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Lucia Žitňanská
JUSTICE Minister Lucia Žitňanská was born in Bratislava on June 3, 1964. She holds a degree from Comenius University’s school of law.
Iveta Radičová
IVETA Radičová was born on December 7, 1956 in Bratislava.
Ivan Mikloš
IVAN Mikloš is occupying the seat of the Finance Minister for a second time.
Rudolf Chmel
RUDOLF Chmel is the new Vice-Prime Minister for National Minorities. He was born on February 11, 1939 in Plzen, the Czech Republic. His family then returned to Slovakia in 1941. He graduated in Slovak language and literature from Comenius University in Bratislava and then worked as a researcher for the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Daniel Lipšic
INTERIOR Minister Daniel Lipšic was born on July 8, 1973 in Bratislava. He studied at the school of law of Comenius University and continued at a post-graduate programme of Harvard University law school.
Juraj Miškov
JURAJ Miškov is the new government’s Economy Minister and was born on April 15, 1973 in Bratislava where he studied at Comenius University’s Faculty of Philosophy and Faculty of Management. He started his professional career in 1991 as a reporter for Slovak Radio and in 1992 he became a writer for the Smena daily.
Ján Figeľ
JÁN Figeľ, known primarily for his work as Slovakia’s first representative in the European Commission and now as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), will serve as a deputy prime minister and as the Minister of Transport, Tourism and Regional Development in the new government.
Daniel Krajcer
CULTURE Minister Daniel Krajcer was born on September 19, 1969 in Bratislava. He studied library science and informatics at Comenius University and later studies law at the same university.
KDH nominates prosecutor as state secretary at Interior Ministry
THE POST of state secretary (i.e. deputy minister) at the Slovak Interior Ministry will go to a prosecutor from the Special Prosecutor’s Office, Maroš Žilinka. The leaders of Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) approved his nomination on July 13, the SITA newswire reported.
Zsolt Simon
ZSOLT Simon, returning as Slovakia’s Agriculture Minister, was born on August 26, 1970 in Rimavská Sobota. In 1993 he graduated from the University of Agriculture in Brno. In 1993 – 1994 he worked at his family’s farm in his hometown and subsequently he founded Agrotrade company.
Eugen Jurzyca
EUGEN Jurzyca, Slovakia’s new Education Minister, was born on February 8, 1958 in Bratislava. He studied at the University of Economics in Bratislava and in 1993 had a six-month internship at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and in 1991 – 1992 he studied at the Open University in Bratislava. He completed several courses and trainings organised within the exchange programmes of international institutions such as the World Bank and the OECD.
Ivan Uhliarik
IVAN Uhliarik from Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) will serve as Health Minister in the government. He was born on June 3, 1968 in Námestovo and studied at the medical school of Charles University in Prague. He began working at the hospital in Skalica in 1993.
Mikuláš Dzurinda
FOREIGN Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda was born on February 4, 1955 in Spišský Štvrtok. He graduated from the University of Transport in Žilina.
Court rejects Fico’s lawsuit against Petit Press over cartoon published in Sme
A judge from the Bratislava IV District Court rejected the lawsuit filed by former Prime Minister Robert Fico against Petit Press, the publisher of the Sme daily, involving a demand for €33,000 because of a cartoon by Martin Shooty Šútovec released on July 9, 2009, which depicted the then-prime minister at the doctor’s appointment checking an x-ray that showed no spine, the SITA newswire wrote.
PM Radičová says Slovakia cannot decide on EFSF without parliament’s approval
Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová said she cannot give any consent to allocate resources for the European financial guarantee mechanism, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), without the approval of the Slovak government and parliament, the TASR newswire reported after her meeting Monday with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. “The former government gave general consent on May 10, but I will respect the European legislation as well as Slovakia’s. At first, I’ll lay out the idea to the government members, then the coalition partners and, finally, to parliament. Only then can Slovakia adopt an official stance,” said Radičová, adding that EFSF will be discussed at a government session on July 14.
Police comment on accused murderer of Nitra councillor
Štefan K., accused of murdering Nitra regional councillor László Basternak, a member of the Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK), may face a 25-year prison sentence or even life in prison, Police Corps Vice-president Michal Kopčík told a press conference on Monday, July 12, in Bratislava, the TASR newswire reported. He specified that Basternak, formerly the mayor of the town of Hurbanovo, was murdered on Friday, July 9, at 9:05 p.m. with one gunshot to his head. The perpetrator hopped into his car and attempted to flee the scene, Kopčík added. However, Basternak's stepson fired 12 gunshots, hitting the murderer in the elbow. He then got out of the immobilised car and ran away, but the police caught up with him and arrested him on Saturday.
Slovakia’s National Highway Company accepts lowest bid in R4 tender
Slovakia’s National Highway Company (NDS) has accepted the lowest bid from the Skanska SK company of Bratislava in a tender for construction of the dual carriageway R4 between Košice and Milhošť. The company received the highway company's announcement on July 12, Skanska SK spokesperson Magdaléna Dobišová informed the SITA newswire.
Slovakia’s inflation rate is 1 percent y-o-y in June with alcohol and tobacco prices rising
Inflation in Slovakia decelerated from 1.2 percent year-on-year in May to 1 percent in June, the Statistics Office announced on Monday, July 12, according to the TASR newswire.
Prime Minister Radičová is on working trip to Brussels
Slovakia’s new Prime Minister Iveta Radičová departed on Monday, July 12, for a two-day working visit to Brussels for talks with officials of the European Union and NATO, both of which accepted Slovakia as a member in 2004, the TASR newswire wrote. Radičová also met European Council President Herman van Rompuy and on Tuesday, July 13, she will hold talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Eurogroup President Jean Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Man with automatic rifle kidnaps Slovak police patrol and is later killed
An as-yet unnamed man aged 28 took a two-member police patrol hostage near the town of Šaľa in Nitra region on Sunday evening, July 11, the TASR newswire was told by Nitra Regional Police Directorate spokesperson Renáta Čuháková on Monday. According to a newspaper report, the man holding the police officers was eventually shot dead by other officers. The incident occurred when the police patrol attempted to stop and check the driver of a Škoda Felicia car. The driver did not stop, however, and the patrol set off in pursuit. When the car crashed into a pylon, two men jumped out and attempted to escape. The officers were able to catch one man, while the other darted into a nearby house.
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