Foreign Policies

Fico Offers Russian Ambassador Cooperation over Moscow Concert Attack

Prime Minister Robert Fico (stock photo by TASR)

        Bratislava, March 23 (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), on behalf of the entire Slovak government, presented Russian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Bratchikov, with expressions of solidarity and sincere regret, TASR learnt from premier's post on a social network.
        During their phone call on Saturday in connection with the attack on Friday (March 22) in Moscow's suburb, the prime minister also offered him cooperation.
        "Every country in the world has a duty to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, whoever suffers from its consequences, and in this spirit I offered my cooperation to the ambassador," said the premier.
        At least 133 people were killed when camouflaged gunmen stormed the Crocus City Hall, in Moscow's northern suburb of Krasnogorsk, and then set fire to the building on Friday evening. The assault was claimed by the Islamic State group.

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.

Read next