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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

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