International News from Slovakia

(Fri 28 Oct 05) EU leaders are meeting at Hampton Court near London at an informal summit. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is hosting the meeting as part of...

(Fri 28 Oct 05) The "GLOBSEC" NATO International Conference opened in Bratislava on Tuesday. The main theme was the new role and mission of transatlantic partnerships facing new global...

(Wed 26 Oct 05) Slovakia will back the Czech Republic's bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in 2008-2009, said Foreign Affairs Minister Eduard Kukan...

(Wed 26 Oct 05) President Ivan Gasparovic began his official visit to Portugal at the Belem Presidential Palace on Monday. His wife Silvia is accompanying him on the three-day...

(Mon 24 Oct 05) The European Commission will face a lawsuit unless it drops its intention to cut Slovakia's annual quota for greenhouse gas emissions, Hospodarske noviny reports. "We...

(Mon 24 Oct 05) On Monday Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda met Slovak Parliamentary chairman Pavol Hrusovsky. The subject of their talks was the free movement of people. In...

(Mon 24 Oct 05) Eighteen months of Slovakia's EU membership have shown that the country is not a mere consumer, but also a participant in the creation of EU...

(Mon 24 Oct 05) In an interview for the Associated Press Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan admitted that his name was among the few mentioned in connection with the possible...

(Thu 20 Oct 05) Speaker of Parliament Pavol Hrusovsky says that the current Slovak government and parliament will manage to meet Slovakia's commitment to adopt a treaty with the...

(Thu 20 Oct 05) The cabinet gave the green light to a draft agreement with Canada on mutual support and protection of investments. After becoming a European Union member...