Foreign Policies

Fico: Slovakia Must Be Stable and Prepared for Multi-speed EU

Rome, March 24 (TASR) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated on Friday ahead of the largely ceremonial EU summit due to take place in Rome on Saturday that he believes that nobody will attempt to block the key document entitled the Rome Declaration containing a pledge of 27 EU-member countries to continue in the EU as a “unique project”.

Apart from the Rome Declaration, the EU leaders will also focus on the so-called Rome Agenda paving the way for a multi-speed union to be pursued in the next few months and years, said Fico, adding that Slovakia needs to be stable and prepared for such developments.

Nevertheless, the Slovak prime minister conceded that there’s a risk that rich and powerful countries might set such a pace in consolidation of public finances, for example, that others won’t be able to keep up.

“Slovakia must meet the fundamental requirements, therefore – be internally stable, have its public finances in order and be posting high economic growth,” added Fico.

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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