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Martin Fabok

Sebej: Sometimes It's Like Slovakia Has Two Foreign Affairs Policies

Sebej: Sometimes It's Like Slovakia Has Two Foreign Affairs Policies

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – Some of the public statements made by the Government have created the impression that Slovakia has two contradicting foreign affairs policies, parliamentary foreign affairs committee chair Frantisek Sebej (Most-Hid) has told TASR in his evaluation of the outgoing Cabinet’s 2012-16 term in office. “There’s

Lajcak: We Pursued Results in Foreign Policy, Not Theatrical Gestures

Lajcak: We Pursued Results in Foreign Policy, Not Theatrical Gestures

Bratislava, February 7 (TASR) – Diplomacy is about everyday systematic work, and throughout the outgoing Government’s term in office [2012-16] the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has focused on results rather than dramatic gestures and loud words, Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak has told TASR in his evaluation. “We don’

Fico: Igor Matovic a Tax Swindler Who Laundered Sk122 Million

Fico: Igor Matovic a Tax Swindler Who Laundered Sk122 Million

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – Igor Matovic (OLaNO-NOVA) is a tax swindler who employs strawpersons in order to conceal his illegal activities, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a press briefing on Monday. Fico pointed out that Matovic has faced numerous suspicions and tax fines over his business activities, for instance,

Prime Minister Fico Stops By to Tour Jaguar Land Rover Facilities in UK

Prime Minister Fico Stops By to Tour Jaguar Land Rover Facilities in UK

Solihull, February 4 (TASR) – Slovakia has an adequate amount of manpower for the new automobile maker Jaguar Land Rover and its plans to place its large-scale investment in Nitra, Prime Minister Robert Fico said during Thursday’s visit to the Jaguar Land Rover facility in Solihull, near Birmingham. “The inking

Fico Wants Guarantees New UK Measures Won't Harm Slovak Expats

Fico Wants Guarantees New UK Measures Won't Harm Slovak Expats

London/Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) – Slovakia will ask for guarantees that new proposals regarding social aid for expatriates from other EU countries who work in Great Britain won’t adversely affect locally employed Slovaks. “Officially, we have 60,000 Slovaks in the country and I couldn’t agree with them

Beblavy Calls on Fico to Shut Down Klinika Kostka

Beblavy Calls on Fico to Shut Down Klinika Kostka

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) – Non-parliamentary #Siet (Network) party called upon Prime Minister Robert Fico on Thursday to abrogate a contract the state-owned health insurer Vseobecna Zdravotna Poistnovna (VsZP) has concluded with a clinic called Klinika Kostka. “Slovak policyholders are contributing every day to doctor [Pavol] Kostka’s daily personal profit

Ziga: Slovakia to Defend Ban on Water Exports at Court

Ziga: Slovakia to Defend Ban on Water Exports at Court

Bratislava, February 3 (TASR) – Slovakia will mount a thorough legal defence against the complaint of a Polish firm over the fact that since 2014 the Slovak Constitution has banned water exports abroad other than in consumer packaging and for humanitarian ends, Environment Minister Peter Ziga said after Cabinet on Wednesday.