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Gurria: Slovakia's Presidency of OECD to Focus on Digitising

Gurria: Slovakia's Presidency of OECD to Focus on Digitising

Strbske Pleso, October 6 (TASR) – Slovakia will focus on the issues of digitising during its presidency of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting, OECD Secretary-General Jose Angel Gurria said at the GLOBSEC Tatra Summit 2018 held in Strbske Pleso (Presov region) on Saturday. “It’s

Pellegrini: Slovaks and Czechs Have Similar Successes and Problems

Pellegrini: Slovaks and Czechs Have Similar Successes and Problems

Brno, October 1 (TASR) – Slovakia and the Czech Republic share not only similar achievements but also similar problems, stated Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) at the International Engineering Fair that is currently taking place in Brno in the Czech Republic. Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia

Kiska in Chicago Honours Memory of Czechoslovakia's Founder Masaryk

Kiska in Chicago Honours Memory of Czechoslovakia's Founder Masaryk

Chicago, September 28 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska and Slovak Ambassador to the United States Ivan Korcok in Chicago on Thursday (September 27) laid wreaths to the memorial of Czechoslovakia’s first president Tomas Garrique Masaryk to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the joint state of Slovaks

President Kiska Talked at UN about Need to Co-operate and Adhere to Rules

President Kiska Talked at UN about Need to Co-operate and Adhere to Rules

New York/Chicago, September 27 (TASR-correspondent) – In his address at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday (September 26) Slovak President Andrej Kiska highlighted the need for adherence to rules, mutual co-operation, and media protection. Kiska warned that while the building of peace

European Commission Accuses ZSSK of Obstruction during Inspection

European Commission Accuses ZSSK of Obstruction during Inspection

Brussels/Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – The European Commission (EC) in its preliminary view has accused the passenger rail carrier ZSSK Slovensko of preventing the EU authority from inspecting it in 2016, europa.eu website reported on Tuesday. The EC has sent a statement of objections to ZSSK claiming that the

Danko Opens Exhibition of Photos on Dubcek in Greek Parliament

Danko Opens Exhibition of Photos on Dubcek in Greek Parliament

Athens, September 24 (TASR correspondent) – Visitors to the Greek Parliament in Athens will have the opportunity to see an exhibition of photographs dedicated to the memory of Slovak politician Alexander Dubcek (the leading figure in the Prague Spring of 1968), jointly opened by Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National

Czech Police: Slovak Islamist Was Planning Lone Wolf Attack

Czech Police: Slovak Islamist Was Planning Lone Wolf Attack

Prague, September 23 (TASR) – The first Slovak Islamist radical identified for legal purposes only as Dominik K., arrested last year in the Czech Republic, was actually planning a terror attack, Czech police chief Tomas Tuhy told Czech Television on Sunday. The radicalised Slovak, who frequented mosques in Prague and appeared