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Cuban Minister: We Don't Care What USA Thinks about Ties with Slovakia & EU

Cuban Minister: We Don't Care What USA Thinks about Ties with Slovakia & EU

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Cuba doesn’t care what the United States thinks about its relations with the EU, including Slovakia, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla told TASR in an exclusive interview on Tuesday. Parrilla spoke in response to more stringent US foreign policy towards Cuba announced by

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister in First Ever Visit to Slovakia

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister in First Ever Visit to Slovakia

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Slovak-Cuban relations are undergoing a rather positive and dynamic spell, mostly by virtue of political and economic reforms recently taking place in Cuba – including pardons for political prisoners, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak after meeting his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in

Reznik Elected to Take Over as RTVS Head

Reznik Elected to Take Over as RTVS Head

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Head of the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) Jaroslav Reznik will take over as general director of public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) as of August after he was elected to the post in the second round of a secret vote in Parliament

Fico: I Would Welcome it if Agreement at VW is Achieved as Soon as Possible

Fico: I Would Welcome it if Agreement at VW is Achieved as Soon as Possible

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) would welcome it if an agreement was achieved as soon as possible in the strike at Bratislava-based Volkswagen (VW), he said on Tuesday on the premises of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry where he came to comment on

FinMin: Slovak GDP to Increase by 3.3% in 2017, Due to Exceed 4% Later

FinMin: Slovak GDP to Increase by 3.3% in 2017, Due to Exceed 4% Later

Bratislava, June 19 (TASR) – Slovakia’s GDP should grow by 3.3 percent year-on-year in 2017, before accelerating to 4.2 percent in 2018 and 4.4 percent in 2019, according to the latest prognosis of the Finance Ministry released on Monday. While the 2017 outlook hasn’t changed compared

Last Minute Talks to Avert Strike at Volkswagen Slovakia Fail

Last Minute Talks to Avert Strike at Volkswagen Slovakia Fail

Bratislava, June 19 (TASR) – Talks between the Volkswagen Slovakia management and the Modern Trade Union Volkswagen on Monday afternoon aimed at averting a full-fledged strike as of Tuesday morning have failed, TASR has learnt. “The final offer presented by the VW SK management this afternoon was unacceptable for us,” said

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

Madaric: New RTVS Chief Shouldn't Be Elected Thanks to LSNS Votes

I won’t try to persuade MPs from my Smer-SD party to vote for my favourite, incumbent public service Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) director Vaclav Mika, in Tuesday’s (June 20) second round of the election for the top RTVS post, said Culture Minister Marek Madaric on RTVS’s