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Priorities of Economic Diplomacy Successfully Met in 2018

Priorities of Economic Diplomacy Successfully Met in 2018

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – The priorities of economic diplomacy in 2018 were successfully achieved, the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has stated in its extensive Report on the Status and Results of Economic Diplomacy in 2018. This was helped by improved coordination of activities and cooperation between the main protagonists

Parliament Adopts SNS-sponsored Resolution on Hungary and Poland

Parliament Adopts SNS-sponsored Resolution on Hungary and Poland

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Parliament on Friday adopted a draft resolution on Hungary and Poland sponsored by the Slovak National Party (SNS). The Slovak Parliament in the resolution takes due note of EU proposals to penalise the two countries and declares that it will actively advocate the use of all

Lajcak: Brexit Measures Should Be Approved by House in March

Lajcak: Brexit Measures Should Be Approved by House in March

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Measures aimed at mitigating the effects of Brexit, a.k.a. Lex Brexit, should be approved by Parliament as early as in March, stated Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after a Cabinet session on Wednesday, adding that the measures in question

Hrnko: V4 Security Committees Agreed on Co-operation

Hrnko: V4 Security Committees Agreed on Co-operation

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Representatives of the defence and security committees of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) committed themselves to closer co-operation, with one of the main topics of their talks in Bratislava on Wednesday being the priorities of the Slovak presidency in the Organisation

Pellegrini: We Must Prepare for Hard Brexit

Pellegrini: We Must Prepare for Hard Brexit

Bratislava, January 16 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) was saddened to learn of the results of Tuesday’s (January 15) vote by the British Parliament on the Brexit deal and believes that the EU must prepare itself for the possibility of a hard Brexit without agreement, TASR learnt on

SaS: Reopening of Negotiations Better Than Brexit Without Agreement

SaS: Reopening of Negotiations Better Than Brexit Without Agreement

Bratislava, January 16 (TASR) – Reopening negotiations on Brexit would be better than if the UK left without an agreement, the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has stated in reaction to the crushing majority of House of Commons MPs that rejected the EU withdrawal agreement on Tuesday. “I believe that

Lajcak Departs for Ukraine as OSCE Chairman

Lajcak Departs for Ukraine as OSCE Chairman

Bratislava/Kiev, January 15 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak has departed on a two-day working visit to Ukraine, his first visit to an OSCE conflict region as OSCE Chairman-in-Office. On the first day Lajcak will hold talks with senior Ukrainian political representatives including Defence Minister Stepan