VOTER referenda are an important tool to spur public participation in governance, says Martin Macko, executive director of Initiative Inakosť, a civic association advocating rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersexual people.
EVEN amid heated discussion about the content of a February 7 referendum targeting the constitutional definition of family, experts say the biggest test for supporters of the Alliance for Family (AZR) ballot initiative is whether turnout surpasses the required 50-percent quorum of eligible voters
AFTER series of controversial purchases for the army, the Defence Ministry is now seeking dozens of all-terrain Land Rover vehicles, the Defence Ministry confirmed on January 16.
A PORTION of the nearly 1,000 Slovaks who were stripped of their citizenship in the wake of a 2010 law that largely banned dual citizenship can regain it starting next month, but how many of them are eligible to do so is an open question with a larger legislative change still on hold.
THE DISTRICT Court in Bratislava dismissed the charges of the Supreme Court Judge Štefan Michálik against Ringier Axel Springer, the publisher of the Nový Čas tabloid daily, the SITA newswire reported on January 19.
BANSKÁ Bystrica region (BBSK) governor Marian Kotleba has to provide to each regional councillor a written explanation addressing two complaints filed against him by independent MP Miroslav Beblavý over the violation of constitutional law and conflict of interest, the TASR newswire reported on Ja
IN RESPONSE to the small payments going to the first pensioners-to-be from the second, private, pension pillar, Prime Minister Robert Fico says he will look for ways to allow those savers to move their money back into the state pension programme.
THE GOVERNMENT wants to support firms running the so-called kid corners aiming to open the job market to more women who are caring for children under the age of six. While NGOs and firms welcomed the measure, they were critical that it did not fit into a larger policy.
THE MUCH needed bypass of Bratislava will be built as a public-private partnership (PPP) project. The government green lighted this variant of its construction on January 21.
AFTER two previous stints in Bratislava, with the shows Saltimbanco and Alegria, Canada’s Cirque du Soleil is back in the capital city with its Quidam performance.
