Foreign Policies

Slovakia to Send €200,000 as Contribution for Coronavirus-fighting China

At its regular session on Wednesday the Cabinet approved €200,000 as an increased contribution to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in connection with the coronavirus epidemic.

“The WHO will put all such funds together and subsequently use them directly to mitigate consequences of the epidemic in China,” Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) said following the Cabinet session.

According to Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky, the volume of money is an agreed-upon compromise between his ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry that have been asked for such a contribution from Slovakia. “We were seeking a sum that would be an adequate aid and was within our possibilities. It definitely won’t be one of the highest contributions, but it manifests our willingness to help,” stated Kamenicky, who confirmed it won’t be a problem to allocate such a sum from the state budget.

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

President: Arrival of F-16 Fighters Important for Slovakia's Defence

The arrival of the first two Slovak F-16 fighter jets from the United States is important for Slovakia's defence, said Commander-in-Chief of the Slovak Armed Forces and President Peter Pellegrini at a ceremony that took place as the aircraft landed at Kuchyna military airbase on Monday.

Read next