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Coalition to Exclude Blaha and Some LSNS MPs from Friendship Groups

Coalition to Exclude Blaha and Some LSNS MPs from Friendship Groups

Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) – Coalition lawmakers proposed to exclude names of several opposition MPs from the lists of future friendship groups with states, which prompted strong criticism from the opposition, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The proposed lawmakers to be excluded are Lubos Blaha (Smer-SD), Martin Belusky, Miroslav Suja and Marian

Caputova Sends Telegram to Austria, President's Palace to Be in Austrian Colours

Caputova Sends Telegram to Austria, President's Palace to Be in Austrian Colours

Bratislava, November 3 (TASR) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova said on Tuesday that she was “deeply saddened by the shameful terrorist attack” on six locations in Vienna on Monday evening. “My thoughts are with the families of the victims and the injured, and with the people of Austria. We are united

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

Nad: Advisers of British PM Studying Slovakia's Mass Testing for Coronavirus

Nad: Advisers of British PM Studying Slovakia's Mass Testing for Coronavirus

Bratislava, October 31 (TASR) – Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) announced on Facebook on Saturday that “Britain has asked us to provide our precious experience and counsel from this ground-breaking project to the closest advisers of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson”. Nad was referring to the countrywide testing for the

Matovic: Carbon Tariffs Could Help Making EU's Economy Greener

Matovic: Carbon Tariffs Could Help Making EU's Economy Greener

Brussels/Bratislava, October 16 (TASR) – Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said after returning from the EU summit in Brussels on Friday that he had expected to see at the meeting a more accurate analysis of the Union’s climate strategy on economy. “The goal of reducing greenhouse emissions by

Gov't: Slovakia to Sign Declaration on 5G Network Cooperation with USA

Gov't: Slovakia to Sign Declaration on 5G Network Cooperation with USA

Bratislava, October 14 (TASR) – Slovakia will sign a joint declaration with the United States concerning their determination to strengthen cooperation in the field of 5G networks, according to information on the declaration okayed by the Cabinet on Wednesday. The Foreign Affairs Ministry as the submitter of the document points to

Matovic Would Like to See Lukashenko on EU's Sanction List As Well

Matovic Would Like to See Lukashenko on EU's Sanction List As Well

Brussels, October 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said following a two-day EU summit in Brussels on Friday that he would like Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to be on the sanctions list agreed upon by EU leaders on Thursday (October 1). “Many people, including me, would like to see