Prime Minister Robert Fico and Defense Minister Robert Kaliňák rejected objections to the payments that Michal Fico was said to have received from the Smer Agency. Fico claims the agency was established by the Smer-SD party in accordance with the law on political parties and that the party is its sole (100%) owner. dennikn.sk ↗
The Prime Minister stated that, according to him, auditors have found no shortcomings in the party's management every year. He also rejects comparisons between his son's case and the case of Marta Šimečková, the mother of the leader of Progressive Slovakia. However, according to media reports, in defending his son Fico also cast doubt on his own earlier statements about the family of Michal Šimečka. teraz.sk ↗
Kaliňák declared that the claim about money from the state budget is incorrect. He argues that the money paid out by the Smer Agency was, in his view, no longer state funds but party funds. He described the criticism as a cover-up maneuver by the Progressives, who, according to him, are trying to divert attention from their own problems. SITA ↗
The opposition has announced a legislative response. Progressive Slovakia wants to submit a proposal in September to tighten the rules on financing election campaigns. The proposal is to include an obligation for business companies established by political parties to also maintain transparent accounts. The dispute thus continues as both a political and legislative issue concerning the oversight of party finances and their links to public funds. aktuality.sk ↗
Fico defends money for his son from the Smer Agency
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Michal Šimečka
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05.09.2026
„Prezident Pellegrini asi zabudol, že s Ficom dlhé roky vládol on, nie my."
Reakcia na prezidentov výrok o veľkej koalícii, ktorú Šimečka odmietol ako absurditu.
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Kaliňák aj Fico sa postavili za Michala Fica: Obvinenia označili za snahu prekryť kauzu Šimečkovej matky
interez.sk
| 14:30 10.06.
Fico sa zastal svojho syna. Michal Fico dostáva odmenu legálne, s kauzou Šimečkovcov sa to nedá porovnať – VIDEO
SITA
| 13:52 10.06.
Prípad Ficovho syna je podľa Kaliňáka len zakrývací manéver progresívcov, k moci sa snažia prepracovať primitívnymi lžami
SITA
| 14:37 10.06.
Robert Fico pri obhajobe svojho syna nehovorí pravdu. Na svoju vlastnú tlačovku si spomína inak
aktuality.sk
| 13:40 10.06.
Fico vysvetľuje peniaze pre syna Michala: Je to veľmi nepríjemné, ale nemám dôvod triasť sa
Novy Cas
| 12:09 10.06.
Fico bráni peniaze pre syna tvrdeniami, že Agentúra Smer je súkromná firma. Strana jej posiela milióny a tie má od štátu
dennikn.sk
| 15:40 10.06.
Fico: Audítori nezistili žiadne nedostatky v hospodárení strany Smer
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| 14:51 10.06.
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