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Smer wins EP vote, turnout 13 percent, according to unofficial results
LESS than 13 percent of Slovak voters cast their vote in the elections to the European Parliament (EP), according to unofficial results, remaining true to the country’s reputation of posting low turnouts since joining the EU in 2004.
EP VOTE: Who will be the new MEPs?
THE RULING Smer party has received the highest number of votes in the election to the European Parliament but Robert Fico’s party has probably failed to defend its five mandates, according to unofficial estimates published by Sme.sk.
EP VOTE: Smer wins EP vote, but loses one mandate, unofficial results suggest (updated at 13:00)
THE RULING Smer party has received the highest number of votes in the election to the European Parliament, 24.09 percent, but Robert Fico’s party has probably failed to defend its five mandates, according to unofficial estimates based on parallel counting of votes of political parties, the Sme.sk reported.
EP VOTE: Smer wins the EP election in Slovakia, according to unofficial results
THE RULING Smer party has received the biggest number of votes in the election to the European Parliament, 25 percent, but Robert Fico’s party has probably failed to defend its five mandates, according to unofficial estimates based on parallel counting of votes of political parties, the SITA newswire reported.
Slovaks ready for EP vote
THE EUROPEAN Parliament (EP) elections have become known as second-order elections ever since they were first held in the late 1970s. In Slovakia, this holds true perhaps even more so than in other European Union countries, as Slovaks, otherwise noted supporters of European integration, have remained the black sheep in the European flock, given that very few of them choose to vote.
EP VOTE: Polling stations closed
SLOVAKIA’S voters elected their representatives in the European Parliament for the next five years on May 24. The polls closed at 22:00.
EP VOTE: Slovaks elect their MEPs today
The European Parliament (EP) elections are taking place today in Slovakia. The election day dates among other European Union member states range from May 22 to 25.
Tax official confirms bribes went to Smer
FORMER head of the Šamorín tax office, Mária Zakálová, confirmed in her testimony before the Specialised Criminal Court that businessmen Sergei and Alexander Salmanov offered her a bribe to help them with excessive VAT deductions.
Witnesses dispute president staffer's account of bar brawl
POLICE are investigating a conflict that erupted in a pub after an ice-hockey match sent the Slovak team home from the World Cup, the Sme daily wrote on May 23.
Survey: 58 percent of Slovaks earn less than average monthly salary
WHILE the average salary in Slovakia stands at €859 per month, the median level is 9 percent lower than that and 58 percent of people earn less than the average. This is according to a new survey on platy.sk.
Dutch firm Achmea loses arbitration against Slovak state
THE ARBITRATION proceedings initiated by Dutch company Achmea, the owner of the health insurer Union, against the Slovak government, which plans to merge the three existing health insurers and introduce a unitary state system of health insurance, ended with a victory for Slovakia.
Gašparovič met Kiska in High Tatras
PRESIDENT-elect Andrej Kiska met with current President Ivan Gašparovič in Tatranská Javorina in the High Tatra mountains on May 22. The meeting was initiated by Gašparovič and lasted approximately two hours, Kiska’s team informed the TASR newswire. Gašparovič is currently on a business trip to eastern Slovakia.
Event for expats returns, this time with Netherlands and Africa
THE SUNDAY Parade (Nedeľná Paráda), a regular event what strives to bring together foreign communities living in Slovakia and increase awareness among Slovaks is back on May 25 in the Old Market Hall (Stará Tržnica).
UPDATED: Harabin fails in re-election bid
CRITICS of Štefan Harabin rejoiced after they saw him fail in his May 19 bid for re-election as the head of the Supreme Court and the Judicial Council, the body overseeing the country’s judiciary. Harabin, however, rejects that his failure to collect at least 10 of the 16 votes from members of the Judicial Council in the first and second round of the election actually means that his term at the helm of the Supreme Court is over.
PM Fico: Government fulfilling key tasks of programme
SLOVAK Prime Minister Robert evaluated the first half of his current government’s term in office on May 21, opining that the government has been fulfilling the three key tasks from its keynote agenda, which are consolidation of public funds, supporting economic growth and price stability, and lowering unemployment in Slovakia.
Swiss cruise ship hit Old Bridge pillar in Bratislava, seven injured
ON MAY 22, the Swiss cruise ship Swiss Diamond struck a pillar of the Old Bridge in Bratislava, which is currently being disassembled and replaced.
Slovakia’s competitiveness improved slightly
THE SLOVAK economy’s position in the International Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Yearbook improved slightly.
Number of suicides rose in 2013
SLOVAKIA’S suicide rate increased in 2013 when the number of suicides went up by 57 year-on-year to 628, announced National Centre of Medical Information (NCZI). The highest number of suicides in Slovakia was in 2008, when 631 people decided to end their lives.
US Embassy in Bratislava to move to new building
THE US Embassy to Slovakia in Bratislava will leave Hviezdoslavovo Square and move to another location that meets American security requirements.
Government approves ban on mining radioactive substances
THE ISSUE of mining radioactive substances has resonated in Slovakia mainly in connection with a uranium deposit in Jahodná near Košice. In response to a long-running dispute between locals and the mining company, the Slovak government in its May 21 session approved an amendment to the geological law that bans any mining of radioactive substances in the country.
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