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European Indoor Athletics: Slovak Volko Takes Home Silver in 60m

European Indoor Athletics: Slovak Volko Takes Home Silver in 60m

Belgrade, March 6 (TASR) – Slovak sprinter Jan Volko on Saturday (March 4) won the silver medal in the 60m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a new national record of 6.58 seconds. Gold went to defending champion and Briton Richard Kilty, who finished in 6.54

Slovakia to Monitor How UK Treats Slovaks Living There

Slovakia to Monitor How UK Treats Slovaks Living There

Bratislava, March 3 (TASR) – The devil is in the details, and Slovakia will therefore closely monitor how the UK’s promised generosity towards Slovaks living there will be met, stated Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after meeting British Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis in

We Are Family Wants to Ban Construction of Mosques in Slovakia

We Are Family Wants to Ban Construction of Mosques in Slovakia

Bratislava, February 28 (TASR) – The Opposition We Are Family-Boris Kollar party is proposing a ban on the construction of mosques in Slovakia because the party considers them to be a security risk, stated the party’s Vice-chairman Milan Krajniak at a press conference on Tuesday. The party submitted a proposal

Lajcak: Inclusion of Roma Community into Society Is Problem

Lajcak: Inclusion of Roma Community into Society Is Problem

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – As far as the Roma issue is concerned, the problem doesn’t lie that much with discrimination, but rather with how to include the Roma community into society, stated Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday. Lajcak

Slovakia to Help Primarily Afghanistan, Kenya and Moldova in 2017

Slovakia to Help Primarily Afghanistan, Kenya and Moldova in 2017

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – Slovakia’s chief ambition this year in terms of development aid is to deal with fragmentation and to further expand the capacities and powers of the national development agency, including via a gradual increase in the volume of funds earmarked for development aid, according to a

EU Parliamentary Chairs to Meet in Bratislava in April

EU Parliamentary Chairs to Meet in Bratislava in April

Bratislava, February 21 (TASR) – The European heads of parliaments will meet again in Bratislava between April 22-23 in order to exchange information on cooperating with each other, stated Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) at a press conference on Tuesday that concerned a meeting of EU parliament secretaries-general

Banska Stiavnica Set to Join UNESCO's Underground Europe Route

Banska Stiavnica Set to Join UNESCO's Underground Europe Route

Bratislava, February 8 (TASR) – Traditional mining town Banska Stiavnica (Banska Bystrica region) is likely to appear on UNESCO’s new tourist map devoted to underground world heritage, TASR learnt from UNESCO World Heritage Centre expert for Sustainable Tourism Peter Debrine on Wednesday. Slovakia should thus become a pilot country among