Czech and Slovak governments holding joint cabinet session

September 26, 2016

The Czech and Slovak governments are holding a joint working session in
Bratislava on Monday with security issues, cooperation in defence and
transport high on the agenda. The neighbour states are working to improve

EU summit without UK due in February

September 24, 2016

The new EU summit without participation of the UK will be held February 3 in Valletta, Malta, a diplomatic source in Brussels told RIA Novosti September 23. An informal meeting of the leaders of 27 EU countries without the UK was for the first time held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 16.

How can each of us contribute to world’s peace?

September 26, 2016

How can each of us contribute to world’s peace? Well, the answer is easy and it’s not at the same time. You can not change the world, but you can change yourself. And meditation is a tool everybody can use in doing that. Bratislava Meditated for World Peace on Friday, September 23rd.

“Winton children” set up charity fund to finance memorial to their parents

September 26, 2016

A public fund has been set up to raise money for a memorial to the parents
of the so-called Winton children, whose lives were saved when they were
sent abroad from Czechoslovakia to escape almost certain death under the

Summary: KB, CSOB, CS and UniCredit to offer EET solutions

September 26, 2016

KomerA nA Banka will in cooperation with Worldline offer its own electronic revenue reporting solution as of October 2016. A eskoslovenskA ObchodnA Banka is also preparing an EET solution, by adding EEU functionality to its payment terminal along with service care.

EU rushing to ratify climate agreement

September 24, 2016

The EU, a leading force in pushing for a climate agreement in Paris last year, is now rushing to sign the deal and be around the table when it starts being implemented.

Polish PM Announces Government Reshuffling, Says Change Is Needed

September 23, 2016

Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo arrives for an EU summit at Bratislava Castle in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sept. 16, 2016.

Thousands of people marked 1938 Czechoslovak mobilization by illuminating bunkers

September 25, 2016

Several thousand people marked the anniversary of the 1938 Czechoslovak
mobilisation on Saturday night by illuminating hundreds of concrete bunkers
in the border regions of the Czech Republic. The system of the concrete

New book by Post Bellum brings testimonies of victims of totalitarian regime

September 24, 2016

Stories of the victims of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia are set
to be released on Monday by the NGO Post Bellum, which has been publishing
the testimonies of witnesses to modern Czech history for nearly 15 years.

No EU-US free trade deal before Obama leaves office: EU

September 23, 2016

"It is not realistic to reach the final agreement by the end of the Obama administration," said Peter Ziga, the trade minister of Slovakia which currently holds the EU's six-month rotating presidency.

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