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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’

Komarno-Komarom Border Crossing Remains Closed

Komarno-Komarom Border Crossing Remains Closed

Bratislava, March 19 (TASR) – Based on a decision by the Hungarian side, the Komarno-Komarom border crossing over the Danube River remains closed, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Denisa Bardyova told TASR on Thursday. According to Bardyova, the Cunovo-Rajka, Milhost-Tornyosnemeti and Sahy-Parassapuszta border crossings are available for freight and passenger transport, while

President Caputova Marks Centenary of Czechoslovak Constitutional Charter

President Caputova Marks Centenary of Czechoslovak Constitutional Charter

Brno, March 10 (TASR) – Slovak President Zuzana Caputova marked the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Constitutional Charter in Brno, the Czech Republic, at the seat of the Czech Constitutional Court on Tuesday and in her speech emphasised the importance of the constitutional judicial power, TASR learnt from the Presidential Office’

Minister Lajcak Will Probably Return to Brussels to Work for EU

Minister Lajcak Will Probably Return to Brussels to Work for EU

Bratislava, March 10 (TASR) – When I leave the post of the Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister, I’ll probably return to Brussels to work for the European Union (EU), said Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) on Tuesday. “At the moment it looks like this – just as I came back from Brussels,