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Ciara Selected as Slovakia's Nominee in 2018 Academy Awards Race

Ciara Selected as Slovakia's Nominee in 2018 Academy Awards Race

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – The Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) has selected a drama called Ciara (The Line, 2017) from among 11 feature films as the national nominee for the category of best foreign language film at the 2018 Academy Awards in February, TASR has learnt from SFTA PR

Focus Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September on 26 percent

Focus Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September on 26 percent

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Had a general election been held in mid-September, it would have been won by the governing Smer-SD party on 26 percent of the votes, garnering 43 seats in Parliament, TASR learnt from a poll carried out by Focus agency, which released the results on Thursday. The

Elite Anti-terrorist Units from Europe Train in Lest

Elite Anti-terrorist Units from Europe Train in Lest

Lest, September 20 (TASR) – Members of anti-terrorist units from eight European countries on Wednesday trained in standard operational procedures aimed at dealing with high-profile incidents taking place in buildings with the use of special technology, TASR learnt on the same day. The exercise took place at the military exercises facility

Gajdos: Nobody Planning to Purchase MiG Fighters from Russia

Gajdos: Nobody Planning to Purchase MiG Fighters from Russia

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – No one is counting on buying Russian MiG jet fighters, as Slovakia is looking for a pro-European and pro-Atlantic solution in terms of modernising the Slovak Air Force, stated Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at a briefing on Wednesday. Gajdos noted

Kiska Calls on North Korea to End Development of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Kiska Calls on North Korea to End Development of Weapons of Mass Destruction

New York/Bratislava, September 19 (TASR-correspondent) – The world is currently facing one of the worst threats to international peace and security, as North Korea openly threatens the world with nuclear weapons, stated Slovak President Andrej Kiska in his speech on Tuesday. Speaking at the 72nd session of the UN General

Lubyova Cancels Controversial EU-fund Call for Proposals for Research

Lubyova Cancels Controversial EU-fund Call for Proposals for Research

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Monday (September 18) scrapped a controversial EU-fund call for proposals to support long-term strategic research and development, TASR learnt from the ministry on Tuesday. The Education Ministry stated that no decision

New Central Europe Wants Region Identified with EU Values

New Central Europe Wants Region Identified with EU Values

Bratislava, September 18 (TASR) – Fighting for a different Central Europe that recognises its European identity and values and is determined to take the lead in rebuilding the European project is among the goals of the New Central Europe initiative, which signed its declaration on cooperation in Bratislava on Monday. The