Politics
Government Passed Its Manifesto
July 28, 2010.
The Cabinet led by Premier Iveta Radicova at its session on Wednesday passed the Government Manifesto. The document is now awaiting approval from Parliament in early August. The vote in Parliament will at the same time be viewed as a vote of confidence for the new executive.
The Government views the introduction of new political culture and ethics as its duty. Therefore it is proposing a significant restriction in the immunity enjoyed by MPs, public officials as well as judges.
Iveta Radicova Makes a Working Trip to Brussels
July 13, 2010.
Slovakia's new Prime Minister Iveta Radicova is to leave on Monday 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.
Later in the day Radicova will meet European Council President Herman van Rompuy, while on Tuesday she will hold talks with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Eurogroup President Jean Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Coalition Agreement Ready but Names of Future Ministers Still Unknown
June 24, 2010.
Representatives of centre-right parties SDKU-DS, Freedom and Solidarity, Christian Democrats and Most-Hid on Wednesday agreed on the wording of the coalition agreement, but the details of how the portfolios will be divided remains unknown.Slovak President Tasks Radicova With Forming Government
June 24, 2010.
Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic on Wednesday gave SDKU-DS election leader Iveta Radicova the task of forming a new government. Gasparovic did so after Robert Fico, chairman of the election winner Smer-SD, returned the mandate that he received on Monday, June 14.Representatives of The Right-wing Parties Ruled Out any Co-operation with Smer-SD
June 14, 2010.
Political party of today's Prime Minister Robert Fico Smer-SD won the general elections reaching 34.79 - percent of votes. Despite the results SMER-SD won't be able to form a coalition as its former coalition partners Slovak National Party and HZDS didn't reach enough of votes.The Central Electoral Commission On Sunday Confirmed Results of Saturday's General Election
June 14, 2010.
The Central Electoral Commission on Sunday confirmed its preliminary results of Saturday's general election in Slovakia and made the results official. Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party won the elections with 34.79-percent support. Ethnic-Hungarians Living in Slovakia Feel Safe
May 22, 2010.Most (70 percent) of the ethnic-Hungarians living in Slovakia feel as safe as ever despite the escalation of tension in Slovak-Hungarian relations, according to a sociological survey carried out in late March.
Almost 90 percent of respondents consider preserving their Hungarian nationality to be important, 67 percent think that their nationality needs to be preserved under any circumstances, with 52 percent determined to do so even at the cost of being discriminated against.
Almost 90 percent of respondents consider preserving their Hungarian nationality to be important, 67 percent think that their nationality needs to be preserved under any circumstances, with 52 percent determined to do so even at the cost of being discriminated against.
Joint Statement Expressing Support for Bratislava’s Rainbow Pride
May 21, 2010.The following joint press release is issued by Embassies of: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany, UK, USA, Spain and EC representation.
Slovakia Will Take All Possible Diplomatic Steps on Hungarian Dual Citizenship Act
May 18, 2010.
It's time to stop smiling, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday after a session of the Security Council summoned in reaction to the amendment to the law on dual citizenship submitted to the Hungarian Parliament on Monday.
Six Foreign Affairs Ministers of EU-member States Met Their Ukrainian Counterpart in Brussels
May 10, 2010.
Current developments in Ukraine and the state of relations between Kiev, Brussels and Moscow were the topics of a discussion between six foreign affairs ministers from EU-member states and their Ukrainian counterpart Konstyantyn Gryshchenko in Brussels on Monday.