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Kiska: Slovakia's lack of solidarity is a failed policy
SLOVAKIA’s foreign policy has failed, President Andrej Kiska said during a speech in parliament October 7. The country’s main foreign policy stakeholders, the prime minister and the foreign minister, however, did not hear his speech in person as they were en route to Cuba.
Kiska: Migrants mean no threat to Slovakia
SLOVAKIA could accept several hundreds, or even thousands of people fleeing war and violence, President Andrej Kiska said in parliament on October 7.
Refugee fled from Africa by orchestrating fight with famous Slovak boxer
HAMZA Wandera professionally fought for Uganda's national boxing team until government officials found out that he has been violating the law for a long time – he is gay. Slovakia granted him asylum in late September.
Fico: I have not changed my mind about the lawsuit
THE SLOVAK government has not seen any shift that would have moved it to change its mind concerning its intention to file a lawsuit against the mandatory immigration quotas passed at a meeting of the European Union’s interior ministers in September.
Kiska stresses need to help those misery-stricken
SLOVAK President Andrej Kiska, has called for solidarity and help for those stricken by misery and bad twists of life, especially now, in light of the current migration crisis.
Lawsuit: Struggle for EU’s heart or campaign issue?
THE PLEDGE by Prime Minister Robert Fico to sue the EU over refugee quotas has materialised into a plan after the cabinet assigned specific people to design the lawsuit.
Interior Ministry reprimands Ombudswoman for misquoting police
AN INTERPRETER translating a police order from Slovak to English during the September 3 protest in Medveďov refugee camp did not say “put your hands on stôl” meaning ‘put your hands on the table’ as Ombudswoman’s employee Juraj Jando said. The Interior Ministry is demanding an apology for the misquote.
Foreign Minister: Strong and Effective UN Means Better World
DURING the past 70 years the UN has played a crucial role in preventing global conflicts and has carried out vital work around the world in its service to humankind; unfortunately, new and acute challenges to the multilateral system and threats to peace and security transcending national borders have emerged, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said in a speech at the UN General Assembly on October 1, the TASR newswire reported .
More than words
IF THERE were ever a political issue where word choice mattered, it is the current European migration crisis. The ways in which terms like refugee, migrant, asylum-seeker, camps, temporary and many others are seemingly used interchangeably can greatly shape public perception.
Ombudswoman: Conflict in Medveďov refugee camp could have been avoided
POLICE action against protesting migrants in Medveďov refugee camp that took place on September 3 showed the unpreparedness of Slovak detention facilities to handle the refugee crisis. While conditions there resemble a prison, camps lack interpreters and mediators able to help refugees with their frustration and daily problems.
Czech minister appreciated the Slovak-Ukrainian border model
THE WAY the Slovak-Ukrainian border is protected should serve as a model for countries that are currently struggling with an influx of migrants, Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said while taking a tour of the border near the Ubľa crossing (Košice Region), accompanied by his Slovak counterpart Robert Kaliňák.
227 asylum seekers have already arrived in Gabčíkovo
THE TEMPORARY accommodation facility for refugees in Gabčíkovo (Trnava Region) is currently sheltering 227 asylum seekers from Austria, including single men, families and 67 children.
We have to help on both sides
There are no easy answers to the migration crisis. Migrants need help, but simultaneously it is necessary to deter people from attempting the perilous journeys to Europe.
Thinking local
Think global, act local. The government of Robert Fico seems to be applying this rule, favoured among environmentalists, in reverse.
Interior Ministry prepares border barriers to prevent “a migration wave”
THE SLOVAK Interior Ministry has announced it is preparing to use a multi-purpose guidance barrier to prevent a huge wave of refugees from heading towards the country, which is gradually being positioned along the Hungarian-Slovak border.
Fico opposes migrant "dictate", vows to sue EU
“I WOULD rather go into infringement procedures than accept this dictate,” Prime Minister Robert Fico said in reaction to the adoption of refugee quotas by a European Union qualified majority vote that came despite Slovak opposition.
Fico sacrificed Slovakia's position in the EU
PRIME Minister Robert Fico sacrificed Slovakia's position in the European Union for the sake of his pre-election campaign.
EC: Slovakia should accept 802 refugees
BASED on a decision of the European Union’s interior ministers on September 22, Slovakia should accept 802 refugees in total – 190 from Italy and 612 from Greece, the spokesman for the European Commission Representation in Slovakia Andrej Králik, said.
Slovakia to sue EU
SLOVAKIA will defend itself from the mandatory quotas approved by the European Union’s interior ministers, said Prime Minister Robert Fico following the cabinet's September 23 session.
Fico: Quotas will end in a debacle
As long as I am prime minister, Slovakia will not implement quotas, Robert Fico said in response to the European Union interior ministers approval of the redistribution of 120,000 refugees based upon mandatory quotas.
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