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President will not go to Moscow
SLOVAK President Andrej Kiska will not attend the celebrations held on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the World War II in Moscow, but will stay in Slovakia.
The Košice conference about Ukraine ended vaguely
THE CONFERENCE that took place in Košice during the weekend of March 6-7 declared its aim as finding a solution for the conflict in Ukraine. It culminated by adopting a joint declaration.
Pro-Russia conference to open in Košice
ON March 6-7, some 50 people will meet at a conference focusing on the Ukrainian crisis, with the organiser saying the goal is to " find a solution so that Putin does not leave the field as a loser.”
Kiska discusses conflict in Ukraine with NATO secretary general
THE CONFLICT in Ukraine was one of the topics Slovak President Andrej Kiska discussed during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on March 3.
Slovak extremists groups can produce rebels in Ukraine
THERE are several unofficial paramilitary groups running military trainings with non-lethal guns in Slovak forests and Martin Keprta, who used to take part in such exercises, now fights for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine.
Pavlis calls meeting over Ukrainian-Russian gas emergency
SLOVAK Economy Minister Pavol Pavlis summoned an emergency meeting with heads of the Slovenský plynárenský priemysel (SPP) gas utility and Eustream gas carrier after Russian company Gazprom warned that deliveries of natural gas to and through Ukraine are threatened.
Border with Ukraine sees fewer migrants, more smuggling
THERE are comparatively fewer migrants but more smugglers on Slovakia’s eastern border with Ukraine. And the smugglers are ever more sophisticated using water, tunnels and air to bring illegal goods into the European Union.
President Kiska attended Maidan event, met Ukrainian counterpart
SLOVAK President Andrej Kiska went to Ukraine at the end of last week, to commemorate the first anniversary of anti-government protests on Maidan (Independence Square).
Fico wants conference about Ukraine
PRIME Minister Robert Fico announced a planned peace conference on Ukraine which should take place in Košice on March 6-7, the Sme daily reported on February 20.
Thousands decline military service over fear of Ukraine conflict
AROUND 12,000 letters from Slovak men came to authorities in January announcing that they would be unwilling to fight if a war broke out in neighbouring Ukraine.
Fico has doubts about Russia sanctions
RUSSIA has nowhere to retreat and Ukraine considers every concession a loss, said Prime Minister Robert Fico when presenting the official Slovakia’s attitude before the informal European Union summit in Brussels at the session of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee on February 11.
Fico: Slovakia ready to supply more gas to Ukraine, but no arms
SLOVAK Prime Minister Robert Fico made an official visit to Ukraine February 6, meeting the Ukrainian prime minister and president, signing two treaties and bringing humanitarian aid, while discussing several issues to be tackled.
Mikloš to advise Ukraine
Architect of Slovak market reforms working with Kiev.
Kiska calls on EU states to stand firm on sanctions
SLOVAK President Andrej Kiska wants to keep economic sanctions against Russia unless the country takes active steps to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine, he said in interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on February 4.
V4 leaders visit Ukraine
AMID rapid developments in Ukraine and Russia, Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák led a delegation of Visegrad Four leaders to Kiev, pledging to help Slovakia’s eastern neighbour with reforms in various strategic sectors and continued cooperation in 2015.
Slovakia to aid Ukraine in energy and security reforms
THE VISEGRAD Group (V4) countries, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, will provide aid to Ukraine, with each country targeting a specific sphere, Slovakia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák said during the visit of V4 representatives to Kiev on December 16.
Fico balks at Ukraine’s NATO membership
AS NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels and agreed to creating a new rapid reaction force based in Eastern Europe on December 2, in Bratislava Prime Minister Robert Fico was asserting that Ukraine should not be invited to join the military alliance.
Fico warns against large military conflict in Ukraine
UKRAINE may be threatened by a big military conflict. The probability that it will erupt currently stands at 70 percent, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at HN Club, a discussion forum organised by the Hospodárske Noviny daily.
Ukrainian President Poroshenko visited Slovakia, talked with V4 representatives
UKRAINIAN President Petro Poroshenko at a meeting with Slovak Premier Robert Fico in Bratislava on November 15 evening praised Slovakia’s decision to ensure a reverse gas flow to Ukraine, the TASR newswire reported.
Foreign Affairs Ministry rejects sending observers to eastern Ukraine
SLOVAKIA does not recognise the self-proclaimed republics founded in eastern Ukraine, does not consider the November 2 elections legitimate, and sent no observers to monitor them, the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said on November 5. The statement came as a response to information about one Slovak, who attended the elections in Donetsk region as an observer.
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