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Danko at V4+Austria Meeting Highlights Need for Cyber Security

Danko at V4+Austria Meeting Highlights Need for Cyber Security

Budapest, June 22 (TASR-correspondent) – A Slovak initiative concerning the issue of cyber security was received with great interest at an informal meeting of the heads of parliaments of the Visegrad Four (V4) group in Hungary on Friday, Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko (SNS) told TASR on the same day. The

Pellegrini Officially Takes over V4 Presidency from Orban in Budapest

Pellegrini Officially Takes over V4 Presidency from Orban in Budapest

Budapest, June 21 (TASR correspondent) – Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) officially took over the rotating one-year presidency of the Visegrad (V4) group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Thursday. Slovakia will assume the presidency as of July 1. It

Skripek: Maltese Government Sold 88,000 Schengen Visas in Libya

Skripek: Maltese Government Sold 88,000 Schengen Visas in Libya

Brussels, June 21 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak MEP and chairman of the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) Branislav Skripek made waves at the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) on Thursday by revealing how the leftist Maltese Government in 2013-14 sold 88,000 Schengen visas and

Gajdos Bids Farewell to Slovak Soldiers Joining NATO Operation in Latvia

Gajdos Bids Farewell to Slovak Soldiers Joining NATO Operation in Latvia

Martin, June 21 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (SNS) in Martin (Zilina region) on Thursday said farewell to 150 soldiers of the Slovak Armed Forces who are leaving for Latvia in order to meet tasks as part of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence operation along with other Alliance members. “This

Report: Slovak-made Arms Could End Up in Terrorist Hands

Report: Slovak-made Arms Could End Up in Terrorist Hands

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Relatively large numbers of arms produced in Slovakia decades ago, now deactivated, could end up in the hands of terrorists and be made lethal again, authors of a report entitled Crime-Terror Nexus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia stated at a GLOBSEC think tank in Bratislava

Oettinger: I'm in Slovakia to Understand Its Opinions and Requirements

Oettinger: I'm in Slovakia to Understand Its Opinions and Requirements

Bratislava, June 18 (TASR) – I am here in Slovakia to listen to the Slovak side, to understand its opinions and requirements so that we are better able to reach the common goal of adopting the EU budget, EU Commissioner for Budget Gunther Oettinger said following his talks with Vice-premier for

Danko: Czechs Will Take over Some Institutes from Slovak Rules of Procedure

Danko: Czechs Will Take over Some Institutes from Slovak Rules of Procedure

Bratislava, June 14 (TASR) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies will be taking over some institutes from the Slovak Rules of Procedure, with both countries trying at the same time to harmonise their Rules of Procedure with the European Parliament, said the head of the Slovak Parliament Andrej Danko (Slovak National