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Slovak police declare the mayor of Tornaľa as a wanted fugitive
Slovakia’s police have declared a nationwide search for Ladislav Dubovský, the mayor of the town of Tornaľa in southern Slovakia, who did not appear for questioning before an investigator and escaped a police patrol that was to take him there, said Branislav Valaštek, the District Police Corps Director in Revúca, to the SITA newswire.
Slovakia to assume Visegrad Four presidency
A Slovak delegation led by Prime Minister Iveta Radičová will on Tuesday, June 20, take part in a Visegrad Four (V4) summit in Budapest and officially assume the four-member regional group’s presidency, the government announced on Wednesday, July 14. The V4 groups Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
Government to discuss euro bailouts today
The government did not deal with the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the EU’s bailout loan to Greece on Wednesday, July 14, but will instead discuss these issues separately at an extraordinary session today (July 15), the Government Office press department said on Wednesday, July 14, as reported by the TASR newswire.
Foreign Minister Dzurinda to visit Prague
Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda will leave for a working visit to the Czech Republic today (July 15), where he will meet his Czech counterpart, Karel Schwarzenberg, Prime Minister Peter Nečas and Speaker of Parliament Miroslava Nemcová, Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Peter Stano told the TASR newswire on Wednesday, July 14.
Lipšic proposes depriving Harabin of his bodyguard, Harabin hits back
Interior Minister Daniel Lipšic has proposed that Supreme Court President Štefan Harabin should be deprived of his bodyguard, Harabin’s spokesperson Sylvia Machalová said on Wednesday, July 14, the TASR newswire reported.
SaS pitches for control over specific state offices
FREEDOM and Solidarity (SaS), one of the parties making up Slovakia’s new government, said that it and the other coalition parties would agree at the first meeting of their Coalition Council how to divide up management positions at state enterprises.
Cabinet appoints deputy ministers
THE CABINET of Iveta Radičová appointed government state secretaries, i.e. deputy ministers, at its first session on July 9. The cabinet also recalled the standing heads of ministerial offices and appointed new ones, the SITA newswire reported.
Radičová’s team takes shape; a priest will be her top adviser
WHAT IS traditionally regarded as the most influential position in the Government Office – i.e. the prime minister’s office – will be held by Franciscan priest Ján Krstiteľ Balázs. He was named chief adviser to Prime Minister Iveta Radičová for media and church affairs. Balázs will lead a team of six internal and six external advisers to the prime minister.
Fico fails in lawsuit against publisher
FORMER Prime Minister Robert Fico was unsuccessful in his lawsuit against Petit Press, the publisher of the Sme daily as well as The Slovak Spectator, for printing a cartoon by Martin ‘Shooty’ Šútovec which depicted the prime minister as lacking a spine.
SaS accuses president of sabotaging referendum
THE LEADER of the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party and newly elected Speaker of Parliament Richard Sulík said that President Ivan Gašparovič did all he could to cause the referendum initiated by SaS to fail. Sulík further charged that Gašparovič made no effort to reduce the costs of the referendum.
Ex-president Kováč to remain in hospital
Former Slovak president Michal Kováč is set to remain at the Military Hospital in the Bratislava borough of Kramáre for another ten days after being admitted on Monday, the TASR newswire reported on Tuesday, July 13.
Business group presses for changes in tender procedures to prevent corruption
The Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SOPK) said on Tuesday, July 13, that it is in talks with the new government aimed at having public procurement procedures altered in order to prevent and eliminate corruption.
New Slovak Cabinet to discuss flood relief and referendum preparations
The second cabinet session of the new Radičová government due to meet today (July 14) will deal with the preparations for the September referendum, which will cost the state treasury €7.25 million, and flood relief for regions of Slovakia hit by devastating floods in May and June, the SITA newswire wrote.
NATO chief praises Slovak deployment in Afghanistan
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen met Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová in Brussels on Tuesday, July 13, and thanked Slovakia for its contribution to NATO operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo.
Spišiak tipped for top police job; minister declines to comment
The public will learn the name of the new Police Corps president soon, Interior Minister Daniel Lipšic said on Tuesday, July 13, declining to comment on reports that it would be former police vice-president Jaroslav Spišiak, who served in that role between 2001 and 2006.
Weiss signs new deal to coach Slovakia’s football team
VLADIMÍR Weiss will remain at the helm of Slovakia's national football team after signing a new contract with the Slovak Football Association (SFZ) on July 14, the TASR newswire reported.
Fico attacks prime minister’s Brussels “pseudo-negotiations”
FORMER Slovak prime minister Robert Fico has attacked what he called the “pseudo-negotiations” in Brussels on Tuesday, July 13, involving his successor, Prime Minister Iveta Radičová, as nothing but a ploy to pave the way for giving consent to the EFSF, according to the TASR newswire.
Slovakia certain to participate in EFSF, cabinet to discuss issue today
SLOVAKIA’S portion of the eurozone’s multi-billion-euro emergency rescue package will not change, said Prime Minister Iveta Radičová after talks with the president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, in Brussels on July 13.
Ľubomír Galko
DEFENCE Minister Ľubomír Galko was born on February 14, 1968 in Klieština in the vicinity of Považská Bystrica. He studied at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of Comenius University and in 1991 began working as a computer programmer.
Jozef Mihál
JOZEF Mihál will lead the Labour, Social Affairs and Family Ministry for the new government. Mihál was born on March 18, 1965 in Bratislava. After his graduation from the school of mathematics and physics of Charles University in Prague he worked as an analyst with Aurus company. In 2005 and 2006 he served as an external adviser to the health minister for reform of the law on health insurance.
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