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Sutaj Estok: Slovakia Meets Schengen Commitments, Ranks Among Best in Some Areas

Sutaj Estok: Slovakia Meets Schengen Commitments, Ranks Among Best in Some Areas

Slovak Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok attended the first meeting of the EU Council for Internal Affairs this year on Wednesday, where discussions focused on the Schengen Area, return policy, border controls, and security cooperation. The meeting's introduction focused on the Schengen Barometer, which assesses

Premier Fico Disagrees with Military or Financial Support for Ukraine

Premier Fico Disagrees with Military or Financial Support for Ukraine

Bratislava, March 3 (TASR) - I refuse to support the war in Ukraine and so I don't agree with military or financial support for that country, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Monday in the context of the planned European Union (EU) summit in Brussels, adding that

Farmers Protest against Mercosur Agreement at Czech-Slovak Border Crossing

Farmers Protest against Mercosur Agreement at Czech-Slovak Border Crossing

Czech and Slovak farmers and food producers, driving dozens of pieces of heavy agricultural machinery, met at the Hodonin-Holic border crossing on Thursday to block the road and express their opposition to the Mercosur agreement and to food imports from third countries.

Poland and Slovakia Sign Agreement on Intention to Boost Defence Cooperation

Poland and Slovakia Sign Agreement on Intention to Boost Defence Cooperation

Warsaw, February 24 (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak and Polish Defence Ministers Robert Kalinak and Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz on Monday signed an agreement on the intention to strengthen cooperation in the arms industry, TASR learnt at their joint press conference in Warsaw. According to the Polish defence minister, their talks covered four areas.

Rallies in Memory of Kuciak and Kusnirova Held across Slovakia

Rallies in Memory of Kuciak and Kusnirova Held across Slovakia

Bratislava, 21 February (TASR) - Rallies are being held in several Slovak cities and towns on Friday evening to mark the seventh anniversary of the murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova. They are taking place, for example, in Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Nitra, Trnava, Poprad, Bardejov

President: Tough Debate on Military Spending Increase ahead of NATO States

President: Tough Debate on Military Spending Increase ahead of NATO States

There's a difficult debate ahead of NATO member states regarding increase in percentage of their military spending and at what pace this spending can be achieved, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said following his meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte on Thursday.

Pellegrini Meets with Costa in Munich to Also Discuss EU's Role in Ukraine

Pellegrini Meets with Costa in Munich to Also Discuss EU's Role in Ukraine

Munich, February 14 (TASR-correspondent) - On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, President Peter Pellegrini met on Friday with European Council President Antonio Costa to also discuss energy and the EU's possible role in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. "It's showing that