Migration crisis, page 3

Migration in the EU

V4 presdients: L-R Czech MIloš Zeman, Hungarian János Áder, Polish Andrzej Duda, and Slovak Andrej Kiska at a meeting in Rzesów, Poland.

Kiska in conflict with other V4 presidents

Slovak President Andrej Kiska was in opposition with the rest of the presidents of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries – Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic – concerning the refugee crisis.

Police officers will protect Bulgarian borders

The European Border and Coast Guard project was launched during Slovakia's EU presidency.

A picture from the village of Veresegyhaz, Hungary.

Hungarian referendum shows a clear message

Migration: a joint challenge, a waste of money or an example of needing to value the outcome – these are the Slovak responses to the Hungarian referendum on refugee quotas.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Fico: Quotas are politically finished

Slovak PM claims migrant quotas still divide the EU.

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Slovakia accepts two more Syrian families

The country promised to take altogether 100 refugees from Greece and Italy.

US Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling

USA returns ambassador to Slovakia again

Adam Sterling took the post after the departure of Theodore Sedgwick in early summer 2015.

President Andrej Kiska

Refugees to get education in Slovakia

Education obtained in Slovakia may then help refugees when returning to their homelands, foreign affairs minister claims.

The start of the Visegrad cooperation in 1991: Presidents Lech Walesa, Árpád Göncz, and Václav Havel. (in the centre)

Who are the last defenders of Europe?

The European dream has always been most threatened by politicians who got stuck halfway from autocracy to democracy.

Hell in Slovakia

White majority remains indifferent to horrific experiences of non-white visitors.

Extremists repeatedly attack Somali woman

NGOs call on politicians to realise that their statements can boost hatred towards Muslims.

Jakub Wisniewski

Slovaks would be the first to suffer without the EU

Brussels should have more patience with Central Europe, as it is the first time the region has had to deal with incoming refugees, says Globsec analyst Jakub Wisniewski.

Refugees await asylum in Humenné detention camp.

Two Assyrian families returned to Iraq

Remaining Christian refugees in Slovakia continue with the integration process.

Police officers in Hungary again

The unite should stay in the country for at least one month.

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Police officers help in Macedonia

Slovakia has dispatched police officers to assist also in Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Greece.

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Van with migrants crashes in police chase

A van carrying illegal migrants from Iraq, Syria and Iran crashed near the Jarovce-Kittsee crossing on the Slovak-Austrian border July 9.

R-L: Head of IOM in Slovakia Zuzana Vatráľová, IOM advisor for Europe Pasquale Lupoli and IOM CEO William Lacy Swing in presidential palace, Bratislava, June 28.

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.

Extremists failed to unite, protests are weak

The Interior Ministry registered a paramilitary group which is now able to ask for donations.

The protest in June 2015

Extremists to gather in Bratislava

Two major political marches and two other events are taking place in Bratislava. After last year’s violent episodes, the police say they are ready this time around.

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UN aware of racism on internet

This impulse stems from the enormous increase in hateful comments in response to the shooting of a Syrian refugee at the Slovak-Hungarian border.

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