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Lajcak Nominated for Post of President of UN General Assembly

Lajcak Nominated for Post of President of UN General Assembly

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak is probably on track to become the president of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Lajcak announced his nomination for the UN post after the Government session on the same day. Slovakia

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Gov't Okays Draft Wording of Declaration to Condemn Meciar's Amnesties

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – The Cabinet recommends Parliament to adopt a declaration on the controversial amnesties issued by erstwhile prime minister Vladimir Meciar when he was acting president in 1998. At its session on Wednesday, the Cabinet approved the declaration’s draft wording submitted by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD)

Ziga Rejects That Weapons from Slovakia Went to Middle East

Ziga Rejects That Weapons from Slovakia Went to Middle East

Bratislava, November 30 (TASR) – Slovak Economy Minister Peter Ziga (Smer-SD) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday rejected any involvement of Slovakia in the alleged discovery of weapons in the Middle East. According to Ziga, the weapons and ammunition that were sent from Slovenia to Slovakia back in 2005 were properly

Fico: Dubcek's Bust to Be Unveiled in European Parliament

Fico: Dubcek's Bust to Be Unveiled in European Parliament

Bratislava, November 29 (TASR) – Slovak politician Alexander Dubcek, who was at the helm of a reformist Czechoslovak communist movement in 1968 known as the Prague Spring, will get a bust in European Parliament on December 13, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Tuesday at Bratislava Castle at a ceremony commemorating the

Kiska: Nowhere Have I Seen So Many Sad People as in Cuba

Kiska: Nowhere Have I Seen So Many Sad People as in Cuba

Bratislava, November 27 (TASR) – The legacy of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro should be evaluated by the Cuban people, Slovak President Andrej Kiska wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday. “The rest of us can only wish them to see Cuba as a happy country and a real island of

Sebej Slams Castro's Regime, Blaha "Afflicted" by His Death

Sebej Slams Castro's Regime, Blaha "Afflicted" by His Death

Bratislava, November 26 (TASR) – Executions of political prisoners, economic misery and a lack of freedom are the first things popping up in my mind when Fidel Castro is mentioned, parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Frantisek Sebej (Most-Hid) told TASR on Saturday in reaction to Castro’s death late on Friday.

Fico: Cuba Has Threatened Nobody, Castro Was Bearer of Courage

Fico: Cuba Has Threatened Nobody, Castro Was Bearer of Courage

Bratislava, November 26 (TASR) – Cuba has never threatened anyone; it has only wanted to live its own life, and it was hated by many for this courage, borne by revolution leader Fidel Castro, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday in reaction to Castro’s death on Friday evening.