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Slobodnik Confirms Slovakia's Support to Bosnia to Join EU and NATO

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State Secretary Igor Slobodnik met with Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Deputy Minister Josip Brkic on Wednesday, the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry press department told TASR on the same day. At their meeting, Slobodnik congratulated Bosnia and

SNS: EU Steers Away from Its Original Idea, Needs Overhaul

SNS: EU Steers Away from Its Original Idea, Needs Overhaul

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – The European Union is steering away from the original idea to create a powerful trading block able to compete with other global superpowers, said Slovak National Party (SNS) first vice-chairman Jaroslav Paska on Tuesday. Paska said that now the EU is heading towards setting up some

Fico: Water Is National Heritage, Government Won't Give Way to EC

Fico: Water Is National Heritage, Government Won't Give Way to EC

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – My Government is determined to advocate a constitutional ban on water exports, due to which the European Commission (EC) launched an infringement procedure against Slovakia in late 2015, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday. “We want the EC to respect the fact that drinking water

Lajcak: We Have Full Understanding for Allies Requesting NATO Bases

Lajcak: We Have Full Understanding for Allies Requesting NATO Bases

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – Slovakia isn’t requesting NATO military bases on its soil because it doesn’t feel threatened to such a degree, but it does sympathise with other countries that are seeking such a move, said Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at a press conference with

Fico: Slovakia Will Become Face and Voice of European Union

Fico: Slovakia Will Become Face and Voice of European Union

Bratislava, February 22 (TASR) – Slovakia will become the human face and voice of the European Union as of July 2016, said Prime Minister Robert Fico after a session of the Solidarity and Development Council on the country’s upcoming Presidency of the EU. Slovakia will have to spend around €70

Fico: Agreement with UK is Worth Keeping European Union Together

Fico: Agreement with UK is Worth Keeping European Union Together

Brussels, February 20 (TASR) – In the form of an agreement, the European Union has given the United Kingdom the second chance to stay in in the union, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday evening after a two-day long EU summit in Brussels. The compromise agreement defines relations between

SaS: Summit Might Resolve European Problems, but Also Disintegrate EU

SaS: Summit Might Resolve European Problems, but Also Disintegrate EU

Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – Any serious consideration of the so-called Brexit or Great Britain’s departure from EU poses a grave risk of potential disintegration of Europe, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party claimed in its press release on Friday. The party made the statement in response to the ongoing EU