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GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava to See 1,300 Guests from 70 Countries

GLOBSEC Forum in Bratislava to See 1,300 Guests from 70 Countries

Bratislava, May 23 – Some 1,300 guests from 70 countries are set to attend the 12th edition of the international security forum GLOBSEC 2017 due to begin in Bratislava this Friday (May 26), TASR learnt on Tuesday. It’s the largest number of participants in the history of the event,

Blaha: Paternalistic Relationship Belongs in Middle Ages, Not in EU

Blaha: Paternalistic Relationship Belongs in Middle Ages, Not in EU

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) – The paternalistic relationship that can be seen on the part of some western EU countries towards central and eastern EU states belongs to the Middle Ages and not to the present day, stated head of the Slovak Parliament’s European affairs committee Lubos Blaha (Smer-SD) on

Kiska Vetoes Legislation Amending Expropriation Proceedings

Kiska Vetoes Legislation Amending Expropriation Proceedings

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska has vetoed legislation designed to enable the state to start a certain amount of construction work on land on which future highways and other roads are to be built even before it’s expropriated, TASR learnt from the President’s Office on Thursday.

Sixteen Members of Military Injured in Vehicle Accident

Sixteen Members of Military Injured in Vehicle Accident

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – Sixteen professional servicemen suffered injuries when a Tatra 815 military vehicle crashed at Mociar military facility close to Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region) on Thursday afternoon, TASR learnt from Defence Ministry spokesperson Danka Capakova on the same day. The soldiers were air force members of

Two Companies in Dubnica Marking 80 Years of Engineering

Two Companies in Dubnica Marking 80 Years of Engineering

Dubnica nad Vahom, May 18 (TASR) – Dubnica-based engineering companies ZVS Holding and ZTS Special are returning pride and honour to the defence industry, which used to form an irreplaceable part of the country’s industry in the past, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in Dubnica nad Vahom (Trencin region)

MPs Take Their Children to Parliament to Support Working Parents

MPs Take Their Children to Parliament to Support Working Parents

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – Some MPs from the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party, OLaNO-NOVA, We Are Family and the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) brought their children and grandchildren to Parliament on Thursday to express their support for working parents, TASR learnt on the same day. The MPs joined the

Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Banska Bystrica, May 17 (TASR) – No other country that joined the European Union in 2004 has benefited from it more than Slovakia, stated Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Lajcak was addressing students