Foreign Policies

Caputova Visits Sites Sacred to Christianity and Judaism in Jerusalem

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova on Friday visited some of the holy places in Jerusalem and met Israeli President Reuven Rivli.

“I’ve had the opportunity to visit two of the most important sites of the Christian and Jewish religions,” Caputova told journalists after visiting the Wailing Wall and some of the Stations of the Cross. She also visited Golgotha Hill and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. “It really impressed me. These are powerful experiences and impressions because it isn’t only a piece of history but also the beginning of a cultural and religious influence that has determined who we are in Europe,” said the head of state.

The president commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on Thursday. On Friday, she’s representing Slovakia at the World Holocaust Forum, which is being attended by delegations from 49 countries. Among the most prominent guests are US Vice-president Mike Pence, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Britain’s Prince Charles and French President Emmanuel Macron.

SPPK: If Farmers Aren't Taken Seriously, They Will Be Seen in Streets More Often

If farmers' demands are not taken seriously, they will be seen in the streets more often, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber chairman Emil Macho told a news conference held in front of the Parliament's building on Thursday.

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

Fico: Slovakia to Receive €1 bn of €10-bn Package of EU Funds for Floods

Slovakia will receive €1 billion of the €10-billion package from EU cohesion funds to deal with the consequences of the recent floods, Premier Robert Fico, who attended on Thursday a meeting of premiers and the European Commission on floods in Wroclaw, Poland, told a press conference on Friday.

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