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Lajcak: Slovakia Supports Efforts Aimed at Combating Terrorism

Lajcak: Slovakia Supports Efforts Aimed at Combating Terrorism

Bratislava, July 12 (TASR) – Slovakia supports every effort aimed at curbing terrorism and halting the funding of terrorist activities, stated Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at a press conference after meeting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin

Lajcak: German Election to Conclude Series of Important Elections

Lajcak: German Election to Conclude Series of Important Elections

Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – The German general election due in September will top off a series of important elections, Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak said to open a consultation with Slovak ambassadors in Bratislava on Thursday. “There was an election in France, then a Dutch election,

Former President Schuster to Go to Strasbourg to Pay Tribute to Kohl

Former President Schuster to Go to Strasbourg to Pay Tribute to Kohl

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – Former Slovak president Rudolf Schuster is due to attend a European memorial event in honour of late former German chancellor Helmut Kohl at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Saturday, TASR learnt on Thursday. “I was asked by the prime minister [Robert Fico], who said that

Korcok: We're Far from Calling Britain's Offer 'Fair and Acceptable'

Korcok: We're Far from Calling Britain's Offer 'Fair and Acceptable'

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – The Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry is far from being able to call the United Kingdom’s offer for EU citizens living there fair and acceptable, said the ministry’s State Secretary Ivan Korcok on Tuesday. Korcok was speaking after the British Government unveiled a

Fico: Narrow Meetings of EU Leaders Beneficial for Mutual Understanding

Fico: Narrow Meetings of EU Leaders Beneficial for Mutual Understanding

Brussels, June 23 (TASR-correspondent) – The meeting of prime ministers from the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) with French President Emmanuel Marcron on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels on Friday showed that such meetings are beneficial to understand individual leaders’ opinions, Slovak Prime Minister

Danko Meets Gojkovic to Discuss Slovak-Serbian Ties

Danko Meets Gojkovic to Discuss Slovak-Serbian Ties

Belgrade, June 23 (TASR-correspondent) – In addition to attending a host of social functions connected with the inauguration of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, Slovak Parliamentary Chairman Andrej Danko also met President of the National Assembly of Serbia Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade on Friday. Their talks centred on bilateral ties and on

Cuban Minister: Slovakia One of Pioneers in Boosting Cuba-EU Relations

Cuban Minister: Slovakia One of Pioneers in Boosting Cuba-EU Relations

Bratislava, June 21 (TASR) – Slovak-Cuban relations have had an excellent dynamic in recent years, having been even boosted by the “historical visit” of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in Cuba in October 2015, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has told TASR in an exclusive interview. “There are further