Foreign Policies

Heger: We'll Bolster NATO Military Presence on Eastern Border If Necessary

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – If there’s need to bolster NATO’s military presence on our eastern border in order to ensure the security of Slovakia and Europe, Slovakia will do so, Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) has posted on a social network.

“There’s a rule in NATO: one for all and all for one. This is a guarantee of peace in Europe,” stated Heger, adding that the presence of NATO troops on the eastern border will be in line with the security and defence strategies. “That’s why we have these documents – to be able to orient ourselves correctly in relation to international threats and to respond to them adequately,” noted the premier.

The situation in Ukraine has been extremely tense for several weeks as a result of Russian troops’ transfers to the border with Ukraine and the numerous military exercises of the Russian Army. Both the Ukrainian Government and the West are concerned that this escalation might lead to the invasion of Russian troops into Ukrainian territory. Moscow keeps denying such an intention.

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.

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