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Fico: Macro-regional Strategies Could Help Shape European Identity

Fico: Macro-regional Strategies Could Help Shape European Identity

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – Macro-regional strategies could help to overcome differences between national and European identity, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in his opening speech at the Innovative Flows – Water, Knowledge and Innovation in the Danube Region conference on Thursday. The conference is part of the 5th Annual Forum

Plavcan: Danube Region Ministers Discuss Importance of Human Capital

Plavcan: Danube Region Ministers Discuss Importance of Human Capital

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – Supporting human capital was among the topics of a joint discussion involving 14 Danube Region ministers responsible for research and innovation in Bratislava on Thursday, stated Slovak Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan on the same day. The discussion took place as part of

Fico: Let's Rejoice at the Inking of CETA Trade Agreement

Fico: Let's Rejoice at the Inking of CETA Trade Agreement

Brussels, October 30 (TASR) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, European Council President Donald Tusk, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico – representing Slovakia as the country presiding over the Council of the EU – and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker signed the European-Canadian CETA trade agreement at 2 p.m. in Brussels on

Gajdos: Slovakia to Deploy Ten Military Police Officers to EUNAVFOR MED

Gajdos: Slovakia to Deploy Ten Military Police Officers to EUNAVFOR MED

Brussels, October 27 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia will deploy ten military police officers to support the EUNAVFOR MED naval operation, said Slovak Defence Minister Peter Gajdos at a two-day session of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday. Gajdos noted that he and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg also spoke about the importance

Gajdos Pledges Deployment of Up to 150 Soldiers to Latvia

Gajdos Pledges Deployment of Up to 150 Soldiers to Latvia

Brussels/Bratislava, October 27 (TASR-correspondent) – NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday met for the first time since the Warsaw summit that took place on July 8-9 in order to determine the form of four multinational battalions that will serve in Poland and the Baltic states, TASR learnt on Thursday.

Sefcovic Presents New Space Strategy for Europe

Sefcovic Presents New Space Strategy for Europe

Brussels/Bratislava, October 26 (TASR-correspondent) – The European Commission (EC) considers space policies to be a strategic sector of the EU’s economic development, said EC Vice-president for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic on Wednesday when presenting a Space Strategy for Europe. Sefcovic, who is also responsible for coordinating EU space policies,

Sobotka: V4 Isn't Troublemaker, It Wants to Prevent EU from Breaking Up

Sobotka: V4 Isn't Troublemaker, It Wants to Prevent EU from Breaking Up

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – The Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) isn’t a source of problems in Europe, quite the contrary – it’s working to prevent Europe from breaking up, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka stated at the programme conference of Slovak social democratic party Smer-SD