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Gajdos: Slovakia Has Plenty to Offer Allies Regarding Bomb Disposal

Gajdos: Slovakia Has Plenty to Offer Allies Regarding Bomb Disposal

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – Even 14 years since Slovakia became the leading country in the area of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) within the whole of NATO, the country still has something to offer its allies and partners in this regard, stated Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (SNS) in his speech to

Kiska: Objective Is to Become Less Dependent on Russian Gas

Kiska: Objective Is to Become Less Dependent on Russian Gas

Bucharest, September 18 (TASR-correspondent) – Connecting Europe by roads and railways as well as by gas pipelines to further unite Europe as a whole was the main topic discussed at the Three Seas Initiative summit in Bucharest, Romania on Tuesday, TASR learnt on the same day. Slovak President Andrej Kiska, who

Danko Has Breakfast with Diplomats, Assures Them of Slovakia's Support for EU

Danko Has Breakfast with Diplomats, Assures Them of Slovakia's Support for EU

Bratislava, September 18 (TASR) – On the occasion of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU, Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Tuesday had breakfast with diplomats from EU-member countries serving in Slovakia, Parliament’s communications department told TASR on the same day. Danko assured the

Pellegrini and Babis Want to Boost Mutual Co-operation in Army Weaponry

Pellegrini and Babis Want to Boost Mutual Co-operation in Army Weaponry

Kosice, September 17 (TASR) – Slovakia and the Czech Republic should intensify their co-operation in the defence sector by providing their armies with products manufactured primarily by the arms industry of the two countries, concurred Slovak and Czech Prime Ministers Peter Pellegrini and Andrej Babis, after holding talks as part of

Babis: EU Must Return to Four Freedoms and Remove East-West Division

Babis: EU Must Return to Four Freedoms and Remove East-West Division

Kosice, September 17 (TASR) – The Czech Republic, along with the other Visegrad Four (V4) countries (Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), is interested in seeing the EU working properly, as the Union has secured peace for Europe, but there’s a need to return to its four original freedoms – the free movement

Slovak Ambassador to USA Ivan Korcok Receives Transatlantic Award

Slovak Ambassador to USA Ivan Korcok Receives Transatlantic Award

Ostrava, September 17 (TASR) – Slovak Ambassador to the USA Ivan Korcok received the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award on the sidelines of the NATO Days in Ostrava on Sunday (September 16), NGO GLOBSEC has announced on its website. Ian Brzezinski, son of US foreign policy legend Zbigniew Brzezinski, handed over

Tax Office: No Obligation to Pay €302 mn to EU for China Imports

Tax Office: No Obligation to Pay €302 mn to EU for China Imports

Bratislava, September 8 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Financial Administration (tax office) rejects claims that Slovakia should pay €302 million into the EU budget due to customs fraud, the authority’s spokesperson Ivana Skokanova told TASR on Saturday. Skokanova was responding to information reported by Dennik N daily on Friday (September 7)