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EU funds for Slovakia halted

July 21, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The European Commission has halted the payments which were allocated for the 2007-2013 programming period. This concerns five operational programmes

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Slovak PM Fico: Islam has no place in Slovakia

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has returned to work – and also to pre-election rhetoric, forgetting in the process the country’s

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Slovak interior minister defends shooting at people smugglers

May 12, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Europe migrant crisis, Slovakia

The actions of customs officials who were shooting at cars carrying migrants on May 9 near Veľký Meder (Trnava Region),

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Doctors expect Slovak PM Fico to undergo bypass surgery

April 21, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico who has been hospitalised in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Bratislava since April

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Slovak PM Fico to stay in hospital until end of week

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico will stay hospitalised in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NÚSCH) until the end of

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Slovak PM Fico hospitalised with heart problems

April 15, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was hospitalised at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NÚSCH ) on April 14. The

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Slovakia: Fico rules on – with three partners

March 18, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

The unexpected election results in Slovakia produced a ruling coalition that seemed highly unlikely even some days after the elections. Smer,

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Slovak president Kiska will authorise Fico to form government

March 8, 2016March 8, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Slovakia

Slovak president Andrej Kiska will authorise the outgoing Prime Minister – and chairman of the winning Smer party – Robert Fico

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Exit polls give PM’s party a victory in Slovak election

March 6, 2016 VOANews Slovakia

Exit polls in Slovakia gave Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer party a win in Saturday’s parliamentary election, with a large

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