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Fico Criticises Kiska for V4 Comments and Meeting with Dalai Lama

Fico Criticises Kiska for V4 Comments and Meeting with Dalai Lama

Brussels, October 20 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska’s recent criticism of the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) for having an allegedly poor image in Europe over its stance towards migration was inappropriate, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in Brussels on Thursday. The summit of

Exhibition of 1956 Hungarian Revolution Opens at Slovak Culture Ministry

Exhibition of 1956 Hungarian Revolution Opens at Slovak Culture Ministry

Bratislava, October 20 (TASR) – An exhibition entitled ‘For Freedom and Independence’ with the subtitle ‘Two Weeks of Freedom’ was opened on the Slovak Culture Ministry’s courtyard as part of Slovakia’s Presidency of the EU Council on Thursday in order to commemorate the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against that country’

Fico: Employing Migrants Doesn't Concern Slovakia

Fico: Employing Migrants Doesn't Concern Slovakia

Brussels, October 19 (TASR correspondent) – Employing refugees in the EU, which is supported by EU social partners (Governments, employers and trade unions), doesn’t concern Slovakia, as there aren’t many migrants in the country, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico after the Tripartite Social Summit in Brussels on Wednesday. The

Lajcak: Meeting between Kiska and Dalai Lama Will Damage Slovakia

Lajcak: Meeting between Kiska and Dalai Lama Will Damage Slovakia

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – The recent meeting between Slovak President Andrej Kiska and the 14th Dalai Lama will have a negative impact on Slovak-Chinese relations, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) after the Cabinet session on Wednesday. “These are matters that the Chinese won’

Fischer: I Assume Hillary Clinton Will Become New US President

Fischer: I Assume Hillary Clinton Will Become New US President

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – Dusan Fischer of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) assumes that the next US president will be Hillary Clinton, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The final presidential debate between the candidates – Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump – will be held Wednesday evening (October 19). “It seems so far

Fico: Slovakia Won't Break Up EU over Sanctions against Russia

Fico: Slovakia Won't Break Up EU over Sanctions against Russia

Bratislava, October 18 (TASR) – When it comes to sanctions against Russia, Slovakia won’t go against the joint EU attitude, even though it itself considers the sanctions to be pointless, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at a session of the parliamentary European affairs committee on Tuesday. Fico was responding to

Kiska: We All Disagree with Nordstream 2 Gas Pipeline Project

Kiska: We All Disagree with Nordstream 2 Gas Pipeline Project

Lancut/Rzeszow, October 15 (TASR) – We see our future in the united EU, said Slovak President Andrej Kiska at a joint conference of the presidents of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in the Polish town of Rzeszow on Saturday. Kiska conceded that despite