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Danko: Time When Brussels Looked Down on National Parliaments Over

Danko: Time When Brussels Looked Down on National Parliaments Over

Bratislava, December 30 (TASR) – One of the reasons why Slovakia as part of its Presidency of the Council of the European Union organised an informal summit of EU parliamentary chairs in Bratislava in October was the increasing importance of national parliaments for the future of the Union itself, Parliamentary Chairman

Slovakia Sends 14 Soldiers to Afghanistan

Slovakia Sends 14 Soldiers to Afghanistan

Ruzomberok, December 30 (TASR) – Defence Minister Peter Gajdos (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) in Ruzomberok (Zilina region) on Friday bid farewell to 14 soldiers of the special unit of the Slovak Armed Forces who left for Afghanistan to join the Resolute Support Operation. “The members of the unit will

Javorcik: I'm Proud of Slovak EU Presidency's Achievements in Trade

Javorcik: I'm Proud of Slovak EU Presidency's Achievements in Trade

Brussels/Bratislava, December 28 (TASR-correspodent) – The most valuable success of the Slovak Council of the EU Presidency was agreements regarding EU trade policies, Slovakia’s Permanent Representative to the EU Peter Javorcik has stated. Javorcik chaired the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) of individual EU-member states in Brussels throughout late

Prime Minister Fico Sends Condolences to Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister Fico Sends Condolences to Vladimir Putin

Bratislava, December 25 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) sent a telegram of condolence to Russian President Vladimir Putin over a recent aircraft crash in Sochi, TASR learnt on Sunday. In his name as well as on behalf of the entire Government, Fico expressed his sympathies to the bereaved and

Cibula: Austrian Islamist Security Threat Threatens Bratislava as Well

Cibula: Austrian Islamist Security Threat Threatens Bratislava as Well

Bratislava, December 22 (TASR) – A terrorist threat originating from Austria could also put Bratislava in danger, believes former Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) director and Former Intelligence Officers Association chair Igor Cibula. “The attention that the police and intelligence community in Slovakia are paying to the security situation with regard to

Fico: Attack on European Cultural Identity in Berlin, We Must Defend Ourselves

Fico: Attack on European Cultural Identity in Berlin, We Must Defend Ourselves

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – The attack on people gathered at a Christmas market in Berlin represents an attack on the cultural identity of Europe, and Slovakia is entitled to adopt counter-measures, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday after a session of the National Security Analytical Centre convened in response

Korcok: Defence and Security Are Business of Political Leaders

Korcok: Defence and Security Are Business of Political Leaders

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The common security and defence policy has seen no progress, but this isn’t the business of any presidency, but of political leaders, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State Secretary and Government Proxy for Slovakia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU Ivan