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EANA Conference Taking Place in Slovakia for First Time Ever

EANA Conference Taking Place in Slovakia for First Time Ever

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Directors of prominent European news agencies are set to meet in Bratislava for a three-day conference (September 21-23) in order to discuss the strengthening of the independence of agencies in the digital era, TASR learnt on Wednesday. This is the first time ever that a conference

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September Ahead of SaS & SNS

Poll: Smer Would Have Won Election in September Ahead of SaS & SNS

Bratislava, September 21 (TASR) – Had a general election been held between September 8-14, the governing-coalition Smer-SD party would have won on 27.7 percent (with 46 seats in the 150-seat House), compared to its result of 28.3 percent in the general election on March 5, TASR learnt on Wednesday.

Slovakia Committed to Providing 550 State Scholarships for Refugees

Slovakia Committed to Providing 550 State Scholarships for Refugees

New York, September 21 (TASR-correspondent) – The summit on migrants organised by US President Barack Obama in New York on Tuesday was a successful one, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak, who on behalf of Slovakia has agreed to offer state scholarships to more than 500 people that

Korcok: Agreement between EU and Canada Shouldn't Be Halted

Korcok: Agreement between EU and Canada Shouldn't Be Halted

Brussels/Bratislava, September 20 (TASR-correspondent) – The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada is balanced and accompanied by transparent negotiations that shouldn’t prevent the signing of the deal in any way, said Government Proxy for Slovakia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU Ivan

Lipsic: I Very Much Regret What Happened; I Hadn't Drunk Alcohol

Lipsic: I Very Much Regret What Happened; I Hadn't Drunk Alcohol

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – OLaNO-NOVA MP Daniel Lipsic, who while driving his car in Bratislava on Monday ran over a man who subsequently died from his injuries, said at a press conference on Tuesday that his current priority is to help the bereaved and to cooperate with investigators, TASR learnt

Driver Lipsic Runs Over Pensioner Who Later Dies in Hospital

Driver Lipsic Runs Over Pensioner Who Later Dies in Hospital

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – MP Daniel Lipsic (OLaNO-NOVA) while driving his car ran over a 72-year-old pensioner on Vajnorska Street in Bratislava on Monday evening, with the pensioner subsequently dying from his injuries, Novy Cas daily has reported on its internet version. An ambulance took the pensioner to the hospital

Korcok: EU Enlargement Still Priority of Slovak Presidency

Korcok: EU Enlargement Still Priority of Slovak Presidency

Brussels, September 19 (TASR) – Although the issue of EU enlargement wasn’t on the agenda of the informal summit in Bratislava on Friday (September 16), it’s an important topic in terms of the priorities of Slovakia’s Presidency of the EU Council, said Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State