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 [...]
The former executive officer of the General Staff of the Czech army Jiri Sedivy has called for greater co-operation between the armies of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Sedivy was speaking as an expert at the Visegrad 4 conference Smart Security in Bratislava yesterday, pointing to how there is still huge potential for collaboration in [...]
Minsk, 10 November (Belarusian Telegraph Agency) – The 10th Belarusian-Slovak joint commission for trade, economic and sci-tech cooperation has outlined an action plan for cooperation in 2012-2013, BelTA has learnt. According to Alexander Guryanov, Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus, chairman of the joint commission on Belarus’ behalf, the trade between Belarus and Slovakia has been [...]
Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Vice-President of the European Commission -Responsible for Interinstitutional Relations and Administration “Slovakia in the EU” gives seminar for Slovak journalists in Bratislava, 25 October. “Slovakia in the EU” Ladies and gentlemen, Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, photo (c) Mathuzalen We are in the middle of the biggest challenge that the European Union has ever faced. And we have to act [...]
The centre-right governing coalition of SDKU, Most-Hid, KDH and the liberal SaS had a grueling session yesterday evening in the hope of ironing out their differences in order to approve the new conditions for the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). No real progress was made, however. The one thing Prime Minister Iveta Radicova did agree [...]
In its endeavour to cut spending, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be slashing the budget earmarked for promoting Slovak culture abroad. As part of its plan the Ministry will be closing various cultural institutions around Europe, including those in Paris, Berlin, Rome and Vienna, reports daily Pravda. Diplomats will replace the institutions as cultural [...]
German President Christian Wulff starts a two-day official visit to Slovakia today, during which he will be received by his Slovak counterpart President Ivan Gasparovic. President Wulff’s programme tomorrow includes meetings with Prime Minister Iveta Radicova, foreign affairs minister Mikulas Dzurinda and parliamentary chairman Richard Sulik. Following the formalities, the German president will then head [...]
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