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MPs Approve Slovakia’s Foreign and European Policy in 2020

MPs Approve Slovakia’s Foreign and European Policy in 2020

Bratislava, September 25 (TASR) – MPs on Friday approved a material called Slovakia’s Foreign and European Policy in 2020, which outlines the country’s foreign affairs priorities, TASR learnt on the same day. The document says that the basic prerequisite for the security and sovereignty of Slovakia, as a country

Matovic: My Wife Didn't Have a Single Euro in Arca Capital

Matovic: My Wife Didn't Have a Single Euro in Arca Capital

Bratislava, September 19 (TASR) – The wife of Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO), Pavlina Matovicova, didn’t invest a single euro in Arca Capital, the premier stated at a briefing on Saturday. Matovic pointed out that his wife has three bills of exchange in Arca Investments, each worth €200,000. The

Smer and Independents File Motion for Session on National Recovery Plan

Smer and Independents File Motion for Session on National Recovery Plan

Bratislava, September 18 (TASR) – The opposition Smer-SD party on Friday filed a motion in Parliament to convene an extraordinary parliamentary session that will deal with the national recovery plan that is supposed to be financed from the EU’s Next Generation programme. As the party has managed to collect enough

Mikulec Expects Checks on Border with Czech Republic to Be Random

Mikulec Expects Checks on Border with Czech Republic to Be Random

Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) – Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) assumes that checks at the border with the Czech Republic, which will be added to the list of high-risk countries from Friday (September 18), will take place at random. However, how they will function specifically is still under discussion. “A discussion

Coronavirus Measures Affect Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows in Sastin

Coronavirus Measures Affect Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows in Sastin

Sastin, September 15 (TASR) – Strict epidemiological measures affected the festivities of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, with a mere 500 people let in for the central pontifical mass in the national shrine in Sastin (Trnava region) on Tuesday, while only 1,000 were allowed to gather

Pellegrini's Voice-SD Party Now Registered

Pellegrini's Voice-SD Party Now Registered

Bratislava, September 11 (TASR) – The Interior Ministry has registered Peter Pellegrini’s Voice-Social Democracy (SD) party, according to the political parties register published on the ministry’s website. The date on which the party was registered was September 11. Pellegrini announced at a press conference on Friday that on Wednesday

President: Slovak Expert Should Help in Investigation into Chovanec's Death

President: Slovak Expert Should Help in Investigation into Chovanec's Death

Bratislava, September 10 (TASR) – The presence of a Slovak expert in the investigation into the tragic death of Slovak national Jozef Chovanec in Belgium in 2018 may help better clarify the circumstances of the case and bring more confidence in the entire investigation process, I’ll therefore ask Belgium to