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News and analysis on Slovakia in the EU Council
No excuses
We cannot pretend that the life of the country now stops for six months and suddenly we will forget our shortcomings and act like an exemplary democracy that has no problems whatsoever.
Conference on home-comings of migrants takes place in Bratislava
The Slovak presidency of the Council of European Union (EU) involves several events, one of them is a two-day conference on migrants returning home.
Slovak Philharmonics represent the country in Brussels
The opening of the Slovak presidency of the Council of the European Union includes cultural events; one of them is the opening concert in Brussels by the Slovak Philharmonics (SF) and the Slovak Philharmonic Choir (SFZ).
Special coin for presidency issued
The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) issued a silver collector coin worth €10 on the occasion of the country’s presidency over the EU Council on June 14. The author of the design is painter Vladimír Pavlica, the SITA newswire reported.
A Slovak Christmas tree in Brussels?
Placing a Christmas tree from Slovakia at the main square in Brussels might be a nice way of ending the country’s presidency over the EU council, said Slovak Ambassador to Belgium Stanislav Vallo.
EU Presidency to bring business opportunities
Firms can engage in sponsorship or showcase products during 22 ministerial meetings and 200 other events.
Presidency starts (in pictures)
Slovakia officially started its presidency on July 1. The European Commission and the Slovak cabinet met for a joint session in Bratislava to mark the occasion.
Bratislava residents enjoyed the unique water canvas
Festival Slnovrat na Dunaji (The Solstice on the Danube) culminated in a spectacular multimedia water show on the evening of June 30.
Kiska: EU institutions need to show more empathy
Polish President Andrzej Duda visited Bratislava a day before the beginning of Slovakia’s Council of the EU Presidency.
Brussels to get a taste of Slovak culture
Several events planned to introduce the country to the EU from various angles.
Artists banished from exhibition
Slovak painters Marek Ormandík and Erik Binder were not allowed to exhibit their works at the headquarters of the European Commission, as they were perceived too negatively.
Deal with the Netherlands signed
Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák and his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders signed a bilateral agreement on cooperation in various fields during Slovakia’s six-month presidency over the EU Council.
Javorčík: We’ll be more than a crisis manager
Slovakia’s man in Brussels outlines plans for the EU presidency.
Slovakia starts its presidency July 1
Slovak ministers have approved the country’s priorities of the presidency of the Council of European Union on June 30; while the presidency itself starts a day later.
Slovakia may host unofficial post-Brexit summit
Prime Minister Robert Fico allegedly wants the leaders of member states to search for the EU’s new vision.
Geist: Euroscepticism is on the rise in Slovakia too
Slovaks living in the UK will have it harder than Czechs or Poles after Britain exists the EU due to the country's citizenship law, Radovan Geist, the publisher of the Euractiv.sk portal says in an interview with The Slovak Spectator.
Slovak presidency: All about Brexit?
Talks about any other issue “will be in the shadow of the fact that the UK is leaving the EU and we still don’t know how it will be done and how the EU will look like in the future”, analyst says.
EU Presidency to limit transport
Security measures might be applied on Jesenského, Štúrová, Medená, Mostová and Kúpeľná Streets.
Merkel believes Slovakia will master its presiding agenda
German Chancellor and Slovak PM discuss the EU Council presidency and economic topics.
Development by destruction?
Workers destroyed 66 nests of protected bird species when revitalising space under the SNP Bridge in Bratislava prior to Slovakia’s EU presidency.
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