Banska Bystrica, 26 October (TASR) - Three of the defendants in the Purgatory case - businessman Norbert B., Parliamentary Vice-chair Tibor G. and ex-official of the former National Crime Agency (NAKA) Robert K. [names abbreviated due to legal reasons] - are requesting that the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) should also hear cases involving offences to which the statute of limitations applies, stated lawyer Marek Para at the start of the main hearing on Monday.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862677
Bratislava, 26 October (TASR) - An investigator has filed a proposal to bring charges against 18 people in connection with large-scale economic crime, spokesperson for the Police Corps Presidium Zuzana Hrabovska told TASR on Monday, adding that 17 of the individuals also face charges of setting up, masterminding and supporting a criminal group.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862703
Moscow, 26 October (TASR) - Ahead of talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Monday, Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) emphasised that Slovak-Russian relations have been and will remain pragmatic and constructive, TASR has learnt from Blanar's post on Facebook on the same day.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862320
Moscow, 26 October (TASR) - At a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific-technical Cooperation in Moscow on Monday, Slovakia and Russia agreed to step up the activities of working groups, resume cultural exchanges and deepen cooperation between Russian and Slovak businesspeople, Russian Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov told a press conference following the meeting, TASR has reported based on information released by Russian news agencies Interfax and RIA Novosti.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862734
Moscow, 26 October (TASR) - Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) held talks in Moscow on Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on the prospects for developing political dialogue and cooperation in a number of areas, according to a press release from the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862583
Moscow, 26 October (TASR) - Russia is keen to maintain strong relations with Slovakia in the energy sector, stated Russian Science and Higher Education Minister Valery Falkov, who, together with Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), is chairing a Slovak-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for Economic and Scientific-technical Cooperation, TASR has reported based on information released by Russian news agency RIA Novosti on Monday.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862532
Bratislava, 26 October (TASR) - The Interior Ministry and the Health Ministry have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at protecting health-care workers in response to recent attacks on medical staff in Bratislava, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (both Voice-SD) and Police Corps President Jana Maskarova told a press conference on Monday, adding that the two ministries intend to establish a coordinated approach.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862448
Bratislava, 26 October (TASR) - The man charged with assaulting medical staff at Ruzinov hospital in Bratislava on Friday (23 October) will be remanded in custody, with the court reportedly having granted a motion filed by a prosecutor from Bratislava II District Prosecutor's Office, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka announced on social media on Monday.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862289
Bratislava, 26 October (TASR) - A year after the debate on pro-growth measures began, representatives of employers' organisations remain convinced that such measures are necessary, but Andrej Lasz, general secretary of the Association of Industrial Unions and Transport (APZD), stated following Monday's meeting of the Economic and Social Council (the tripartite) that the real chance that any such measures will actually be adopted is very slim.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862668
Bratislava, 26 October (TASR) - The Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) once again proposed amending the constitutional Act on Fiscal Responsibility at a meeting of the Economic and Social Council (HSR) on Monday, aiming to ensure that towns, municipalities and self-governing regions will be permanently exempt from the sanction mechanisms imposed by that law.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862525
Luxembourg, 26 October (TASR) - The agriculture ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) met on Monday ahead of a session of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH), with by Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) chairing their meeting, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Monday, adding that the main subject of discussion was the draft regulation on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), towards which the V4 countries continue to have a number of reservations.
https://etasr.sk/article/23862390
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