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Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Kiska: Kovac's Words and Actions Helped to Defeat Evil of 1990s

Bratislava, October 13 (TASR) – No other Slovak constitutional official had to make such difficult and painful decisions within such a short period of time as former president (1993-98) Michal Kovac, said current President Andrej Kiska in a speech at a Requiem Mass for Kovac at St. Martin’s Cathedral in

Larcher: EU-Britain Divorce Should Be Friendly

Larcher: EU-Britain Divorce Should Be Friendly

Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) – The divorce of the European Union and United Kingdom must be friendly, President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher said at a press conference after the summit of EU parliamentary chairs in Bratislava on Friday. Larcher stressed that this is his personal opinion, but it

EU Must Be More Comprehensible for People, Concur Parliamentary Chairs

EU Must Be More Comprehensible for People, Concur Parliamentary Chairs

Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) – Europe should strive to be more comprehensible for the public, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta Angelo Farrugia said at a press conference following the summit of EU parliamentary chairs in Bratislava on Friday. According to him, it’s a “Brussels bubble” what people

U.S. Embassy: Oceans Mustn't Stand in Way of Presidential Election Vote

U.S. Embassy: Oceans Mustn't Stand in Way of Presidential Election Vote

Bratislava, October 4 (TASR) – American Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling recently hosted a group of U.S. citizens and talked to them about the importance of participating in the county’s democratic processes, particularly overseas voting in the presidential election, TASR was told by U.S. Embassy’s Consular Chief

Benkova: European Nations Should Protect Their Own Languages

Benkova: European Nations Should Protect Their Own Languages

Trencianske Teplice, September 23 (TASR) – Despite the current fashionable trend of posing as very European, individual nations shouldn’t forget their own languages and protect them instead, said Viera Benkova, a poet with Slovak roots from Backi Petrovac in Serbia, at a two-day Congress of Slovak Writers in Trencianske Teplice

Ziga: Concluding TTIP by End of This Year Unrealistic

Ziga: Concluding TTIP by End of This Year Unrealistic

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – It’s unrealistic to expect that negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and USA will be completed by the end of 2016, said Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga at a press conference following an informal meeting of EU economy and

Greenpeace Activists Climb SNP Bridge to Unveil Anti-TTIP Banner

Greenpeace Activists Climb SNP Bridge to Unveil Anti-TTIP Banner

Bratislava, September 23 (TASR) – Ten Greenpeace activists from Slovakia, Austria and Croatia climbed up to the UFO restaurant on top of the SNP Bridge on the Danube River in Bratislava on Friday to unveil a ten-metre banner stating ‘No TTIP’. The move was aimed at sending a message to EU