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Tomas Zelenka

Together and Progressive Slovakia to Hold Merger Talks

Together and Progressive Slovakia to Hold Merger Talks

Bratislava, August 26 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia and Together parties, which ran together as a two-party coalition in the most recent general election but failed to make it into Parliament, are set to hold talks on a merger in the next few days. The parties held similar talks back

Korcok: 250 People Want to Be Transported from Afghanistan to Slovakia

Korcok: 250 People Want to Be Transported from Afghanistan to Slovakia

Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) – Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok (an SaS nominee) reported on Tuesday that Slovakia has registered up to 250 people who want to be transported from Afghanistan to Slovakia, explaining that these are often relatives of Slovak nationals with Afghan roots or people working for organisations that

Ex-Agriculture Minister for OLaNO Addresses Open Letter to Matovic

Ex-Agriculture Minister for OLaNO Addresses Open Letter to Matovic

Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) – Former agriculture minister and now OLaNO MP Jan Micovsky on Tuesday posted an open letter to Finance Minister and OLaNO leader Igor Matovic on Facebook in which he voiced his concerns that OLaNO appears to be drifting away from its anti-graft principles. At the same time

Foreign Affairs Ministry Sends Diplomatic Note to Budapest

Foreign Affairs Ministry Sends Diplomatic Note to Budapest

Bratislava, August 5 (TASR) – The Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry has sent a diplomatic note to Hungary, asking Budapest to observe usual and standard diplomatic procedures and to inform Bratislava in advance about the purpose of visits by Hungarian representatives to Slovakia. The diplomatic note is the ministry’s reaction to

President's Office Refutes SNS Head Danko's Claims regarding Pope's Visit

President's Office Refutes SNS Head Danko's Claims regarding Pope's Visit

Bratislava, August 3 (TASR) – The President’s Office on Tuesday objected to “misleading” claims made by head of the extra-parliamentary Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko, who claims in a video posted on Facebook that President Zuzana Caputova had proposed to Pope Francis to stop at the notoriously poor Roma

Golfer Rory Sabbatini Takes Silver at Olympics

Golfer Rory Sabbatini Takes Silver at Olympics

Tokyo, August 1 (TASR) – Slovak golfer Rory Sabbatini won the silver medal in the men’s golf competition at the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday, finishing the event 17-under-par, only one stroke behind gold medalist Xander Schauffele of the USA. Sabbatini, a 45-year-old South African native who

Danube Limes Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Danube Limes Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Fuzhou, July 30 (TASR) – The number of Slovak sites included on the UNESCO World Heritage List has increased to eight, as the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Friday decided to add the western part of Danube Limes, which includes two cultural monuments on Slovakia’s territory, to the list via