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Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Kiska: Values Must Take Precedence over Blind Obedience to Authority

Banska Bystrica, August 29 (TASR) – Apparent peace, personal comfort, the unwillingness to face an unpleasant truth and false unity can’t serve as justifications for injustice and high-handedness among those in power against their own people, minorities and individuals, said President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday at the central commemoration marking

Heat Wave Reduces Milk Production by 5-10 percent in Nitra District

Heat Wave Reduces Milk Production by 5-10 percent in Nitra District

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – The heat wave that has been tormenting Slovakia since late July with only slight relief for a few days has resulted in a daily drop in milk production in Nitra district by 5-10 percent, Matej Korpas from the Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK) has told

Lajcak: Annan Was Visionary Champion for Multilateralism

Lajcak: Annan Was Visionary Champion for Multilateralism

New York, August 18 (TASR) – President of the UN General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak on Saturday stated that he was “deeply saddened” to hear of the death of former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, describing him as “one of the world’s most respected diplomats, an extraordinary statesman, and a visionary champion

Record Number of Teams to Take Part in 'From Tatras to Danube' Run

Record Number of Teams to Take Part in 'From Tatras to Danube' Run

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – A record number of teams, 220, each with between nine and twelve members, will take part in a 345-kilometre relay run called ‘From the Tatras to the Danube’ this coming weekend, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Slovakia’s longest run, held for the sixth year, will start

Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – Slovakia and the eurozone as a whole shouldn’t be directly affected by the Turkish economic crisis at the moment, but Europe’s economy can feel certain effects via banks, especially Spanish, Italian and French ones, which have significant claims in the country, analysts told TASR

Analyst: Slovakia Lacking in Food Self-sufficiency

Analyst: Slovakia Lacking in Food Self-sufficiency

Bratislava, August 13 (TASR) – Slovakia is far from being a self-sufficient country in terms of food, as the volume of food exports is one third lower than that of imports, said Slovak Farming Cooperative analyst Eva Sadovska on Monday. According to Sadovska, relative self-sufficiency doesn’t mean that all food

Prosecutor-General: President Politicking on Vietnamese's Kidnapping

Prosecutor-General: President Politicking on Vietnamese's Kidnapping

Bratislava, August 6 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska’s comments on Monday concerning the abduction of a former Vietnamese manager and politician from Germany via Slovakia pursued political goals, said Prosecutor General Jaromir Ciznar, adding that after hearing these statements he wanted to cancel a scheduled meeting with Kiska, Prime