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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Fico: EC Made Political Decision on Ukraine, Joining EU Will Take Many Years

Fico: EC Made Political Decision on Ukraine, Joining EU Will Take Many Years

Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – Opposition Smer-SD party leader Robert Fico views the European Commission’s (EC) recommendation to grant candidate status to Ukraine as a political decision, adding that it will be many years before the country can actually join the EU. Fico described Ukraine as the most corrupt country,

Another Semester of Agency Journalism at UCM, Provided by TASR, Has Concluded

Another Semester of Agency Journalism at UCM, Provided by TASR, Has Concluded

Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) – Studies as part of the summer semester of a subject called agency journalism taught by the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) at Cyril and Methodius University’s (UCM) Massmedia Communications Faculty in Trnava have ended with an evaluation of the students’ work. The course

EU Commissioner Kyriakides: We Want to Limit Pesticide Use, CoFoE Demands This

EU Commissioner Kyriakides: We Want to Limit Pesticide Use, CoFoE Demands This

Brussels, June 15 (TASR) – The European Commission will soon be presenting new EU rules to change the use of pesticides, said European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides following a meeting of the EU Council for Agriculture and Fisheries on Monday (June 13), referring to demands that came

Bratislava Regional Court Rejects Czech Ex-PM Complaint in StB Files Case

Bratislava Regional Court Rejects Czech Ex-PM Complaint in StB Files Case

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – The Bratislava Regional Court on Tuesday rejected Czech ex-premier Andrej Babis’s complaint against the Slovak Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN) in a case concerning his registration in files of the erstwhile communist secret service the StB as its agent. The trial was held in Babis’

Patient with Suspected Monkeypox Admitted to Presov Hospital

Patient with Suspected Monkeypox Admitted to Presov Hospital

Presov, June 14 (TASR) – A female patient with suspected monkeypox was admitted to the infectology ward of J. A. Reiman Faculty Hospital in Presov on Tuesday, the hospital has confirmed for TASR. The noviny.sk website first broke the news. The patient has a positive travel history. “We are currently

CoFoE: UMS: EU Citizens See Need to Increase Support for Local Governments

CoFoE: UMS: EU Citizens See Need to Increase Support for Local Governments

Bratislava, June 12 (TASR) – The conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) confirmed that citizens in every country of the European Union (EU) see the need to increase support for regions and local governments, Slovak Towns Union (UMS) spokesperson Daniela Pirselova has told TASR, adding that they

CoFoE: EU Law Experts: Revising Basic EU Treaties Could Be Difficult Process

CoFoE: EU Law Experts: Revising Basic EU Treaties Could Be Difficult Process

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – In early May, the European Parliament called for a revision of the basic treaties on the functioning of the EU in line with a request by a group of citizens at the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). However, this revision could be a lengthy