Foreign Policies

President: Slovakia Should Have Representative in Marrakech

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Friday stated that Slovakia should send a representative to the Marrakech conference on the UN Global Migration Compact in December to present the Parliament’s and Government’s opinions, according to Kiska’s spokesman Roman Krpelan.

“It should be the same as with any noted international event, such as NATO and EU summits,” said Krpelan.

Meanwhile, the president is also concerned about what his spokesman called a “Government crisis” following Foreign & EU Minister Miroslav Lajcak’s resignation (over Parliament’s rejection of the migration compact on Thursday) and its possible adverse effects on Slovakia’s foreign political orientation.

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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