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Fico: EU Not Strong Enough to Engage Itself More; We Need UN

Fico: EU Not Strong Enough to Engage Itself More; We Need UN

New York, December 19 (TASR-correspondent) – I find it important to have a strong UN, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after meeting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on Monday (December 18). “The European Union is not strong enough to engage itself more in some matters. The EU is

Zeman: Babis as Czech Premier Is Proof of Good Czech-Slovak Relations

Zeman: Babis as Czech Premier Is Proof of Good Czech-Slovak Relations

Bratislava, December 12 (TASR) – Appointing a person from the Slovak national minority as Czech prime minister is confirmation of the good level of cooperation between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, stated Czech President Milos Zeman after meeting his Slovak counterpart Andrej Kiska in Bratislava on Tuesday. Last week, Zeman appointed

Five Embassies Call on Slovak Gov't to Continue Combating Corruption

Five Embassies Call on Slovak Gov't to Continue Combating Corruption

Bratislava, December 9 (TASR) – Five foreign embassies in Slovakia – of Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States – have released a joint statement to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9), praising the Slovak Government for its effort in the fight against corruption and at the same time calling

Most-Hid: Schulz's Opinion on United States of Europe Part of Debate

Most-Hid: Schulz's Opinion on United States of Europe Part of Debate

Bratislava, December 8 (TASR) – German SPD party chief Martin Schulz’s statements on the need to transform the EU into a United States of Europe by 2025 don’t represent the opinion of the German Government, even though it’s likely that SPD will be in the new Cabinet, said

Sulik: Schulz's Talk of United States of Europe Utopian and Arrogant

Sulik: Schulz's Talk of United States of Europe Utopian and Arrogant

Bratislava, December 8 (TASR) – German Social Democrats (SPD) leader Martin Schulz’s recent statements that the EU should be transformed into a United States of Europe with a single constitution by 2025, and that countries that would reject such a constitution should be ousted, are extreme, utopian and arrogant, stated

Kazimir Welcomes Blacklist of Tax Havens: We Don't Like Jiggery-pokery

Kazimir Welcomes Blacklist of Tax Havens: We Don't Like Jiggery-pokery

Brussels, December 5 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak Finance Minister Peter Kazimir praised the decision of Ecofin on Tuesday to compose a blacklist of 17 tax havens and a grey list of other countries that have been put on note. The press earlier reported that the EU was divided in two blocs – hardliners

Fico: Migration Can Only Be Halted by AU-EU Cooperation

Fico: Migration Can Only Be Halted by AU-EU Cooperation

Abidjan, November 29 (TASR-correspondent) – Unless cooperation between African countries and the European Union is clear, migration is likely to remain a big phantom for the EU, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at the fifth African Union – European Union (AU-EU) summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Wednesday. The Slovak premier