Foreign Policies

CoFoE: European Parliament Plenary Pays Tribute to David Sassoli

Strasbourg, January 21 (TASR) – Participants in the European Parliament plenary on Friday honoured the memory of the late former president of the institution, David Sassoli, TASR learnt on Friday.

The EP is addressing the recommendations of the two citizens’ panels of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) on January 21-22.

“I would like to begin, dear colleagues, with respect for the life and work of former EP President David Sassoli,” said Guy Verhofstadt, one of the co-chairs of the CoFoE Executive Board.

Sassoli died on January 11 at the age of 65. According to Verhofstadt, the former journalist and MEP firmly believed that the conference was necessary and fought to make it real during his term.

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

President Supports Civic Collection to Purchase Ammunition for Ukraine

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) - I support the 'Ammunition for Ukraine' civic collection, President Zuzana Caputova posted on a social network on Friday, adding that she's also proud that many in Slovakia care about the fate of neighbouring Ukraine. "I support this initiative because it&

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