Prague - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Saturday threw his support behind presidential election front-runner President Ivan Gasparovic as Slovaks voted for their new head of state.
Campaigning has been banned in Slovakia since Thursday morning, but Fico made the remarks in the neighbouring Czech Republic capital Prague.
Speaking to a congress of the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party, Fico said that any elections - be they for a party leader or a president - call for continuity at a time of the economic crisis.
Bratislava/Prague - Slovaks are voting for their new head of state on Saturday, in an election that is likely to turn into a duel between the centre-left government and the right-wing opposition.
The race is led by incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic, 67, who is supported by the very popular prime minister, Robert Fico. Gasparovic's campaign has made heavy use of the association during the race.
Fico voiced his support for the incumbent as polls opened.
Prague - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned Saturday that relations with neighbouring Hungary may further deteriorate with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's planned resignation.
Fico said that a victory by the "anti-Slovak" right-wing Fidesz party in a potential early general election raised worries in Slovakia.
Prague - The government of Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek faces a March 24 confidence vote in Parliament's lower house, the first such challenge during his country's rotating presidency of the European Union, the Parliament said Tuesday.
The main opposition Social Democrats, who have not eased their attacks on Topolanek's government during the EU presidency, which started January 1 and ended June 30, summoned the vote over a scandal in which the premier faces allegations of meddling with the media.
Prague - The seven NATO countries that ordered Airbus A400M transport aircraft agreed to seek more details on the delivery timetable before deciding whether to cancel much-delayed contracts, European diplomats said Thursday.
The countries - Germany, France, Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey - may jointly cancel the combined orders for 180 transport planes on April 1.
Prague - Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker Thursday called on the European Union to back bloc's members that face a threat of being put on an international black list of tax havens.
"I can't imagine for a single second that the European Union would agree to placing Belgium, Austria and Luxembourg on a list of countries against which it is necessary to adopt sanctions," he said through an interpreter during his Prague visit.
Prague - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Saturday threw his support behind presidential election front-runner President Ivan Gasparovic as Slovaks voted for their new head of state.
Bratislava/Prague - Slovaks are voting for their new head of state on Saturday, in an election that is likely to turn into a duel between the centre-left government and the right-wing opposition.
Prague - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico warned Saturday that relations with neighbouring Hungary may further deteriorate with Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's planned resignation.
Prague - The government of Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek faces a March 24 confidence vote in Parliament's lower house, the first such challenge during his country's rotating presidency of the European Union, the Parliament said Tuesday.
Prague - The seven NATO countries that ordered Airbus A400M transport aircraft agreed to seek more details on the delivery timetable before deciding whether to cancel much-delayed contracts, European diplomats said Thursday.
Prague - Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker Thursday called on the European Union to back bloc's members that face a threat of being put on an international black list of tax havens.
