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Lajcak: I'll Focus on Prevention of Conflicts as UN General Asembly Head

Lajcak: I'll Focus on Prevention of Conflicts as UN General Asembly Head

Bratislava, September 17 (TASR) – Miroslav Lajcak, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly and at the same time Slovakia’s Foreign and European Affairs Minister, has told TASR that in his UN post he wants to maintain a balanced approach towards the organisation’s three fundamental pillars

Kalinak: Slovakia Ready to Help Romania If Wave of Migration Grows

Kalinak: Slovakia Ready to Help Romania If Wave of Migration Grows

Brussels, September 14 (TASR-correspondent) – The increasing number of illegal migrants entering Romania and Bulgaria across the Black Sea concerns also Slovakia given its location further up this migratory path, said Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak after the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council session in Brussels on Thursday. The

Drucker: Lack of Protection of LGBTI People No Obstacle to Hosting EMA

Drucker: Lack of Protection of LGBTI People No Obstacle to Hosting EMA

Bratislava, September 14 (TASR) – A lack of legislation that guarantees the rights of same-sex couples in Slovakia shouldn’t cause a problem for the country in its bid to host the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which is due to be moved out of London after Brexit, Health

Weiss: Czechoslovakia Was Successful Project

Weiss: Czechoslovakia Was Successful Project

Bratislava/Prague, September 12 (TASR) – The Czechoslovak Republic was a very good project that resulted in the beginning of close cooperation between two successful states in Europe – Slovakia and the Czech Republic, Slovak Ambassador to the Czech Republic Peter Weiss has told TABLET.TV. Therefore, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico

Lajcak Assumes UN General Assembly President Post

Lajcak Assumes UN General Assembly President Post

Bratislava, September 12 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) assumed the post of the president of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. “The GA president is the person who takes the helm of the body for one year. It’

US Experts and Teachers to Come to Slovakia under Simpler Rules

US Experts and Teachers to Come to Slovakia under Simpler Rules

Bratislava, September 7 (TASR) – Experts from various scientific spheres and teachers from the United States have been able since this summer to come to Slovakia more easily on no-fee non-immigrant visas, US Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling announced on Wednesday at a ceremony marking the beginning of the new academic

Matecna Lambasts Netherlands for Late Reporting on Fipronil

Matecna Lambasts Netherlands for Late Reporting on Fipronil

Tallin, September 5 (TASR) – Slovak Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (a Slovak National Party/SNS) nominee at an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Tallin on Tuesday lambasted the Netherlands for its failure to report promptly the fipronil scandal concerning eggs and chicken. “It’s a crime.