EMM News Explorer: Jan Figel

[-said]: We’ll talk about serious issues ... so that I can form my own opinion about what’s true,

TheSlovakSpectator 24-JAN-11

[-said]: After several rounds of negotiations the concessionaire was willing to accept several steps on the way to optimise the price and terms of construction of the most difficult stretch among all D1 sections, near Žilina, which will be even more difficult because of the construction of tunnels,

TheSlovakSpectator 17-JAN-11

[-said]: I decided not to extend this process any more, since it has been extended several times and it has cost Slovakia a lot of time,

TheSlovakSpectator 17-JAN-11

[-stated]: As well, grand and overconfident decisions to include a large number of stretches of roads into public-private partnership projects (PPP), even though it would have been easier to launch construction covered by EU funding,

TheSlovakSpectator 17-JAN-11

[ said]: The contract presupposes a non-investment state subsidy of some €200 million for next year,

tasr 27-DEC-10

[ said]: We're moving ahead from a three-year period to one of ten years. This is due to a new law as well as new characteristics that will come into effect as of January 1, 2011,

tasr 27-DEC-10

[ said]: The construction of the D1 motorway needs to be completed, however,

slovakradio 14-DEC-10

[ concluded]: This was a mistake that can‘t be repeated. The Coalition is varied in opinions, but it‘s not afraid of the reforms that are necessary for Slovakia,

slovakradio 06-DEC-10

[ said]: For the first time we're going over to a four-year electoral period. We want to link KDH's internal elections to general elections. We had a one-year and then ta wo-year election period. I believe the change to a four-year one will bring more stability,

TheSlovakSpectator 24-NOV-10

[ said]: The six nominees are Daniel Lipšic, Ján Hudacký, Július Brocka, Ivan Uhliarik, Jana Žitňanská and Pavol Abrhan,

TheSlovakSpectator 24-NOV-10

[ said]: Our interest is accountability and transparency in building infrastructure projects. PPP projects in Slovakia have a chance, but on condition that they are advantageous for the state,

slovakradio 12-NOV-10

[-maintains that]: I carry inside me the conviction that at the end of our lives there will remain only what we have given up.

TheSlovakSpectator 11-OCT-10

[-said]: I want this apartment to serve charitable goals; I will not be its long-term owner,

TheSlovakSpectator 11-OCT-10

[-said]: I considered such a solution logical and important in terms of stabilisation of [my] family,

TheSlovakSpectator 11-OCT-10

[-said]: We are ready to enter a dialogue so that we are able to defend not only the arguments, but also Slovakia’s interest,

TheSlovakSpectator 04-OCT-10

[-said]: It was clear in advance that the referendum was going to fail,

TheSlovakSpectator 22-SEP-10

[-said]: We didn't see the signing of the contract even by August 30, so it expired. I decided not to extend this process anymore, as the ministry has no guarantee that the first package will be financially covered,

TheSlovakSpectator 07-SEP-10

[-said]: I decided not to extend this process anymore, as the ministry has no guarantee that the first package will be financially covered,

TheSlovakSpectator 07-SEP-10

[ said]: We have resources at our disposal, be it from European funds or the state budget,

TheSlovakSpectator 07-SEP-10

[ said]: It's an investment that's been discussed for a long time, and a tender competition was recently held for this investment,

TheSlovakSpectator 19-AUG-10

[-said]: I want to have them as one of the pillars of road network construction,

TheSlovakSpectator 09-AUG-10

[ said]: Transport is a strategic tool for developing the country. This highway could significantly help the eastern regions of Slovakia to develop,

tasr 05-AUG-10

[ said]: We want to finish this by the end of August in line with the deadline,

tasr 02-AUG-10

[ said]: strict and more acceptable conditions

tasr 15-JUL-10

[ said]: We’ll certainly meet. This is not fixed, but I expect that, with the regard to the signing of the Coalition Agreement and the expected scenario of taking up powers in parliament and government, it’ll be important to hold a session of the four [party leaders],

TheSlovakSpectator 09-JUL-10

[ said]: Monday's (June 28) talks (between the parties that form the emerging centre-right coalition) prescribed the transfer of three fundamental powers to the Transport Ministry as well as all related mechanisms and measures,

tasr 02-JUL-10

[ said]: It's his own responsibility if he ends up in this post, but it's also our common interest to be successful in parliament,

tasr 28-JUN-10

[-said]: I don't want, nor can I, jump the gun. An agreement matters to us, and that’s what is important for Slovakia, too,

TheSlovakSpectator 21-JUN-10

[ said]: It’s an international obligation that needs to be carried out,

TheSlovakSpectator 21-JUN-10

[-said]: Decency and responsibility is more (important) than stability,

earthtimes 14-JUN-10

[ added]: The election winner is the one able to secure a majority in the Parliament,

tasr 13-JUN-10

[ said]: We've had experiences with various Coalitions over the past 20 years and good agreements make good friends. It's necessary to create a framework on the policies to be introduced,

tasr 13-JUN-10

[ said]: A week ago, documents emerged that incriminate Smer of illegal financial dealings, which cast doubts on the legitimacy of democratic institutions and public procurement processes, as well as the granting of mandates and public posts,

TheSlovakSpectator 26-MAY-10

[ said]: A week ago, documents emerged that incriminate Smer-SD of illegal financial dealings, which cast doubts on the legitimacy of democratic institutions and public procurement processes, as well as the granting of mandates and public posts,

tasr 24-MAY-10

[ said]: We'll do our utmost for the victory of a responsible right-wing alternative in the June 12 parliamentary election. To this end, we are calling on all of our voters and sympathisers (to vote). We invite all those who care about the healthy development of Slovakia to take part in the fight against corruption,

tasr 24-MAY-10

[ said]: KDH is really serious when it says no to Smer,

tasr 24-MAY-10

[ said]: We've been working on information that appeared in the media this week and that concerns crimes such as tax evasion, indirect corruption, unjustified benefiting, bribery and possibly others,

tasr 20-MAY-10

[ said]: Otherwise, he (Fico) should consider his political responsibility,

tasr 20-MAY-10

[ said]: It is an unwelcome but unavoidable solution,

TheSlovakSpectator 12-MAY-10

[ said]: Opening the issue means not to understand that fundamental to the European idea is dignity of human beings, which concerns everybody, even convicts,

tasr 19-APR-10

[-stated]: As the war front crossed (the country), thousands of innocent people, mainly from eastern Slovakia, were dragged by bodies of the Soviet public and secret police service NKVD into gulags in Siberia. Many remained there in cruel conditions for years, many didn't return at all. Unfortunately, the end of the war wasn't a liberation for these thousands of people,

TheSlovakSpectator 13-APR-10

[ said]: Voters can now compare the period when KDH was in power with the period when the party around Mrs. Belousovova is now in power. That Slovakia is an ally of the modern world, EU and NATO is our (KDH's and SDKU-DS's) hallmark,

tasr 12-APR-10

[ asserted]: We've had an agreement on good neighbourly relations with Hungary for 15 years, but the good relations are somewhat lagging behind (in reality). It's about time the two countries had European relations, too,

tasr 12-APR-10

[ added]: We've committed ourselves to making sure that historical traumas won't place a burden upon our cooperation. However, we won't accept interferences impacting our sovereignty and dissemination of revisionism and extremism,

tasr 12-APR-10

[-said that]: collaboration with (ethnic-Hungarian) SMK party,

tasr 12-APR-10

[ said]: I won't count all cases, but two are most gibbous - the case with explosives that in Ireland caused an unprecedented disgrace to this country and its security policies. (The Slovak police within a botched security test planted explosives into the luggage of an unwitting Slovak flying to Dublin - ed. note.) The road toll, for its part, is an example of an overpriced and bungled tender,

tasr 11-MAR-10

[-said]: There is a lot at stake, both financially and politically,

TheSlovakSpectator 08-FEB-10

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