Kacer: Sanctions against Russia Need to Remain in Place
Sanctions against Russia must be continued as long as that country poses a threat to democratic Europe, acting Foreign Affairs Minister Rastislav Kacer has told TASR.
Foreign Policies
Heger: EU Summit Brought Good Results in Terms of Reducing Energy Prices
Brussels, October 21 (TASR-correspondent) - From the point of view of the energy debates, the conclusions of the summit in Brussels are successful for Slovakia, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated on Friday following the EU summit.
Heger pointed out that the discussions on the energy crisis ended with several
EP Sending Mission to Slovakia in Response to Double Homophobic Murder
Brussels, October 21 (TASR-correspondent) – MEPs from the Democracy, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group (DRFMG) on Friday approved a plan to send a mission to Slovakia in response to the recent hate-fuelled murders of two young people from the LGBTQI+ community in Bratislava, Slovak MEP Vladimir Bilick (Together)
Slovakia Sending 40 Police Officers to Hungarian-Serbian Border
Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – Slovakia is sending 40 police officers to the Hungarian-Serbian border to help their Hungarian counterparts reduce the pressure of illegal migration, said Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) on Thursday, reiterating that the solution to illegal migration is protecting the external Schengen border, not internal border checks.
EP Calls on Slovak Gov't to Make Progress in Protection of LGBTIQ+ People
Strasbourg, October 20 (TASR-correspondent) – The European Parliament (EP) on Thursday called on the Slovak Government to make “meaningful progress in the protection of LGBTIQ+ people” against hate crimes.
In reaction to a recent case in Bratislava in which a far-right radicalised gunman murdered two young men, Matus Horvath and Juraj
Caputova Ratifies Agreement on Slovakia's Associate Membership of ESA
Bratislava, October 12 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Wednesday ratified a Parliament-approved agreement on Slovakia’s associate membership of the European Space Agency (ESA), TASR has learnt from her post on a social network.
“The European Space Agency, together with the well-known American NASA, is a big player where our
Kacer: Slovakia Determined to Help Ukraine, Supports Its NATO Integration
Bratislava/Brussels, October 10 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia is determined to continue helping Ukraine, which is exposed to Russian aggression, and supports its NATO integration efforts, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Rastislav Kacer said following his talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Monday.
“I stressed that our support for