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Foreign Minister Lajcak Steps Down

Foreign Minister Lajcak Steps Down

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) decided to tender his resignation over Thursday’s parliamentary resolution to reject the UN Global Compact on Migration, TASR learnt from ministry spokesman Boris Gandel on the same day. “We’ll release details related to this

Parliament Asks Government to Reject Global Compact for Migration

Parliament Asks Government to Reject Global Compact for Migration

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – A resolution prepared by the Slovak National Party (SNS) and Smer-SD and approved by 90 MPs in Parliament on Thursday states that the Slovak Government should take a disapproving stance towards the UN Global Compact for Migration and should carry out relevant measures related to Slovakia’

Blue-dyeing Inscribed in List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Blue-dyeing Inscribed in List of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Port Louis/Bratislava, November 28 (TASR) – Blue-dyeing and its tradition has become Slovakia’s sixth element on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, members of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage decided on Wednesday at their 13th session held in Port

Lajcak Divines No Rationality from Parliament, Ready to Resign

Lajcak Divines No Rationality from Parliament, Ready to Resign

Marrakech/Bratislava, November 28 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) confirmed that he hasn’t reconsidered his decision to resign if Slovakia chooses not to attend talks on the UN Global Compact on Migration in Marrakech, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Speaking before the Government session

Pellegrini: Slovakia Ready to Respond to Ukrainian Situation

Pellegrini: Slovakia Ready to Respond to Ukrainian Situation

Bratislava, November 28 (TASR) – Slovakia currently doesn’t face any risks of incidents with respect to the Ukraine crisis, although it is prepared to react, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said after an extraordinary session of the National Security Analytical Centre on Wednesday. Pellegrini announced that the Centre decided to

OTS: Feliks Nowosielski Bust Marks Polish Independence Day

OTS: Feliks Nowosielski Bust Marks Polish Independence Day

*** TASR Original Text Service (OTS) *** Polish Independence Day is indirectly related to the other European countries because they all emerged from the circumstances at the end of World War I. The Polish holiday is therefore simultaneously a celebration of the reemergence of a Polish state and a commemoration of those

Makuch to Quit as Slovak Central Bank Governor in March

Makuch to Quit as Slovak Central Bank Governor in March

Bratislava, November 27 (TASR) – Central bank (NBS) governor Jozef Makuch at a meeting of the NBS Banking Council on Tuesday stated that he’ll quit his post in March of next year. Makuch, whose official tenure should have ended in 2021, also said that he’ll carry out his tasks