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Teachers insist on raising salaries

Teachers may strike on the first day of EU Presidency.

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Robert Fico (left) and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on June 1 in Brussels.

As EU presidency looms, Fico goes anti-Muslim again

Prime minister's statements harm the image of the country but are unlikely to have a direct impact on turn as head of EU Council. Still, quotas for relocation of refugees will not feature high on the agenda.

Michaela Terenzani

l-r: PM Robert Fico, EC President Jean-Claude Juncker, Deputy PM for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini

Slovak presidency symbolically begins in Brussels

Slovak PM meets with several EU representatives during his early June visit to Brussels.

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Unified digital market viewed as priority for Slovakia’s presidency and AmCham

Karl Cox, head of the AmCham to the EU sees an incomplete internal market as the biggest challenge that entrepreneurs and consumers currently face in the EU

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Government of PM Robert Fico (left) endorses Lajčák as its official candidate.

Lajčák may become a dark horse of the UN race

Slovakia’s foreign minister gets official nomination from government. His candidacy coincides with the country’s EU Council presidency.

Michaela Terenzani

Interior Ministry will rent 50 luxury cars

The rental pertains to Slovakia’s presidency over the EU Council.

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MPs acknowledged priorities for presidency

Energy union, digital single market and asylum policy are among the presidency priorities, which the government will approve only after the British referendum.

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European affairs

Slovakia's EU presidency begins in July and Bratislava has suddenly started resurfacing its roads with gusto. You can now drive your police-escorted limousine down Štefánikova Street without spilling your cocktail.

James Thomson

Brits in Slovakia: We won’t go

A month before the Brexit referendum, UK citizens expect few changes in their personal lives.

Peter Adamovsky

MFA launches official website for the Slovak EU Presidency

All elements will be fully functional as of July 1, when Slovakia assumes the EU Council presidency.

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Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák

FM Lajčák : Slovakia is ready for EU presidency

The Secretary-General of the Council of the EU, Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, provided training to cabinet members.

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FM Lajčák: Slovakia trains 1,092 employees for EU presidency

Civil servants are well prepared for Slovakia’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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Foreign Ministry choice of Evka firm used exception

For more than a year, a law enabling the state to bypass the law on procurement has been in place and used to procure things for the EU presidency.

Šefčovič: I Count on Slovakia helping promote energy union agenda

European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union, Slovak Maroš Šefčovič, hopes that his country will help with the energy agenda during its presidency of the Council of the European Union.

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Slovakia takes its turn at the top

Slovakia’s presidency is Brussels-based, which means that most of the planned meetings, discussions and other events will take place in Brussels.

Jana Liptáková

Security will be one of key topics of the EU presidency.

EU presidency is right around the corner

Migration, fight against terrorism, energy union top Slovakia’s agenda.

Jana Liptáková

The renovated Reduta building will host many events of the EU presidency

Trams will avoid historical centre during presidency

The tram stops on Jesenského and Mostová streets in Bratislava will be scrapped between June and mid-October 2016.

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Government approves strategic framework for EU Presidency

AT ITS regular session on February 24, the Slovak government approved the strategic framework for the country’s Presidency of the EU Council, with the actual agenda of the presidency expected to be approved in June.

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