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Kazakhstan to Introduce Visa-free Travel for Slovaks as of 2017

Kazakhstan to Introduce Visa-free Travel for Slovaks as of 2017

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – Kazakhstan will introduce 30-day visa-free arrangements for Slovak citizens as of January 1, 2017, Serzhan Abdykarimov, the new ambassador of Kazakhstan to Slovakia and the Czech Republic, told a news conference in Bratislava on Friday. This diplomatic measure is aimed at deepening Kazakh-Slovak relations, as well

Fico: Slovakia's Specific Issue Concerning Brexit - Slovaks Living in UK

Fico: Slovakia's Specific Issue Concerning Brexit - Slovaks Living in UK

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – The European Commission (EC) chief negotiator has the full support of the Slovak Government, and we’re fully aware that it’s only the EC that is entitled to lead all negotiations on Brexit with Great Britain and so contribute towards relevant results, stated Prime Minister

Slovakia Sends 25 Police Officers to Protect Bulgarian-Turkish Border

Slovakia Sends 25 Police Officers to Protect Bulgarian-Turkish Border

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – Twenty-five Slovak police officers will leave for Bulgaria on Thursday to protect its borders with Turkey as part of the European Border and Coast Guard mission. For this occasion, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) will meet his Bulgarian counterpart Rumania Bachvarova at the Kapitan Andreevo border

Danko: If There Is US-Russian Detente, EU Can't Be Left Behind

Danko: If There Is US-Russian Detente, EU Can't Be Left Behind

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – Elections are to be respected, rather than commented on, so there’s a need to recognise that the USA has elected a new president, said Parliamentary Chair Andrej Danko (Slovak National Party/SNS) on Wednesday in response to the election of Donald Trump as the next

Lajcak: Donald Trump Is President of Discontinuity

Lajcak: Donald Trump Is President of Discontinuity

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – US voters have decided which person they want to see at the head of their country, and we respect this decision, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak on Wednesday in view of Donald Trump’s triumph in the presidential election. “We congratulate the

Kiska and Fico on Results of US Presidential Election

Kiska and Fico on Results of US Presidential Election

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. “The US is an important partner and ally of Slovakia and the EU. I consider it important that it stays that way in the future,” added Kiska. Prime Minister

Lajcak: No Danger for Us, But NATO's Eastern Flank Needs to Be Boosted

Lajcak: No Danger for Us, But NATO's Eastern Flank Needs to Be Boosted

Bucharest, November 8 (TASR – correspondent) – Conclusions approved at the NATO Summit in Warsaw in July of this year have been met satisfactorily, concurred chiefs of diplomacy from central and eastern European countries at their working meeting in Bucharest on Tuesday. The meeting of ministers from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia,