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Czechia Takes over Presidency in the Visegrad Group

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"V4 Citizens" is the main motto of the upcoming annual Czech presidency in the Visegrad Group in 2023–2024

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Szijjarto: Donald Trump's method should be applied in connection with Ukraine war

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Former US President Donald Trump's method to promote peace should be applied in connection with the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in New York on Friday. The foreign ministry cited Szijjarto as saying on his way to the…

Karacsony: European money needed for Hungary cost-of-living recovery

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European money is needed if Hungary is to emerge from its cost-of-living crisis, Gergely Karacsony, the mayor of Budapest, said on Friday. But the government must comply with the rule of law and enforce strict anti-corruption measures to…

Govt official: Hungary border fence to be fortified

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The government will fortify the fence along Hungary's border with Serbia, an interior ministry official said in the border town of Roszke on Friday. Hungary is increasing the height of its border fence so that Europe does not have to bring…

Orban: Hungary can secure its own gas supplies

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Hungary is able to secure gas supplies for itself, "unlike the westerners", Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in an interview to public radio on Friday. "We're more adept at getting gas on our own than if we were to wait for others," the…

Orban: Calls for peace growing in Europe

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Viktor Orban has said he expects calls in the European Union for a ceasefire and peace talks in connection with the Russia-Ukraine war to grow. In an interview to public radio on Friday, the prime minister said tensions at last week's EU…

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PM says it was hard to co-sign giving state awards to some people

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It was hard for Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala to co-sign the bestowment of state decorations to some people whom President Milos Zeman decided to award at Prague Castle, the presidential seat, tonight, on the occasion of the national…

STU signs memorandum of understanding with Korean Jeonbuk National University

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The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) in South Korea, the Slovak university has reported on its website. The aim of the memorandum is to…

Police to make sure joint elections on Saturday go smoothly

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The police will seek to ensure that the joint local and regional elections on Saturday (October 29) go smoothly, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Denisa Bardyova has told TASR, adding that they've adopted security measures aimed at…

Caputova: Creation of first CSR prerequisite for independence of two republics

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The formation of the first Czechoslovak Republic (CSR) was a prerequisite for the independence of the Slovak and Czech Republics, and we still stand on this basis today, stated President Zuzana Caputova on Friday. Caputova laid wreaths at…

Heger: First Czechoslovak republic guaranteed broad range of rights

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The First Czechoslovak Republic was a state guaranteeing a broad range of rights, freedom for all as well as women's suffrage, Prime Minister Eduard Heger noted on Friday on the 104th anniversary of the creation of the republic on T. G.…

Austria extends checks on border with Slovakia by 15 days

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Austria on Friday prolonged checks on its border with Slovakia by 15 days, and it will later consider extending them by another 30 days, according to information released by the Austrian Interior Ministry. Originally, the checks on the…

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COVID-19 spread keeps subsiding in Czechia

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The coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic keep subsiding and has slowed down by one-third in the past seven days when 6,933 new infections were confirmed and the number of COVID-19 hospitalised decreased too, show the data the Health…

Politicians remember anniversary of Czechoslovakia's birth

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Top Czech politicians, including President Milos Zeman and PM Petr Fiala, as well as military representatives and war veterans commemorated the 104th anniversary of the establishment of Czechoslovakian in 1918 at the Vitkov Memorial in…

Ministry flies Czech, Ukrainian flags with Putin's fading portrait

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The Czech and Ukrainian flag with a fading portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin in between are flying at the seat of the Interior Ministry in Prague as the initiative of Interior Minister Vit Rakusan and the Decommunization civic…

President Zeman names new generals on national holiday

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Czech President Milos Zeman named nine new generals at Prague Castle, the presidential seat, on the occasion of the national holiday, marking Czechoslovakia's birth in 1918, today. Zeman previously rejected the government proposal for…

Polish fuel giant heads CEE ranking

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Poland's PKN Orlen oil and gas company came first in a 2021 ranking of 500 top Central-East European (CEE) firms published on Friday by the Coface insurer. Coface said Orlen owes its position largely to its 52-percent sales rise in 2021…

Poland scraps easy access to labour market for Russians

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Poland has abolished simplified procedures for Russian citizens seeking access to its labour market amid the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine and a risk of increasing migration from Russia, family and social policy minister has announced.…

Poland interested in Nuclear Sharing programme says presidential aide

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Poland is interested in joining Nato's Nuclear Sharing programme, the Polish president's foreign policy advisor said on Friday. Jakub Kumoch said this was the result of Moscow annulling a 1997 Nato-Russia agreement barring the deployment…

Duda advisor defends party invitation for Russian ambassador

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Polish President Andrzej Duda's chief foreign policy advisor has defended the decision by the Vatican's Warsaw representative to invite the Russian ambassador to a party, despite the diplomat's presence causing a "problem" for other guests…

PM vows to maintain financial discipline

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The Polish government will make sure that public finances are stable in 2023 and 2024 as the global crisis is spreading, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has pledged. Morawiecki made the comment during a visit on Friday to a…

Thursday, Oct 27

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Jewish Culture Museum commemorates Holocaust child victims with Project Crocus

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The Slovak National Museum (SNM) - Jewish Culture Museum in cooperation with Holocaust Education in Ireland have been carrying out a project titled Crocus each year, aiming to commemorate about 1.5 million child victims who perished in the…

Survey: People lose motivation after pandemic, seek new job offers

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People are more dissatisfied at work, they lack motivation and enthusiasm, however, two thirds of them changed their life priorities after the pandemic, according to a survey by Profesia and Slovenska sporitelna (SLSP) bank conducted…

Police: Drink-driving on the rise in Slovakia

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The police have recorded a dramatic increase in drink-driving in Slovakia, as the police detected alcohol on the breath of 8,068 drivers in the first nine months of 2022, the highest figure in the same period since 2015, Interior Minister…

Jozef Nagy to become new UVLF university chancellor

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Jozef Nagy will become a new chancellor of Kosice's University of Veterinarian Medicine and Pharmacy (UVLF), set to replace incumbent chancellor Jana Mojzisova, TASR learnt from university spokesperson Zuzana Bobrikova on Thursday. Nagy's…

Premier Heger meets Icelandic president to discuss geothermal energy

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Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLANO) met Icelandic President Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson at the Government Office on Thursday, TASR learnt from the Government Office's press and information department. The premier and the Icelandic…

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Szijjarto: Naive to think Russian-Ukrainian talks can end war

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The belief that talks between Russia and Ukraine can end the war between the two countries is a "naive illusion", Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday, adding that US-Russia talks were needed to end the conflict. In order for…

Most Poles see war in Ukraine as security threat to their country

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Up to 76 percent of Poles believe Russia's war in Ukraine poses a threat to Poland's security, a new survey has found. Of those, 32 percent said that the war is definitely a threat and 42 percent said it is likely a threat, according to a…

Deputy minister: Poland-Belarus border to be best defended in Europe

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The Polish-Belarusian frontier will be the most secure external border of the European Union's passport-free Schengen zone, a deputy interior minister has said, owing to a new fence that now separates the two countries. The construction of…