News digest: President Pellegrini to face tough decision on holding contentious referendum - The Slovak Spectator

News digest: President Pellegrini to face tough decision on holding contentious referendum - The Slovak Spectator

The love story that happend on the Carpathia instead of the Titanic, changes to public transport in the capital, and host of Italian culture and art events.

The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic received a petition for a referendum on the non-application of sanctions against Russia in Brussels

Bratislava – Representatives of the extra-parliamentary party Slovak Movement for Renewal (SHO) submitted a petition from citizens to the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic on Monday, requesting the declaration of a referendum on whether representatives of the Slovak Republic should oppose the adoption of sanctions against the Russian Federation in Brussels. They managed to collect nearly 400,000 signatures, TASR reports. “The Office…

Representatives of the non-parliamentary Slovak Revival Movement submitted a petition of citizens to the Office of the President on Monday afternoon, calling for a referendum on the non-application of sanctions against the Russian Federation. They collected nearly 400,000 signatures. “The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic will handle the petition sheets exactly in accordance with the law,” the Department of Communications of the Off…