Another diplomat has entered the contest for the Presidency: Jan Kubis, former Foreign Minister, says he has 15.000 signatures. Ivan Korcok, also an ex-minister of Foreign Affairs, is currently nr 2 in the polls; he is trailing Peter Pellegrini, leader of the Hlas party, who is expected to announce in the second half of January. Former police chief Stefan Hamran seems to have bowed out: he is not mentioned in an overview in the newspaper Sme. (TASR, Sme)
Michiel Bicker Caarten, Photo: TASR
