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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)

Foreign Ministry Respects OPCW Findings, Set to Coordinate Stance with UK

Foreign Ministry Respects OPCW Findings, Set to Coordinate Stance with UK

Bratislava, September 5 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Ministry fully accepts and respects findings of the investigation by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which proved that the substance used to poison two individuals at Amesbury in England matches the one employed against ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal

MFA: Slovak Interior Minister's Transport Was Reason for Flyover of Poland

MFA: Slovak Interior Minister's Transport Was Reason for Flyover of Poland

Bratislava, August 31 (TASR) – Transporting the Slovak interior minister and delegation for a working trip to Russia was cited as the official reason in Slovakia’s request for a flyover of its Government plane over Polish territory, reads the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry’s answer to a question raised

Smer: We Won't Succumb to Do-gooders, We Won't Accept Refugees

Smer: We Won't Succumb to Do-gooders, We Won't Accept Refugees

Bratislava, August 29 (TASR) – The recent events in Chemnitz, Germany demonstrate that integrating refugees in society is a demanding and long process with rather uncertain results, the main governing party in Slovakia Smer-SD stated on a social network on Wednesday. “Protests and violence on the streets of this town, in

Korcok in USA Wants to Intensify Relations at Highest Level

Korcok in USA Wants to Intensify Relations at Highest Level

Bratislava, August 28 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Tuesday handed over credentials to Ivan Korcok, the designated Slovak ambassador to the United States, TASR learnt on the same day. Korcok in the USA wants to protect the interests of both Slovakia and the EU and intensify relations at the

Radicova: ESFS Meets its Purpose, Worst Part of Crisis Behind Us

Radicova: ESFS Meets its Purpose, Worst Part of Crisis Behind Us

Bratislava, August 24 (TASR) – The European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) and the so-called temporary European bailout fulfilled their purpose, and the eurozone as well as Slovakia have navigated their way out of the worst part of the crisis, former prime minister Iveta Radicova (2010-12) told TASR on Friday. Radicova

Gal: Expressions of Anti-semitism Growing, Need to Deal with Problem

Gal: Expressions of Anti-semitism Growing, Need to Deal with Problem

Bratislava, August 23 (TASR) – Not only in Slovakia, but also in other European countries, we’re being confronted more and more with an increase in hate speech stemming from anti-Semitism, with anonymous, ill-conceived and reckless expressions rapidly spreading, said Justice Minister Gabor Gal (Most-Hid) after meeting Israeli Ambassador to Slovakia