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Fico: I Hope Estonian EU Presidency Will be Flexible Enough

Fico: I Hope Estonian EU Presidency Will be Flexible Enough

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) – The Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU will be highly interested in preserving the unity of the Union, which is incredibly important for its future; but this can be achieved in other ways than by blindly obeying commands and respecting the stronger ones, said

Blaha: Paternalistic Relationship Belongs in Middle Ages, Not in EU

Blaha: Paternalistic Relationship Belongs in Middle Ages, Not in EU

Bratislava, May 22 (TASR) – The paternalistic relationship that can be seen on the part of some western EU countries towards central and eastern EU states belongs to the Middle Ages and not to the present day, stated head of the Slovak Parliament’s European affairs committee Lubos Blaha (Smer-SD) on

Lajcak Receives Prize for Assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its Way to EU

Lajcak Receives Prize for Assisting Bosnia and Herzegovina on Its Way to EU

Mostar/Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) received on Thursday in Mostar a special prize, the European Personality of the Year 2016, from the Evening Paper daily for his assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina on its journey to the European Union, TASR

Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Lajcak: No One's Perfect; But I Don't See Any Alternative to EU

Banska Bystrica, May 17 (TASR) – No other country that joined the European Union in 2004 has benefited from it more than Slovakia, stated Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the Faculty of Economics of Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Lajcak was addressing students

Pellegrini Shares Slovakia's Experience from Presidency with Estonia

Pellegrini Shares Slovakia's Experience from Presidency with Estonia

Tallinn, May 16 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia’s experience from its first presidency of the Council of the EU in the second half of 2016 as well as the construction of infrastructure were among the main topics of a meeting between Slovak Deputy Prime Minister for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)

People Killed in Attempts to Escape to Free Europe Honoured at Devin

People Killed in Attempts to Escape to Free Europe Honoured at Devin

Bratislava, May 15 (TASR) – Devin is a place where we commemorate those who attempted to flee Czechoslovakia and live in a free Europe, said Slovak President Andrej Kiska at Devin on Monday. Kiska was speaking at a wreath-laying ceremony at the Freedom Gate Memorial below Devin Castle, where he and

Ziga Attends Major Meeting on 'New Silk Road' in Beijing

Ziga Attends Major Meeting on 'New Silk Road' in Beijing

Beijing, May 15 (TASR) – Ambitious investments in transport and trade projects and modern maritime and land infrastructure to connect Asia, Europe and Africa in order to imitate the ancient Silk Road have been discussed in Beijing at a meeting of senior officials from more than 100 countries, with 30 presidents