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Slovak milk producers call on EU to intervene

SLOVAKIA perceives a €500-million package of measures announced by the European Commission on September 7 to provide relief for farmers stung by slumping prices as not ambitious enough.

V4 summit on immigration to take place in Prague on Friday

MEPs’ assistants earn thousands of euros

SLOVAK members of the European Parliament receive a monthly contribution of €21,379 for their assistants, but they refuse to say how they divide the sum among them, the Sme daily reported.

Slovak-Austrian border development project gets €89 million

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved more than €75 million as part of a project to support cross-border projects around the Slovak-Austrian border, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu announced on July 29.

NBS approves the release of commemorative coin

THE COUNCIL of the National Bank of Slovakia (NBS), the country’s central bank, approved the planned commission of commemorative €2-coins to mark the 30th anniversary of the European Union’s flag.

EU crisis is not about Greece

THE EUROPEAN Union has frequently, and justifiably, faced criticism for its “democratic deficit”. 

Digital revolution supports our growth

We are experiencing a revolution equal in scale to any previous industrial revolution.

Slovakia to take refugees from Austria

INTERIOR Minister Robert Kaliňák and his Austrian counterpart Johanna Mikl-Leitner signed a memorandum based on which Slovakia will temporarily accept 500 asylum seekers from the Traiskirchen refugee camp. 

Slovakia will provide for 500 migrants from Austrian camp

SLOVAKIA will take over caring for 500 migrants currently staying in the crammed Traiskirchen camp south of Vienna.

Embassies in Baghdad and Damascus to close over security concerns

THE SLOVAK embassies in Baghdad in Iraq and Damascus in Syria will close by August of this year, according to a proposal passed by government July 8.

Slovakia pushes through the voluntary principle

“A BIG diplomatic victory” – this is how Prime Minister Robert Fico described the results of the June 25-26 European Council summit in Brussels whose participants dropped a proposal to introduce mandatory quotas for resettlement of refugees. 

Slovakia prepares for EU Presidency

IN EXACTLY one year Slovakia will take over, for the first time in its history, the six-month EU presidency.

Disagreeable agreement

The Visegrad Four have faced criticism in recent years for a lack of unity, in particular over the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine. But they appear firmly united on at least one matter – none of them like immigrants.

Refugee quotas still face stiff opposition

SLOVAKIA continued its opposition to mandatory quotas proposed by the European Commission, which would bring some 785 refugees to the country. 

Who is living outside reality?

THERE are now 60 million displaced people in the world, the most ever recorded by the United Nations. Of those, 14 million fled last year alone. 

Fico ponders referendum on migrant quotas

THE VISEGRAD Group countries (V4) could block the mandatory quotas for refugees during the European Council session. 

Slovakia supports EU naval operation

THE EUROPEAN Union’s foreign ministers agreed to launch a naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea they hope will thwart the lucrative people-smuggling business.

A fine white day

Parading fascists and indulgent PM beg question: who here is “out of touch with reality”?

Protest against migrant quotas paralyses downtown Bratislava

A PUBLIC protest against the resettlement of migrants in Slovakia took place in Bratislava on June 20, shutting down traffic on the central Hodžovo Square, the main railway station and SNP Square and keeping dozens of police officers busy.