Foreign Policies

CoFoE: Hojsik Believes EU Should Focus on Green Policies More

Bratislava/Brussels, March 5 (TASR) – Proposals by civic panels in the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) on the protection of the environment and climate clearly signal policies on which the EU should place its emphasis in the future, MEP Martin Hojsik (Progressive Slovakia/Renew Europe) told TASR on Wednesday (March 2).

“These proposals signal clearly the way we should be headed and what to fight for. In my book, it’s hands-down the saving of the climate and the just shift to the green economy,” declared the MEP.

The MEP would also like to see Slovakia more involved in the CoFoE, as interest declared in it and the EU policies in surveys in Slovakia has remained rather low. “That’s a challenge we must deal with,” he claimed.

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's the right thing to do.

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