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President: Slovakia Managed Fight with Foot-and-mouth Disease Excellently

President: Slovakia Managed Fight with Foot-and-mouth Disease Excellently

Bratislava, 2 July (TASR) - Slovakia has managed the fight against foot-and-mouth disease very well, which is also noted by international institutions, including the European Commission, President Peter Pellegrini said at a press conference on Wednesday that was held after a meeting related to foot-and-mouth disease. Pellegrini praised the intensive

Huliak's National Coalition Changes Name to Countryside Party

Huliak's National Coalition Changes Name to Countryside Party

Bratislava, 1 July (TASR) - The extra-parliamentary National Coalition has changed its name to the Countryside Party (Strana vidieka in Slovak), its leader and Tourism and Sport Minister Rudolf Huliak (Independent) stated on Tuesday, stressing that the party wants to represent traditional values and especially the traditional agrarian essence of

Pilots of Ultralight Aircraft Honour Memory of M.R. Stefanik

Pilots of Ultralight Aircraft Honour Memory of M.R. Stefanik

Aviation veterans and pilots associated in the Slovak Aviation Federation took a commemorative flight along the last flight route of General Milan Rastislav Stefanik from Italy via Croatia with a low overflight over the runway of Bratislava airport.

Premier: Slovakia Won't Support Increase in Spending on Weapons Systems

Premier: Slovakia Won't Support Increase in Spending on Weapons Systems

Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Slovakia won't support any increase in spending on the purchase of weapons systems above the 2025 level in the 2026 state budget, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated on Monday, adding that the state must reserve to itself the sovereign right to decide at

Sutaj Estok at Voice-SD Congress: Slovakia Needs Balance and Prosperity

Sutaj Estok at Voice-SD Congress: Slovakia Needs Balance and Prosperity

In a speech he delivered at the working congress held by the Voice-SD party in Poprad on Saturday, its leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok described the past 12 months as a year full of challenges, but also of courage and responsibility.

Danko: If President Supports Defence Spending Hike, He'll Do So without Mandate

Danko: If President Supports Defence Spending Hike, He'll Do So without Mandate

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) - If President Peter Pellegrini supports an increase in defence spending at the upcoming summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) member states, he'll do so without a government or parliamentary mandate and on his own responsibility, chairman of the coalition Slovak National Party

'Democrats' Fully Support Nad, Speak of Police Misuse in Political Battle

'Democrats' Fully Support Nad, Speak of Police Misuse in Political Battle

Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - The 'Democrats' party fully supports its chairman and former defence minister Jaroslav Nad in connection with donations of ammunition to Ukraine, stressing that it respects the investigation of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and is fully cooperating with law-enforcement bodies, party