Visegrad Group offers strong support to North Macedonia


North Macedonia will always have our support on its road to European Union membership and the votes of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, heard an event regarding the handover of the V4 Presidency. Czech Ambassador Miroslav Toman, whose country takes over the presidency from Slovakia on July 1, said North Macedonia could be certain […]

Zaev and Lajčák both agree: The Prespa Agreement focuses on the future


We believe that a decision on the opening of accession negotiations is important not only for us, but also for the message spread all over the region and beyond that to invest in reforms and good neighborly ties is to invest in a better future for the citizens, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev said Wednesday at […]

Pendarovski-Lajčák: The EU recognizes the country’s progress and will fulfill its promise


 North Macedonia highly appreciates the strong commitment and the firm support from Slovakia for country to get a date for starting accession negotiations with the EU, President Stevo Pendarovski said at Wednesday’s meeting with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Miroslav Lajčák. President Pendarovski said that the integrated and safe […]

Deputy PM Peter Pellegrini to lead the new government of Slovakia


The Slovak president has chosen the deputy prime minister to form a new government when Prime Minister Robert Fico resigns. Slovakia has witnessed rising frustration over the government’s response to the murder of a journalist. Amid a political crisis that has already seen two government ministers step down, Slovak President Andrej Kiska on Thursday said […]

Mass protests in Slovakia over journalist’s murder


Thousands of people protested across Slovakia on Friday against their government’s handling of a journalist’s murder and to demand an end to high-level corruption, as talks between the country’s leaders failed to end a spiralling crisis. For the second Friday running, rallies in the capital Bratislava and other towns and cities piled pressure on Slovak […]

Slovak Culture Minister Resigns after Journalist Murder


Slovak Culture Minister Marek Madaric resigned today after the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak. Madaric, who is a member of the Smer-Social Democracy Party, told Prime Minister Robert Fico that this is his personal decision. “As the culture minister, I am not able to cope with the fact that a journalist was killed during my […]

Zaev-Markus: Slovakia supports Macedonia’s EU, NATO integration


 Slovakia supports Macedonia’s EU and NATO integration process and will assist the country in significant areas, agreed Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and Slovak Ambassador Henrik Markus at Monday’s meeting. Interlocutors referred to the positive climate for progress in Macedonia, as well as the possibility for expert support from Slovakia in the EU accession negotiations, the […]