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Bratislava becomes home of European Labour Authority

ELA is meant to make Europe’s labour market fairer and enable citizen mobility.

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Digital economy index: Slovakia at bottom ranks among EU states

About 82 percent of Slovaks use the internet and two-thirds use online banking.

Miriam Prívarová

The EU delegation for the Youth 20 Summit will be led by a Slovak

Miriam Prívarová is the first Slovak to lead the summit, which officially accompanies the meeting of G20 leaders.

Restrictions at Slovakia’s borders with Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary were extended until May 27, the government decided on May 7.

Legal questions raised as border closures extended

Negotiations start on holiday ‘corridor’ to Croatia, but health experts call for people to stay in Slovakia.

Miroslav Lajčák

Former minister Lajčák set to return to the Balkans

The former foreign affairs minister is one of Slovakia's top diplomats.

Ivan Korčok

New minister will fly in from Washington

SaS put forward a top professional diplomat. Ivan Korčok is a safe pair of hands, analysts say.

Bratislava

Slovakia fails to catch up with regional peers and the EU

Slovakia has made little progress in addressing the Commission’s 2019 recommendations.

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Youth in Slovakia most critical toward the US among V4 peers

They tend to position Slovakia somewhere between the east and west.

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When did the foreign press write about Slovakia the most?

German dailies paid more attention to Slovakia than their French and Italian counterparts between 2000 and 2017.

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Slovaks living in the UK should register their residence

The recommendation was issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

President Zuzana Caputova met French President Emmanuel Macron during her official visit to France on July 24.

Europe needs to adapt and act swiftly and firmly

The legacy of 1989 is freedom, unity, and sovereignty.

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The European Parliament questions the right of the Council of the EU to locate the European Labour Authority in Bratislava without the EP's approval

Bratislava will not lose the EU office despite discord

EU institutions clash over a selection procedure of the ELA’s seat.

Slovakia had the third lowest share of people living at  risk of poverty and social exclusion in the EU last year

Slovaks the third lowest at risk of poverty in the EU

The EU is markedly failing to meet its Europe 2020 strategy.

The European Labour Authority will reside on Landererova Street in Bratislava.

New EU labour authority officially launched

Slovakia’s labour minister says that the European Labour Authority can serve as a small European Commission.

Migrants are being rescued in the Mediterranean

V4 countries reject EU’s plan on the redistribution of migrants

The plan was drafted by only four EU countries.

Maroš Šefčovič
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Šefčovič recommended for EU commissioner post

Coordinators have unanimously approved Slovakia's nominee for the post.

Vladimír Šucha, head of the EU's Joint Research Centre (JRC) leaves the Commission to fight extremism and to better education in Slovakia.

Slovakia's highest-ranking EU officer returns home to join PS-Spolu

Vladimír Šucha will advise the parties on education.

Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini meets future EC President Ursula von der Leyen.

Von der Leyen wants Šefčovič in her inner circle

PM Peter Pellegrini said so after his meeting with the next European Commission president.

Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matečná

Slovakia reportedly ready to block the deal between the EU and Latin America

Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matečná said Brazil's approach to the Amazon fires is unacceptable.

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