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Fico: Incident in Nice Will Be Moving World for Several Months

Fico: Incident in Nice Will Be Moving World for Several Months

Ulaanbaatar, July 15 (TASR correspondent) – The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in the capital city of Mongolia was tinged with the terrorist attack that took place in Nice on Thursday evening, with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is also taking part in the summit, expressing sorrow to victims’ families. “I’

Madaric Talks EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive in Brussels

Madaric Talks EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive in Brussels

Brussels, July 13 (TASR-corespondent) – One of the most important priorities of the Slovak Presidency of the EU Council in the field of culture and audiovisual services will be the revision of the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), TASR learnt on Wednesday. Culture Minister Marek Madaric (Smer-SD) presented the

Fedor: Referendum on Slovakia's Departure from EU and Nato Treason

Fedor: Referendum on Slovakia's Departure from EU and Nato Treason

Bratislava, July 13 (TASR) – Attempts for referendums on Slovakia’s withdrawal from the European Union and NATO could be called treason, wrote MP and former defence minister Martin Fedor (Siet/Network) on his Facebook wall on Wednesday. Fedor points out that with its departure from these organisations, Slovakia would lose

Lajcak Faces Questions on EU Enlargement and Bratislava Summit in EP

Lajcak Faces Questions on EU Enlargement and Bratislava Summit in EP

Brussels, July 12 (TASR-correspondent) – Further enlargement of the EU, Brexit and the EU informal summit in Bratislava set for September were among the questions chief of Slovak diplomacy Miroslav Lajcak faced at the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) in Brussels on Tuesday. Members of the Slovak Government have been heard by

Harris: New British Premier Has Support of MPs, But Not of People

Harris: New British Premier Has Support of MPs, But Not of People

Bratislava/Liverpool, July 12 (TASR) – There’s currently a paradox on the British political scene – a new premier that has the support of Parliament but not of the people and an Opposition leader that has the support of the people but not of Parliament, said Erika Harris, Slovak professor of

AmCham Backs Slovakia's Membership in EU

AmCham Backs Slovakia's Membership in EU

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – The American Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia (AmCham) supports Slovakia’s membership in the European Union, said AmCham in its statement with redard to Friday’s (July 8) conference entitled Slovakia’s Presidency in Light of the Investment Opportunities. According to AmCham, EU membership brings myriad

Lajcak: It's Time to Look at EU Critically

Lajcak: It's Time to Look at EU Critically

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Passion for EU membership has been replaced with Euroscepticism and exhaustion from enlargement, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Union Affairs of Parliaments of the European Union (COSAC) in Bratislava on Monday. Lajcak also said that