health.
President signs amendment to Abortion Act
President Ivan Gašparovič on August 25 signed an amendment to the Abortion Act according to which women will be given two days to consider whether to go ahead with an abortion following a consultation.
Mečiar to ask Becík to return ministerial mandate to HZDS
The leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), Vladimír Mečiar, told a press conference on August 25 that he will ask Agriculture Minister Stanislav Becík (a HZDS nominee) to return his ministerial mandate to the party on August 26.
Police: Blast at Topoľčany factory caused by explosives
A blast at the Euromont factory in Topoľčany (Nitra Region) on Tuesday, August 25, morning was triggered by explosives, Police Corps President Ján Packa said later in the day.
Slota’s air flights not examined as coalition MPs fail to show
On August 25, the session of the Parliamentary committee on incompatibility of functions was expected to discuss two motions filed by the NGO Transparency International Slovensko concerning aeroplane flights made by MP and SNS chairman Ján Slota. However, committee members from coalition parties failed to arrive; just six opposition MPs were in attendance so the committee could not deal with the issue, the SITA newswire reported.
Hungarian Foreign Ministry says Slovakia violated President Sólyom's rights
Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Péter Balázs summoned Slovakia's Ambassador to Hungary, Peter Weiss, on Monday, August 24 and at the meeting expressed his “deep written and verbal” disagreement with the recent incident in which Slovakia denied Hungarian President Lázsló Sólyom entry to the country, the SITA newswire reported.
Ag Chamber says higher Slovak excise taxes on spirits will spur shopping tourism
The planned increase in excise tax rate on spirits by nearly 15 percent, as approved by the Slovak cabinet last week, may spur shopping tourism and expand illegal acquisition of spirits, the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber claims, as reported by the SITA newswire.
Ryanair rolls out new autumn routes
Budget airline Ryanair on Monday, August 24, announced a number of new routes from the Bratislava airport, bringing the total number of destinations to 17, the TASR newswire wrote.
Police charge Slovenská Pospolitosť leader with racial defamation
A police investigator has charged Marián Kotleba, the leader of the far-right organisation Slovenská Pospolitosť (Slovak Togetherness), age 32, with the crime of defaming nationality, race and political and religious opinions, Police Corps vice-president Stanislav Jankovič said at a press conference on Monday, August 24, the TASR newswire reported.
Education Ministry says only six Slovak universities can retain status
Education Minister Ján Mikolaj on Monday unveiled the results of an accreditation review of Slovakia's universities that was completed by a special commission late last week, the TASR newswire wrote.
HZDS party to discus successor to Agricultural Minister
Coalition party HZDS will discuss a successor to the current Agriculture Minister, Stanislav Becík, on Tuesday, August 25,the party's secretary, Ivana Kapráliková, told TA3 television, which broadcast the information in its evening newscast on Monday, the TASR newswire wrote.
US embassy has no comment on FBI probe of Interblue Group
The Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Keith Eddins, said on Monday, August 24, that he will not comment on information that the FBI is looking into the suspicious sale of emissions quotas to what has been called a 'garage company', the Interblue Group, based in the United States, the TASR newswire wrote.
Slovenská Pospolitosť holds protest in Krompachy
Around 40 young men, members and sympathisers of the right-wing Slovenská Pospolitosť (Slovak Togetherness) organisation gathered on Saturday, August 22 in the town of Krompachy in Košice region to protest against what they call ‘Roma criminality’, the TASR newswire wrote. The police watched the demonstrators as early as at the local railway station, while police patrols were also deployed at the entrances to the town. According the spokesperson for the Kosice regional police directorate, Jana Mesarova, the police had sufficient means available, including a water cannon and a bus full of police officers, to intervene if necessary. The vice-mayor of Krompachy, Imrich Holečko, told TASR that the organisers of the demonstration did not officially announce the gathering. A Pospolitosť activist from Nitra said in his speech that the current government has failed to deal with the Roma problem, describing the cabinet as "racist, fascist and incompetent".
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