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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

Fico Advises Against Dilly-dallying in Joining EU Core

Fico Advises Against Dilly-dallying in Joining EU Core

Bratislava, June 21 (TASR) – If Slovakia is serious about being at the EU’s core, it must act with get-up-and-go, rather than merely waiting for somebody else to take the initiative and joining in later, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at a session of the parliamentary European affairs committee on

Cuban Minister: We Don't Care What USA Thinks about Ties with Slovakia & EU

Cuban Minister: We Don't Care What USA Thinks about Ties with Slovakia & EU

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Cuba doesn’t care what the United States thinks about its relations with the EU, including Slovakia, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla told TASR in an exclusive interview on Tuesday. Parrilla spoke in response to more stringent US foreign policy towards Cuba announced by

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister in First Ever Visit to Slovakia

Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister in First Ever Visit to Slovakia

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Slovak-Cuban relations are undergoing a rather positive and dynamic spell, mostly by virtue of political and economic reforms recently taking place in Cuba – including pardons for political prisoners, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak after meeting his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in

Fico Attends Consecration of Slovak Wooden Church in Iceland

Fico Attends Consecration of Slovak Wooden Church in Iceland

Reydarfjordur/Bratislava, June 17 (TASR correspondent) – Catholic bishop of Slovak origin Capuchin David Bartimej Tencer consecrated a unique wooden church in the Icelandic town of Reydarfjordur on Saturday, with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak and Finance Minister Peter Kazimir in attendance. The wooden