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Slovakia’s New Government Faces Unprecedented Crisis
"No other government in Slovak history has ever started in such a complicated situation," President Zuzana Caputova said in a speech on March 19, expressing confidence that the cabinet would lead the country through the coronavirus crisis..
Main opposition deems economic package for coronavirus insufficient, makes proposals
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has criticized the government's economic package in the struggle against the coronavirus, announcing its own 27-point Community Solidarity Program.
In Pictures: Slovaks Vote in Watershed Election
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Main opposition CHP urges precautions against quakes
The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Jan. 27 urged the government to take precautions against earthquakes, after a deadly quake jolted Turkey's eastern province of Elazığ, claiming at least 41 lives and injuring thousands.
PSD' Ciolacu says he'll sign PES activists Romania's petion on minimum European salary
PSD's (Social Democratic Party) interim leader Marcel Ciolacu announced on Saturday that he will sign the petition launched by PES activists Romania on a European minimum salary and proposed that Social Democrats also join this initiative. "I know that PSD needs to become active again at European level. We have to take responsibility for what we did wrong and work together.
Slovakia 2020: Make-or-Break Year for Liberal Democracy
If presidential and EU elections in 2019 were any indication of what to expect in parliamentary polls on February 29, Slovaks can brace for a robust couple of months of campaigning.
Slovakia, 2019: The Year of President Zuzana Caputova
"She brought a spirit of positive energy that has broken the bad mood that Slovaks have had for a long time," Zuborova, an analyst at the Bratislava Policy Institute think tank, told BIRN in an interview.
"She also represented a new hope that Slovakia might take a different direction than the rest of Central Europe."
CHP questions tax taken since 1999 earthquake after last week’s tremor
Some 63 billion Turkish Liras were collected in special communication taxes following the 1999 Marmara earthquake, the worst seismic disaster in the country's recent history, with the taxes becoming permanent in 2004, the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) spokesperson has said.
Main opposition CHP holds Syria conference
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) held an International Syria Conference on Sep. 28 in Istanbul.
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Main opposition CHP to hold Syria conference
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will hold an international Syria conference on Sept. 28 in Istanbul.
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