An anonymous e-mail was sent to various Slovak media this afternoon containing a link to a website where the unknown senders say they will release audio and video recordings incriminating top Slovak politicians mentioned in the Gorilla corruption affair. The message on the internet site says “politicians mentioned in Gorilla have 48 hours to withdraw [...]
A recent poll by the MVK agency on a sample of 1,128 respondents looked at who the Slovak people trust most among leading politicians, reports webnoviny.sk today. The results produced a few surprises, like how the head of SDKU party Mikulas Dzurinda and his party colleague, justice minister Lucia Zitnanska are both now regarded as [...]
Richard Sulik, head of the SaS party (Freedom and Solidarity), and outspoken opponent to the new bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), spoke to The Daily.sk about how he sees the euro and its bailout funds. Sulik caught the attention of the world when Slovakia held the eurozone and world money markets to ransom, [...]
The sudden slide of the SDKU party in voter support, most probably caused by the accusations in the Gorilla affair, continue with the latest estimate of the MVK agency poll, which puts the party to well below the 5% threshold needed to get into parliament. The MVK polls attributes just 4.3% of the vote [...]
Former attorney general Dobroslav Trnka (currently Deputy AG) allegedly tried to halt the investigation into the Gorilla corruption affair involving dubious ties between politicians and big business, according to information from SME daily. Trnka apparently tried to halt the investigation at the time he was standing for re-election to the AG post, by writing directly [...]
Speaking to TASR newswire, head of the Smer-SD party and former prime minister Robert Fico proposed an unorthodox solution to how the key post of Attorney General should be filled, saying the power to select and appoint someone could be given to the President alone. Quite a good idea given the long amicable relationship Fico [...]
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