Foreign Policies

Heger: Slovakia to Provide Ukraine with Additional Aid Worth €4.41 Mn

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – Slovakia will provide Ukraine with additional materiel worth €4.41 million, according to a decision taken by the Government at its extraordinary session on Sunday.

This additional aid package comes in response to Saturday’s (February 26) evening telephone conversation between Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “I asked him what more could Slovakia do to help. Ukrainian soldiers are starting to run out of ammunition and hence I immediately convened the Government on Sunday to respond to such a request without delay,” said Heger.

The €4.41 million aid follows up on the aid worth €11 million that was passed by the Government on Saturday.

ZSSK: New Train Service between Bratislava and Kiev Launched on Sunday

A rail connection between Slovakia and Ukraine is improving, with a new train service from Bratislava to Kiev being launched on Sunday, ZSSK passenger carrier spokesman Dominik Drevicky has informed TASR.

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

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