Drunk Slovak runs away with a ballot box
bratislava March 16, 2019 23:00The counting of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election in Slovakia was delayed by a bizarre incident on Saturday evening. In a constituency in the East...
The counting of votes cast in the first round of the presidential election in Slovakia was delayed by a bizarre incident on Saturday evening. In a constituency in the East...
The Slovak police have accused a controversial businessman, Marian Kcner, of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak. Kcner is according to the Slovak medium...
The Slovakian Foreign Minister has resigned angrily Thursday evening. The non-party Miroslav Lajcak decided to file his resignation in protest of the rejection of the controversial migration pact of the UN that will take place in Marrakech next month. The parliament in Bratislava voted against it with a large majority.
The chief of the police in Slovakia was kicked out by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini and has to leave next month. Tens of thousands of Slovaks had claimed the departure of Tibor Gaspar earlier this month because they did not trust the investigation into the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée. The journalist wrote about corruption at the highest political level.
Tens of thousands of Slovaks went up the street on Thursday to demand the departure of police chief Tibor Gaspar. It was one of the biggest demonstrations since the murder of 27-year-old investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend at the end of February. So far no one has been indicted in connection with this case.
The Slovakian investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova were most likely killed by a contract murder. A Slovak prosecutor said Monday on the basis of information collected during the investigation.
Slovak President Andrej Kiska has accepted Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini's government plan and approved the list of ministers. He will install the new cabinet on Thursday. This prevents early elections.
Slovakia has entered a major political crisis after the death of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. The president of the country, Andrei Kiska, refused to swear in the proposed new government.
The 42-year-old Peter Pellegrini has become the new head of government in Slovakia. He was already deputy prime minister and succeeds Robert Fico, who has cleared the field due to the political crisis that arose after the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancé.
The Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered to resign. He was under great pressure to launch early elections, but he said it was important that the current government could serve his term.
The Slovak police arrested an Italian businessman who was described in an article by the recently murdered investigative journalist Jan Kuciak. The Public Prosecutor said Antonino V. was arrested for possible involvement in an international drug case.
The Slovak Minister Robert Kaliňák (Home Affairs) has announced his departure. One of the coalition parties had insisted on this after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée.
Tens of thousands of Slovaks took to the streets in Bratislava and several other cities at home and abroad to demonstrate against the government. They demanded a 'decent Slovakia'.
The Slovak president Andrej Kiska argues after a controversial double murder for early elections or a 'comprehensive' reorganization of the government. That should restore confidence in the government, Kiska said.
The Slovak authorities released all seven suspects who were detained for involvement in the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova.
Tens of thousands of Slovaks attended Friday evening meetings in memory of the murdered investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend. The government-critical newspaper 'Dennik N' estimated the turnout at 25,000 people in Bratislava alone.
The Slovak police arrested two Italian businessmen in connection with the murder of an investigative journalist and his girlfriend. According to the site of the Sme magazine, it concerns brothers.
The Slovakian Minister of Culture Marek Madaric resigned in connection with the murder of the investigative journalist Jan Kuciak. The bodies of the journalist and his girlfriend were found last weekend in their home in Velka Maca, 65 kilometers east of the capital Bratislava. They were shot.
The murder of a journalist who has written about the misuse of EU money and ties between Slovakian politicians and the infamous Italian Ndrangheta mafia keeps Europe in its grip. Europol interferes with it and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico praises a one million euro reward- simply, cash- in Bratislava for the golden tip, but according to critics, his Smer party may itself have been an accomplice.
A Slovak journalist was shot in his house last weekend. His fiancé was also murdered in their house in Velka Maca, 65 kilometers east of the capital Bratislava.
The Slovak police released 78 men, women and children who were crammed into two lorries. The trucks were sealed and sealed with lead.
It is unacceptable that foods of the same brand and with the same packaging in Eastern European countries are of lower quality than in Western Europe. 'I am determined to put an end to this practice under EU law, and to ensure that all consumers are treated equally,' said EU Commissioner Vera Jourova (Justice and Consumer Rights). She wants consumers to no longer be 'misled.'
The Czech fire department has been forced to squeeze 700 times in the last two days. Heavy storms have thrown numerous trees, broke roofs and flood basements. Some 110,000 households arrived in the south-east of the Czech Republic without power and some of the train traffic was delayed by a couple of hours.
The second largest government party in Slovakia held a surprising cabinet crisis on Monday. Andrej Danko, the leader of the right-populated SNS, informed his coalition partners in writing that he ended the cooperation with the Smer-SD and Most-Hid after almost a year.
After a day in a tree and dry in a tree, a bear family re-exchanged the center of the Slovak tourist city, Starý Smokovec, for the forest. That is how the Slovak television channel Joj reports Saturday.
Parts of Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were hit on Saturday by Friday by heavy flooding and emergency weather. Streets and cellars were underneath. Beekeeping changed into crowding water masses. As a result, three deaths fell in Slovakia.
Reducing migration from Africa and the future of the EU after the brexit are the main topics of the EU summit to be held Friday in Malta. Donald Trump, however, will surely come to exist, as changing the government during lunch ideas about ' international challenges. ''
Rescue workers on Friday in a Slovak ski center freed a hundred skiers and snowboarders in a chairlift. The skiers were about three hours stuck in an elevator, who had given up the ghost by an electronic defect. At a temperature of minus 11 degrees Celsius, they had to wait patiently until they were helped.
The former president of Slovakia Michal Kovac Wednesday in Bratislava deceased at the age of 86. He is considered the founder of the independent Slovakia, which broke away from the Czech Republic in January 1993.
All 28 Member States of the European Union are in favor of closer military cooperation, including the United Kingdom. That said EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Tuesday in Bratislava after consultation of EU defense ministers.