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Dean: Cardinal Tomko Was Person of Firm Faith and True Spirituality

Dean: Cardinal Tomko Was Person of Firm Faith and True Spirituality

Vatican, August 11 (TASR) – With Cardinal Jozef Tomko’s passing, we’ve lost a person of firm faith, true spirituality and a lively religious feeling, said Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, at the final farewell for the late Slovak cardinal held in the Vatican on Thursday,

EcoMin: Oil Supplies to Slovakia through Southern Druzhba Oil Pipeline Restored

EcoMin: Oil Supplies to Slovakia through Southern Druzhba Oil Pipeline Restored

Bratislava, August 10 (TASR) – The problem that arose in the payment for the transport of oil to Slovakia has been eliminated, and at this moment oil deliveries continue through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday. “There is no need to look

Ukraine Agrees to Oil-transport Solution Proposed by Slovnaft and MOL

Ukraine Agrees to Oil-transport Solution Proposed by Slovnaft and MOL

Bratislava, August 10 (TASR) – The Ukrainian transport company has responded positively to a proposal by (Bratislava oil refinery) Slovnaft and (Hungary’s) MOL for them to pay transit fees for transporting oil through the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline, Slovnaft spokesman Anton Molnar announced on Wednesday. Slovnaft has already

EC Approves Slovak Scheme to Support Intermodal Freight Transport

EC Approves Slovak Scheme to Support Intermodal Freight Transport

Brussels, August 4 (TASR-correspondent) – The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that it’s approved the allocation of €30 million as part of a Slovak scheme to support the transition of freight transport from exclusively road to combined road-rail transport and road-inland water transport. The intermodal freight transport support scheme

Slovakia Dispatches 30 Soldiers and Black Hawk to Wildfire in Czech Republic

Slovakia Dispatches 30 Soldiers and Black Hawk to Wildfire in Czech Republic

Bratislava, July 28 (TASR) – The Government on Thursday greenlighted the dispatching of 30 members of the Slovak Armed Forces to the area of the raging wildfire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park in the Czech Republic with the aim of providing humanitarian assistance and relief services. The soldiers will be

Korcok: I Understand Hungary's Stances Less and Less

Korcok: I Understand Hungary's Stances Less and Less

Budapest/Bratislava, July 23 (TASR-correspondent) – Chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korcok rejects claims by Budapest, according to which both the Czech Republic and Slovakia seek to endear themselves to the EU on the issue of the Russian – Ukrainian war, TASR learnt from its correspondent on Wednesday. “We find it quite

Slovak Leader of European Night Wolves Chapter Put on EU Sanctions List

Slovak Leader of European Night Wolves Chapter Put on EU Sanctions List

Bratislava, July 22 (TASR) – The EU has put Slovak national Jozef Hambalek – the head of the European chapter of the Russian pro-Putin motorcycle gang the Night Wolves based in Slovakia – on its sanctions list. “Hambalek, who can be connected to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and other representatives of the