SNINA, March 8, (SITA) – The Judicial Council of the Slovak Republic on Tuesday elected fourteen judges of the Disciplinary Court out of more than thirty candidates in a secret ballot at its outside-Bratislava session near Snina, eastern Slovakia, informed the chairman of the election committee,... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 10, (SITA) – The parliamentary election of the new RTVS director general in was not successful, as the parliament elected none of the candidates. According to unofficial results, coalition's candidate Miloslava Zemkova won 75 votes, missing one to be elected. According to... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 9, (SITA) – The Slovak Association of Towns and Villages (ZMOS) rejects a two-round election of mayors. According to the association, this would bring polarization of the municipal self-administration. “It looks like no one would care that almost a third of all candidates are... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 9, (SITA) – The parliament decided to put off the voting on issues debated during Wednesday's session till Thursday, 11:30 a.m. One of them is the election of the director general of the super-broadcaster Slovak Radio and Television and the nine-strong council , which should... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 9, (SITA) -- Head of the Judicial Council Stefan Harabin wants the European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary (RECJ) to send its observers to Slovakia to monitor the election of new members of the Judicial Council from ranks of judges, which should take place in May or... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 9, (SITA) – The Parliament will hold a vote on the director general of the new public-service super-broadcaster Radio and Television of Slovakia (RTVS) and its council on Wednesday afternoon. The plenary session agreed to select the RTVS director in a public voting, as the... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 8, (SITA) – Head of the Judicial Council Stefan Harabin has announced the election of the candidate for the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic. The vote will be held at the facility of Judicial Academy in Omsenie. Entities authorized to propose... read more

KOSICE, February 8, (SITA) - The Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic has turned down the complaint of parliamentary deputies for the opposition SMER-SD party. They argued that their constitutional rights were violated during performance of their deputy mandates in the secret ballot on... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 8 (SITA) -- Parliament voted on Tuesday to shift an amendment to the law on parliament's rules of procedure to the second reading. The draft also introduces the public prosecutor general election. The coalition is thus one step closer to filling the prosecutor general post... read more

BRATISLAVA, February 7, (SITA) – Former prosecutor general Dobroslav Trnka, whose term in office expired on February 2, will be able to run for re-election. This was made possible in a draft amendment to the law on the prosecutor office, which Prime Minister Iveta Radicova and Justice Minister... read more