Foreign Policies

Fico: If USA Scraps Russia Sanctions, EU Might Pluck Up Courage

Trencin, February 17 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday repeatedly criticised the EU’s sanctions against Russia as he paid a visit to producer of flight simulators Virtual Reality Media (VRM) in Trencin.

“This company with a global reach focuses on the production of flight simulators and simulators for ground military equipment, supplying simulators to pretty unexpected countries as well, such as the United States of America,” said Fico, going then on to vent his displeasure with the EU-Russia sanctions.

“The introduction of sanctions against Russia in the segment of support products for the arms industry and military has significantly damaged the markets, disabling certain partners from being part of business relations,” said the prime minister, describing the sanctions as “nonsensical and harmful”.

If there’s a vote in the EU on the sanctions, Slovakia will vote against them, stated Fico.

“On the other hand, it holds that Slovakia won’t break up the EU’s unity on this point. I hope that the United States will show us a good example in the future; it could scrap the sanctions, thereby also encouraging the EU to act similarly,” added the prime minister.

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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