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Ministers in Charge of European Affairs Assess Results of CoFoE's Third Plenary

Ministers in Charge of European Affairs Assess Results of CoFoE's Third Plenary

Brussels/Bratislava, June 25 (TASR-correspondent) – EU ministers in charge of European affairs are assessing in Brussels results of the third plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE). A TASR correspondent in Brussels also reported that participants in the plenary on Friday and Saturday (January 21 and 22)

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Needed to Be Ready for Future Challenges, Claims Stefanec

Strasbourg/Bratislava, January 25 (TASR) – We can only effectively resolve a sudden shortage of medicines or medical devices by cooperating, as was shown during the COVID-19 pandemic, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Ivan Stefanec provided by the European Parliament’s (EP) press department. Stefanec was reacting to the EP’

Korcok: Slovakia Sees No Reason to Evacuate Diplomats from Kiev

Korcok: Slovakia Sees No Reason to Evacuate Diplomats from Kiev

Bratislava/Brussels, January 24 (TASR) – Slovakia sees no reason to evacuate its diplomats from Kiev even with the current tension prevailing on the eastern Ukrainian border, chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korcok declared at the EU Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels on Monday. “On the contrary, the presence (of

Sefcovic: EC Committed to Process CoFoE Outcomes During This Term

Sefcovic: EC Committed to Process CoFoE Outcomes During This Term

Brussels, January 24 (TASR-correspondent) – The plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) in Strasbourg on Saturday (January 22) narrowed down the range of citizens’ recommendations that emerged from the two already closed citizens’ panels, European Commission (EC) Vice-President Maros Sefcovic, who is in charge of managing the

CoFoE: European Commission to Consider Recommendations to Amend EU Treaties

CoFoE: European Commission to Consider Recommendations to Amend EU Treaties

Brussels/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – Recommendations from EU citizens are at the “heart of the process” of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), and if their recommendations establish the need to change EU treaties, the European Commission will support this in line with its legislative role, European Commission

Hojsik: Crisis Reveals Need for More Powerful EU Health Agencies

Hojsik: Crisis Reveals Need for More Powerful EU Health Agencies

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – The coronavirus crisis has laid bare the need to respond faster and to grant stronger mandates to European health agencies, Slovak MEP Martin Hojsik stated on Monday. “The coronavirus crisis has shown us that we’re ill-prepared for health crises, both as countries and as

CoFoE: Bilcik Welcomes Extended Powers for EMA

CoFoE: Bilcik Welcomes Extended Powers for EMA

Bratislava/Strasbourg, January 24 (TASR) – Slovak MEP Vladimir Bilcik has welcomed the more extensive powers for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) that the European Parliament greenlighted on January 20. “During the pandemic, we in Slovakia have been relying on the independence, responsibility and expertise of the EMA when approving vaccines