Slovak ambassador Miloš Koterec was elected yesterday to serve as President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the six principal organs of the UN and the main body tasked with coordinating work in those two fields worldwide. Addressing the Council in New York after his election, Mr. Koterec called for [...]
Acting Prime Minister Iveta Radicova ended the year by saying she did not regard the euro as a success story. Speaking to TASR newswire, Radicova noted how it would not be entirely fitting to celebrate the tenth birthday of euro adoption in the Slovak Republic as the euro carries with it a dark cloud in [...]
What is the aim of EUROSUR? The European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) will reinforce the management of the Schengen external border by strengthening the information exchange and cooperation between Member States’ border control authorities as well as with Frontex. EUROSUR should, in particular, provide the infrastructure and tools needed to improve the monitoring and reaction [...]
On Wednesday this week foreign affairs minister Mikulas Dzurinda signed a joint action plan with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to combat what is referred to as nuclear terrorism or smuggling. The 40-point document endeavours to combat the illicit trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials and equipment and should boost international and regional cooperation in [...]
The First Slovak Investment Seminar in Israel will take place tomorrow thanks to the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) in co-operation with the Slovak Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Israeli–Slovak Chamber of Commerce. The seminar, first of its kind, provides Israeli business partners with an opportunity to learn about higher levels of cooperation [...]
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon has appointed former Slovakian foreign minister Jan Kubiš as the United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan, replacing Satffan de Mistura from Sweden from 1 January 2012. Kubiš, from Bratislava, will be responsible for overseeing the UN mission in Afghanistan, which concentrates chiefly on providing aid and political assistance, and compiling statistics on the [...]
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