Žitňanská worked as a member of the Broadcasting and Retransmission Council between 2001 and 2007.

[4] In the 2014 European Parliament election, Žitňanská ran in second place as a candidate for the coalition of parties NOVA, KDS, and OKS.

[5] On 12 February 2019, Žitňanská announced that she would not run again in the EP elections in European Parliament election that year, citing her desire to change Slovakia's approach to disabled people and their families.

[6] In 2019, Žitňanská joined For the People, a newly-established party of former president Andrej Kiska.

[9] Upon the dissolution of the parliamentary club, Žitňanská continued to work as an unaffiliated member of the party until 31 March 2023, when she resigned from the party together with deputy Juraj Šeliga.