Foreign Policies

CoFoE: Sefcovic: Important for EU to Gain Strategic Autonomy

Bratislava, March 16 (TASR) – It’s important for the European Union to gain strategic autonomy, European Commission (EC) Vice-President Maros Sefcovic said at an event held as part of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) in Bratislava.

“We need a pharmaceutical strategy but also a strategy for critical raw materials or a European law on chips. Today, we’re dependent on other countries for their import but in the EC we want them to be produced in Europe,” he added.

According to Sefcovic, the war in Ukraine has drawn attention to the need to shape the future within the EU. “Russia’s insidious and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine underlines how important it is for us to unite and determine what kind of Europe we want,” he said, adding that dialogue with citizens is also needed.

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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