Foreign Policies

Danko: If There Is US-Russian Detente, EU Can't Be Left Behind

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – Elections are to be respected, rather than commented on, so there’s a need to recognise that the USA has elected a new president, said Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Wednesday in response to the election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States of America.

“We’ll monitor the first actions of president Trump. Some meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin have already been announced. It’s important for the EU not to stay on the sidelines of this game. If there’s detente in US-Russian relations, the EU can’t be left behind,” said Danko.

The Slovak parliamentary chair congratulated the Americans on their choice and paid respect to all the losers. “It was a close fight. The result signals that people have lost patience with standard politics and want to see change. But everyone needs to discover whether the change will be extreme or a change of generations in politics,” said Danko.

SPPK: If Farmers Aren't Taken Seriously, They Will Be Seen in Streets More Often

If farmers' demands are not taken seriously, they will be seen in the streets more often, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber chairman Emil Macho told a news conference held in front of the Parliament's building on Thursday.

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

Milan Krajniak Leader of Christian Union's Slate for EP Elections

Ex-minister of labour and former 'We Are Family' vice-chair Milan Krajniak will be the leader of the Christian Union's (KU) slate for the European Parliament (EP) elections, said KU chair Anna Zaborska when presenting the party's 14-member slate at a news conference in Zilina on Tuesday.

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