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Bratislava Archbishop: EU Must Hold Real Dialogue with Churches

Bratislava Archbishop: EU Must Hold Real Dialogue with Churches

Bratislava, September 8 (TASR) – An open debate on the role of religion in defining Europe’s identity is needed, Bratislava Archbishop and chairman of the Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS) Stanislav Zvolensky said at a two-day summit of chairmen of 14 bishops conferences from CEE countries starting on Thursday. “The EU

Mihok: PMs at Summit Should Look for What Unites Not Divides Them

Mihok: PMs at Summit Should Look for What Unites Not Divides Them

Bratislava, September 7 (TASR) – The upcoming meeting of EU-member states representatives in Bratislava on September 16 should lead to a reevaluation of the policies that divide them and concentrate on what unites all, said Slovak Trade and Industry Chamber (SOPK) chairman Peter Mihok on Wednesday. Speaking in reference to the

Miklos: Bratislava Summit Shouldn't Be Overestimated

Miklos: Bratislava Summit Shouldn't Be Overestimated

Bratislava, September 7 (TASR) – The informal EU summit in Bratislava on September 16 is an opportunity for Slovakia to make itself visible, but the meeting as such shouldn’t be overestimated, former finance minister and current economic reform advisor to the Ukrainian Government Ivan Miklos told TASR on Wednesday. Miklos,

Lajcak: European Project Won't Be Complete without Western Balkans

Lajcak: European Project Won't Be Complete without Western Balkans

Bratislava, September 4 (TASR) – Enlargement of the EU is a strategic investment in its security and prosperity, and the European project won’t be complete without the Western Balkans, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak in Bratislava on Sunday. Speaking at the Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign

Mogherini: Western Balkans Showing Progress Previously Unimaginable

Mogherini: Western Balkans Showing Progress Previously Unimaginable

Bratislava, September 3 (TASR) – My goal is that every country of the Western Balkans has progressed in a way that the integration process in these countries was irreversible, announced High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini in Bratislava on Saturday. Mogherini was speaking

Gymnich in Bratislava Particularly Interested in Turkey

Gymnich in Bratislava Particularly Interested in Turkey

Bratislava, September 3 (TASR) – The most interesting topic of an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (Gymnich) in Bratislava on Friday and Saturday was Turkey, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at a joint press conference with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and

Fico: We Have Nickname 'Rustic Social Democracy' in Europe

Fico: We Have Nickname 'Rustic Social Democracy' in Europe

Brussels, September 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak senior governing party Smer-SD has the nickname ‘rustic social democracy’ in Europe, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told TASR on Friday. Speaking in Brussels following a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk, Fico was responding to a TASR’s question whether he perhaps wants