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PM: Slovakia Can Open Its Borders When Neighbours Are Doing As Well As We Are

PM: Slovakia Can Open Its Borders When Neighbours Are Doing As Well As We Are

Bratislava, May 6 (TASR) – Slovakia can open its borders if the state of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the surrounding countries is as favourable as in our country, stated Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) in response to a request from Slovak representatives abroad for the gradual liberalisation of the border

Caputova: EU Should Pass Through Coronavirus Crisis Together

Caputova: EU Should Pass Through Coronavirus Crisis Together

Bratislava, May 1 (TASR) – Each EU-member state should display good will to help other countries during the coronavirus crisis and pass through the crisis in co-operation with others, stated Slovak President Zuzana Caputova on a social network on Friday, the 16th anniversary of Slovakia’s accession to the EU. “I

Mikulec: Migrant Flow Curbed by Coronavirus, But It Isn't Zero

Mikulec: Migrant Flow Curbed by Coronavirus, But It Isn't Zero

Vysne Nemecke, April 17 (TASR) – The coronavirus pandemic has curbed the flow of migrants through woody areas of the Slovak-Ukrainian border, which makes part of the outer Schengen Area border, but it hasn’t squeezed it to zero, said Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO), who went to inspect the Vysne

Presidential Palace to Be Lit in Italian Tricolour

Presidential Palace to Be Lit in Italian Tricolour

Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) – The Presidential Palace will be symbolically illuminated in the colours of the Italian tricolour on Wednesday evening, TASR learnt from Lukas Laczko from the President Office’s communication department on the same day. The President’s Office will thus express solidarity with Italy, which was one

Government Greenlights Humanitarian Aid for Coronavirus-ravaged Italy

Government Greenlights Humanitarian Aid for Coronavirus-ravaged Italy

Bratislava, April 14 (TASR) – The Government on Tuesday agreed that it’ll provide humanitarian aid to Italy, allocating €250,000 for this purpose. “I consider it a response for a country that finds itself in an immense emergency situation. The entire Italian nation is experiencing a huge trauma and I

Korcok: Fight Against Fake News Can't Fall to Foreign Ministry Alone

Korcok: Fight Against Fake News Can't Fall to Foreign Ministry Alone

Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – The task of combating the dissemination of disinformation and conspiracy theories can’t rest solely on the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry, but the collaboration must be held among several ministries, new chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korcok (a Freedom and Solidarity/SaS nominee) declared at

EU Appoints Lajcak as Its Special Representative for Western Balkans

EU Appoints Lajcak as Its Special Representative for Western Balkans

Brussels, April 3 (TASR) – The Council of the European Union on Friday appointed former Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak as its special representative for dialogue between Belgrade and Prishtina and other regional issues in the Western Balkans. The Council of the EU in a press release stated that among Lajcak’