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“IF THERE was a Stanley Cup for local politics, I’d give it to Braňo Celler,” said hockey star Marián Hossa about the mayor of Trenčín. At least, that’s what Celler’s campaign website claims. “We have a good leader, and we should stick to that,” reads an alleged quote by Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chára on the incumbent’s site. Both players have denied supporting Celler.
Quote of the week
“Now only Harabin is left to be removed, and then Slovaks can emigrate to Antarctica.”
Coalition makes last- minute pick
AFTER weeks of tension the four parties that make up Slovakia’s ruling coalition left it until the very last minute to pick a joint candidate for general prosecutor. Jozef Čentéš, currently a deputy director of the penal department at the Office of the General Prosecutor, is the coalition leaders’ compromise choice to challenge incumbent Dobroslav Trnka in a parliamentary vote on December 2.
Judge’s daughter seeks investigation
THE DAUGHTER of late judge Marta Lauková, who shortly before her death in September claimed that her superior, Gabriela Buľubášová, the head of the Bratislava I district court, had attempted to influence one of her decisions, is asking that the investigation of her mother’s complaint continues.
VOTE: Municipal elections confirm Smer’s strength
SHORTLY after the preliminary results showed that the centre-right candidate Magdaléna Vašáryová had lost in the mayoral race in the Slovak capital, her party leader Mikuláš Dzurinda, of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ), admitted the failure of his party to the media.
VOTE: Election turnout was as low as the polls predicted
ONLY 49.69 percent of eligible voters exercised their rights to cast ballots for candidates in the municipal elections held across Slovakia on Saturday, November 27.
VOTE: Bratislava changes its political orientation after two decades, official results confirm
THE EIGHT regional capitals of Slovakia witnessed several changes in their municipal leadership in Saturday’s municipal elections.
VOTE: Smer confirms its top position in municipal elections
THE PARTY of former prime minister Robert Fico, Smer, which received the most votes in this June’s parliamentary election, confirmed its position as the party with the highest level of popular support in Saturday’s municipal elections. Candidates of Smer were elected as mayors in 599 municipalities according to the official results published by Slovakia’s Statistics Office.
VOTE: Bratislava switches its political orientation after two decades, according to unofficial results
THE EIGHT regional capitals of Slovakia witnessed several changes in their municipal leadership in Saturday’s municipal elections. According to the unofficial results published by Slovakia’s Statistics Office, after votes from 2,166 of the 2,924 towns and villages have been counted, the new mayor of the Slovak capital will be Milan Ftáčnik, who ran as an independent candidate with the support of the opposition Smer party. His challenger Magdaléna Vášáryová, a candidate of the coalition of centre-right ruling parties, finished second, according to preliminary unofficial results reported by daily Sme.
VOTE: Luník IX borough of Košice voting suspended for 10 minutes
The local election committee chairman Ladislav Petráš interrupted the municipal elections at Luník IX borough of Košice for 10 minutes around noon on Saturday, TASR newswire reported.
VOTE: Polling stations closed; results expected on Sunday, 10:00 am
Polling stations for municipal elections in nearly 3,000 cities, towns and villages were closed on Saturday at 8 pm. The only exception is a polling station in the Košice borough of Luník IX, where the polls stayed open for an extra 10 minutes because voting was interrupted for 10 minutes earlier in the day due to allegations of vote-buying, TASR newswire reported.
VOTE: Municipal elections take place today, foreigners can vote
Municipal elections for residents of Slovakia to elect their mayors and local council membersfor the next four years are being held on Saturday, November 27. Polling stations are openbetween 7:00 and 20:00.
OECD chief praises Slovakia's willingness to impose fiscal discipline
Slovakia is on the right path to consolidating its public finances, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Angel Gurría told Slovak Prime Minister Iveta Radičová at a meeting in Bratislava on Thursday, November 25.
Coalition leaders agree 2011 budget details
The leaders of Slovakia's coalition parties reached agreement on next year's budget, overcoming previous sticking points, after four hours of talks on Thursday, November 25. The agreement will mean several changes, partly to increase budget expenditure but also to boost revenue, the TASR newswire reported.
Police say five murders averted
The Office for the Fight Against Organised Crime has recently managed to save five lives, Police Corps President Jaroslav Spišiak told a press conference on Thursday, November 25.
Žitňanská files further action against Harabin
Justice Minister Lucia Žitňanská (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ)) on Thursday, November 25, submitted a further proposal to the Constitutional Court to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the head of the Supreme Court, Štefan Harabin.
Love of country lost and found
YOUNG Juraj did not think he was leaving Czechoslovakia for good in 1968. For an educated, ambitious 22-year-old, the country held his past, but he soon decided that the regime did not offer a future.
Disciplinary proceedings begin against Judge Juraj Babjak
The disciplinary senate of the Slovak Supreme Court opened its hearing on Wednesday, November 24, in the case of Judge Juraj Babjak for allegedly prolonging court proceedings.
Samsung to add 1,000 new jobs in Slovakia next year
Samsung Slovakia will hire another 1,000 people to produce LCD panels during the early months of next year. But the company, one of the country’s biggest employers, says it would welcome improvements in the business environment through changes to the Labour Code and the education system, Prime Minister Iveta Radičová said.
SaS nominees are not patrons, but founding members, says Sulík
Ľubor Benkovič and Jozef Boskovič, who as nominees of Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), one of Slovakia’s four governing parties, sit on the supervisory boards of two major state-run firms, donated money to the party as founding members, not as sponsors, stressed SaS leader Richard Sulík on Wednesday, November 24, in response to a news conference by opposition leader Robert Fico.
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