Fico: merger of intelligence services remains an open issue

The issue of a possible merger of the Military Defence Intelligence (VOS) and Military Intelligence Service (VSS) with Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) remains open, Prime Minister Robert Fico said after the Government session on Wednesday. "The first step that needs to be made is the merger of VOS and VSS," said Fico, explaining that the relationship between these two and SIS will be discussed afterwards.