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Korcok: Slovakia Sees No Reason to Evacuate Diplomats from Kiev

Korcok: Slovakia Sees No Reason to Evacuate Diplomats from Kiev

Bratislava/Brussels, January 24 (TASR) – Slovakia sees no reason to evacuate its diplomats from Kiev even with the current tension prevailing on the eastern Ukrainian border, chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korcok declared at the EU Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels on Monday. “On the contrary, the presence (of

Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Health: Home Isolation of COVID-19 Positive Shortened to 5 Days

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Home isolation of individuals testing positive for COVID-19 will be shortened to five days, in all cases, regardless of their immune system status, according to the latest directive of the Public Health Office, set to come into effect as of Tuesday (January 25). The shortened quarantine

Vlcan Doesn't Entertain Resignation As Agriculture Minister

Vlcan Doesn't Entertain Resignation As Agriculture Minister

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Samuel Vlcan (OLaNO nominee) sees no reason to resign. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday in response to several calls for his resignation, Vlcan underlined that it’s not true that the criticised programme of support for swine breeding

Sefcovic: EC Committed to Process CoFoE Outcomes During This Term

Sefcovic: EC Committed to Process CoFoE Outcomes During This Term

Brussels, January 24 (TASR-correspondent) – The plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) in Strasbourg on Saturday (January 22) narrowed down the range of citizens’ recommendations that emerged from the two already closed citizens’ panels, European Commission (EC) Vice-President Maros Sefcovic, who is in charge of managing the

CoFoE: European Commission to Consider Recommendations to Amend EU Treaties

CoFoE: European Commission to Consider Recommendations to Amend EU Treaties

Brussels/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – Recommendations from EU citizens are at the “heart of the process” of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), and if their recommendations establish the need to change EU treaties, the European Commission will support this in line with its legislative role, European Commission

Hojsik: Crisis Reveals Need for More Powerful EU Health Agencies

Hojsik: Crisis Reveals Need for More Powerful EU Health Agencies

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the need to respond faster and to grant stronger mandates to European health agencies, Slovak MEP Martin Hojsik stated on Monday. “The coronavirus crisis has shown us that we’re ill-prepared for health crises, both as countries and as

CoFoE: Bilcik Welcomes Extended Powers for EMA

CoFoE: Bilcik Welcomes Extended Powers for EMA

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – Slovak MEP Vladimir Bilcik has welcomed the more extensive powers for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that the European Parliament greenlighted on January 20. “During the pandemic, we in Slovakia have been relying on the independence, responsibility and expertise of the EMA when approving vaccines