Slovakia’s newest political party, the HZD breakaway faction from Vladimír Mečiar’s opposition HZDS led by former Mečiar ally Ivan Gašparovič, yesterday reached the required 10,000 signatures on a petition allowing it to contest national elections in September.
Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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