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European Leaders to Discuss EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan

European Leaders to Discuss EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan

Brussels/Bratislava, March 7 (TASR) – The leaders of EU-member states, including Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, will speak to Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at an extraordinary summit in Brussels on Monday about the implementation of the EU-Turkey Joint Action Plan, TASR learnt on the same day. The action plan,

Fico: Macedonia Still Needs Assistance from Slovak Police Officers

Fico: Macedonia Still Needs Assistance from Slovak Police Officers

Gevgelija, March 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Prime Minister Robert Fico and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak paid a visit to the Macedonian-Greek border near the town of Gevgelija, where thousands of migrants are still in limbo, TASR learnt on Wednesday. After meeting with Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, Fico said that Macedonia – alternatively

Slovak Police Officers to Serve within Frontex Reach Lesbos

Slovak Police Officers to Serve within Frontex Reach Lesbos

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – The 20 Slovak police officers deployed to take part in the border operations of EU agency Frontex have arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos and were welcomed by Slovak Ambassador to Greece Peter Michalko, TASR learnt from the press department of the Slovak Foreign and

Lajcak: International Peace, Stability and Human Rights are Interlinked

Lajcak: International Peace, Stability and Human Rights are Interlinked

Geneva, March 1 (TASR) – International peace and security are closely intertwined with human rights, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. “If basic human rights and freedoms are constantly being violated, peace and

20 Slovak Police Officers Depart for Greece to Address Migration Crisis

20 Slovak Police Officers Depart for Greece to Address Migration Crisis

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – Twenty Slovak police officers departed from Bratislava’s M.R. Stefanik Airport on Monday en route to Greece in order to assist with coping with the migration crisis there, and were seen off by Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. Slovak police officers, 19 men and one woman,

Kiska and Duda Debate Possible Rail Tunnel under High Tatra Mountains

Kiska and Duda Debate Possible Rail Tunnel under High Tatra Mountains

Tatranska Lomnica, February 28 (TASR) – Building an expressway linking Poprad (Presov region) beneath the High Tatra Mountains and Krakow, Poland and a rail tunnel under the mountains between Strbske Pleso and Zakopane featured prominently at talks between Presidents of Slovakia and Poland, Andrej Kiska and Andrzej Duda respectively. This meeting

Fico, Prochazka and Danko Concur in Ousting Greece from Schengen

Fico, Prochazka and Danko Concur in Ousting Greece from Schengen

Bratislava, February 27 (TASR) – Greece should be ousted from both the Schengen Area and eurozone, concurred Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and extra-parliamentary parties Siet and Slovak National Party (SNS) leaders Radoslav Prochazka and Andrej Danko, respectively, on a general election debate on RTVS on Saturday. According to Fico,