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Juncker: V4 Should Organise Summit with Commission on EU Future

Juncker: V4 Should Organise Summit with Commission on EU Future

Brussels, July 27 (TASR-correspondent) – The European Commission will welcome it if the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) organises in the autumn a summit with eurocommissioners on the future of the EU, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said at a joint press conference on Thursday. Juncker stated that

Slovak Police Stop Van Carrying 11 Illegal Migrants Heading to Austria

Slovak Police Stop Van Carrying 11 Illegal Migrants Heading to Austria

Bratislava, July 26 (TASR) – A van carrying eleven illegal migrants from Iraq, Syria and Pakistan, including two minors and one child, was stopped by the Slovak police on the outskirts of Bratislava near the Austrian border on Wednesday. The vehicle with Austrian licence plates was driven by a 38-year old

Fico Invites Netanyahu to Slovakia, Visit Possible as Early as September

Fico Invites Netanyahu to Slovakia, Visit Possible as Early as September

Budapest/Bratislava, July 19 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Slovakia in order to discuss issues such as collaboration in innovations, the car industry, military modernisation and measures targeted against fascist ideas, TASR learnt in Budapest on Wednesday. Fico met Netanyahu

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