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Czech MFA Jan Lipavsky and Slovak MFA Ivan Korcok.

Dialogue with Russia must not lead to the drawing of red lines, says head of Slovak diplomacy

Slovakia welcomes assurances from the US that Europe's security will not be discussed without Europe.

The Matúš Čák, a train for visitors to Trenčín, took passengers to Trenčín Castle and the recreational area Ostrov in the summer of 2021 for the first time.

Trenčín named 2026 European Capital of Culture, joining Oulu

In 2014, the EU decided Slovakia and Finland would select the capitals of culture for 2026.

Slovak parliament

Slovak parliament supports Poland and the Baltics in securing borders with Belarus

It also denounced the destructive policy of the Belarussian regime.

The seat of the European Labour Authority in Bratislava

Young EU agency officially moves to Bratislava. Expectations are high

The authority will play an important role in tackling the latest labour market challenges, EU representatives agree.

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Travelling to the EU limited at the outer border of Slovakia

The measures apply especially to Ukrainians.

Martin Hojsík

Russia, not emission allowances, is to blame for electricity and gas prices

Gazprom is tightening the taps and gas prices are rising, claims MEP Martin Hojsík.

Grigorij Mesežnikov

Slovaks are blind to geopolitical risks

Some politicians cannot be trusted to take the side of their own country against Russia.

Passenger cars make up a large portion of Slovakia’s import to the UK.

The impact Brexit has on businesses is hard to tell due to the pandemic

Prospective sectors are emobility, intelligent autonomous vehicles and green-tech.

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App that simplifies travel during Covid should be available on Saturday

Additional information on travelling will be available after the June 28 meeting of the central crisis staff.

Vaccination is not a race between countries but a race against time

Team Europe has become a part of our external action toolbox when it comes to supporting third countries.

Support for pro-Western orientation in Slovakia rises. So does support for Vladimir Putin

Public approval of the Kremlin leader has increased by 14 percent in Slovakia.

Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok

Korčok calls on critics of the EU to come forward with concrete proposals

Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok admits the EU is late with answers to what its future should look like, inhabitants should be involved in drafting them.

Slovakia's former prime minister Mikuláš Dzurinda heads the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.

Without team effort, the EU will become irrelevant

Russia and China already see the Union as weak and quarrelsome, Slovakia's ex-PM Mikuláš Dzurinda says in the interview.

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Slovakia will participate in the testing of Covid passes. They should be launched in mid-June

Slovakia has received several proposals for bilateral recognition of vaccinations.

Ľubica Karvašová has served as the diplomatic advisor on EU affairs to Igor Matovič as prime minister and now continues her mission under his successor, Eduard Heger.

The woman who negotiated additional Pfizer vaccines for Slovakia: In the EU, Sputnik is not taboo

Ľubica Karvašová is the EU affairs advisor to the Slovak prime minister.

First Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be administered in Slovakia.

Slovakia to receive hundreds of thousands more vaccines by June

Slovakia benefits from the new redistribution. We will remember it when others turn to us asking for solidarity, foreign affairs minister commented.

Finance Minister Eduard Heger

Slovakia's recovery plan will be a storm of reform or a wasted opportunity

The government needs solid political capital to put the €6 billion package from the EU to good use.

Police officers check vehicles in a parking lot shortly after the German-Czech border in Waidhaus, Germany, Tuesday, Feb.16, 2021. Germany's tightened entry rules at the border with the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Tyrol to protect against dangerous variants of the coronavirus came into force two days ago.

EU wants Germany to explain why it closed its eastern borders

The European Commission did not recommend closing borders, stressing the need for free movement of people and goods.

Slovak pupils still lag behind OECD and EU average in mathematics

Results in natural sciences are comparable with other countries.

EU recovery plan opens a window of opportunity if Slovakia can use it well

Experts recommend spending billions of euros from the recovery fund on transforming Slovakia’s industry-driven economy.

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