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News and analysis on Slovakia in the EU Council
Whistleblower Hlávková to Foreign Minister Lajčák: You can still tell the truth.
In general, Slovakia handled the EU Presidency well, assessed the Supreme Audit Office.
Despite suggestions of media reports, rules of economic competition were not distorted in Foreign Ministry’s orders during Slovakia’s presidency of the EU Council, the Anti-trust Office finds.
We realise it will not be easy, but we know what we want to achieve and know we can do it, Ambassador Yordanka Chobanova writes as Bulgaria starts its first EU Council Presidency.
NKÚ announced that there were no crimes committed by the Slovak organisers of the country’s presidency of EU Council, but added mistakes were made, including incomplete invoices, flawed accountancy and a formal…
The Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomes the decision, but the ethics watchdog says the scrutiny lacked depth.
The inspection of the Public Procurement Office has not revealed any flaws, despite the criticism of former ministry employees.
Its first session is planned for the autumn.
Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák reacted to most recent accusation by a former ministry employee, retorting that nobody wittingly made a slip in conenction with the Slovak EU presidency.
Transparency International Slovensko now prepares a lawsuit.
The presidency will also be scrutinised by state auditors.
Slovak Presidency of the EU Council resonated in two thirds of the population, however, it had no impact on perception of the EU.
In June 2017, roaming fees within the different countries of the EU will end for calling, sending short text messages and surfing on the internet.
Slovakia’s first-ever EU presidency took place in unprecedented and turbulent times. Slovakia managed well, although some programme points remain unfulfilled.
But a non-affiliated MP warns that none of them disprove accusations.
Defence minister praises the performance of his department.
Transparency International Slovensko accuses the ministry of “arrogant tactics of violating the law”.
The presidency winds up on December 31; some Slovak politicians are now summing up the past six months.
Malta takes over the EU presidency from January 1.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico commented on the European Council’s conclusions about country’s Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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- 2. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 3. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 4. Slovakia should prepare for the first heat wave
- 5. Foreigners without Slovak public health insurance can now register for a Covid jab
- 6. News digest: New travel rules become effective, more foreigners can sign up for vaccination
- 7. News digest: Another Covid strain detected in Slovakia
- 8. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 9. Strict Slovak-Austrian border controls scrapped
- 10. Every Irish village has a Gaelic football team. So does Bratislava
- 1. Mass events, border crossing and vaccinated people. Several anti-pandemic rules change of Monday
- 2. Instead of love, "garden gnomes" cause uproar in a Slovak UNESCO town
- 3. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 4. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 5. News digest: Another Covid strain detected in Slovakia
- 6. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 7. Every Irish village has a Gaelic football team. So does Bratislava
- 8. Strict Slovak-Austrian border controls scrapped
- 9. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 12 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 10. Bratislava’s growth cannot be stopped, but it can be regulated
- 1. Strict Slovak-Austrian border controls scrapped
- 2. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19
- 3. Prices of houses grew at record-breaking pace globally, Slovakia in top five
- 4. Mass events, border crossing and vaccinated people. Several anti-pandemic rules change of Monday
- 5. News digest: Only a test needed for travel from neighbouring EU countries to Slovakia
- 6. Instead of love, "garden gnomes" cause uproar in a Slovak UNESCO town
- 7. The Danube embankment in Petržalka will change its look
- 8. News digest: Another Covid strain detected in Slovakia
- 9. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 12 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 10. Too different? Some foreigners are more acceptable to Slovaks than others for marriage