EU Weekly Review – 05/20/2022 Host Jaroslav Bublinec presents the show dealing with the latest developments in terms of the Conference on the Future of Europe and other EU matters.
Caputova: Role of Europeans to Restore Balance between Rights and Accountability Bern, May 19 (TASR-correspondent) – There are divisions, inequalities and polarisation in society, with social media often intensifying these phenomena, contributing to the rise of extremism; and the role of Europeans is to restore the balance between democratic rights and accountability, said President Zuzana Caputova when addressing members of the Swiss
CoFoE: We Need to Restore Peace and Punish Russia, MEPs Concur Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought an urgent need to restore peace on the old continent, and the European Union must take further steps to force Moscow to end its aggression, MEPs Lucia Duris Nicholsonova and Ivan Stefanec have concurred in a discussion on TASR
ZMOS Enters Strike Alert, also Calling on Its Members to Do So Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) enters a strike alert on Thursday (May 19), calling on its member towns and municipalities to also take such a step, ZMOS representatives told a press conference on Wednesday following their extraordinary congress in Senec (Bratislava region). The association
Gov't: Amounts of Tax Bonus and Child Allowance to Increase Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – The amount of the tax bonus is expected to be increased to ensure higher net disposable income in households with children where at least one parent works, while the group of taxpayers claiming the tax bonus is to be expanded, according to the draft law on
Korcok: Slovak Embassy in Kiev in Operation Again as of Wednesday Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Embassy in Kiev began operating again as of Wednesday, said Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok (a Freedom and Solidarity/SaS nominee) during the Government session on Wednesday. A team of specialists from the special purpose office is working at the embassy to ensure that
Ivan Miklos to Be Member of Consultative Commission for Ukraine's Reconstruction Bratislava/Kiev, May 17 (TASR) – Former Slovak vice-premier and finance minister Ivan Miklos will be a member of the consultative commission at the National Council for the Reconstruction of Ukraine. “I was contacted by the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the secretary of this commission, the chairman of the