SUMMARY-Tuesday-November 20, 2018 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Supreme Court judge Stefan Harabin should instantly be debenched and leave the judiciary, instead of being transferred to a lower court, maintains the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party. BRATISLAVA - President Andrej Kiska is concerned by the "conflict" in the Government of Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) and the potential resignation entertained by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee), TASR was told by Kiska's communication advisor Roman Krpelan on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - The Slovak delegation to the extraordinary European Council session will be led by Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), who will also appoint its other members, the Government decided on Tuesday, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - According to official information, former member of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) Lubos Kosik is in a prison in Mali and only a few signatures are lacking for his extradition to Slovakia, Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) said after a Government session on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) should reconsider his further stay in politics, seeing as he co-authored the UN Global Compact on Migration, opposition We're Family party stated on Tuesday in response to Lajcak's announcement that he might tender his resignation if the Parliament votes down the UN document. BRATISLAVA - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) doesn't wish to participate in partisan disputes and views the discussion on objections to the UN Global Compact on Migration as nothing but an effort to score political points in the domestic political arena, TASR learnt on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia is set to streamline the employment of people from third (non-EU) countries on its territory, with foreigners to be offered jobs particularly in professions beleaguered by a lack of labour, according to a bill greenlighted by the Government on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Simplifying the admission of workers from abroad is an urgent problem, so the Government will ask Parliament to discuss this law in a fast-track legislative procedure, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) stated on Tuesday after the Cabinet session. BRATISLAVA - The UN Global Compact on Migration is unacceptable for the junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) in terms of its content and SNS demands that Slovakia withdraws from the Marrakech talks, SNS leader and Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko said at a press conference on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Judge of the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Banska Bystrica ruled that the controversial entrepreneur, for legal reasons identified only as Marian K. accused in the case of TV promissory notes will remain in custody, Special Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Jana Tokolyova told TASR on Tuesday. BRUSSELS - Slovakia will also take part in the second wave of projects of the Permanent Structured Co-operation (PESCO), a joint initiative of EU countries in defence, Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (Slovak National Party/SNS) stated on Tuesday after the end of a two-day session of the EU Council for foreign affairs and defence. BRATISLAVA - President Andrej Kiska has lost the moral right to decide about future constitutional judges, Smer-SD Chairman Robert Fico said on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) hopes that the politicians on the parliamentary foreign affairs committee taking place on Wednesday (November 21) will agree on how Slovakia will present its reservations to the UN Global Compact on Migration, TASR learnt on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - The 2019 general government budget will be balanced and this will be achieved by submitting an amendment when the budget is discussed at the next parliamentary session, Premier Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said at a briefing on Tuesday after a Cabinet session. BRATISLAVA - The senior governing Smer-SD party is sticking to its principles on migration and refuses to use this issue to gain any personal position, Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD) said on Tuesday in connection with the UN Global Compact on Migration, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) wants to look at the functioning of the pharmaceutical industry in Slovakia, and therefore has asked the Finance Ministry and the Finance Ministry's Financial Policy Institute (IFP) for a comprehensive financial analysis of the pharmaceutical industry in Slovakia, TASR learnt on Tuesday. am