It is with concern that I observe the current intentions to negotiate the potential membership of Kosovo in the Council of Europe, especially with regard to the outcomes from the session of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe today (27 March 2024).

On the occasion of International Women's Day (8 March 2024), the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic emphasised the importance and irreplaceable role of women in Slovak diplomacy. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Juraj Blanár, believes it is important to create fair and equal conditions, room for self-realisation and opportunities for women to successfully represent the Slovak Republic at home and abroad.

Based on current information, the Dutch side, which previously did not have sufficient information about the planned event – where the internal political situation in Slovakia was to be discussed at the Dutch Embassy in Prague with the participation of ambassadors of EU member states but without the Slovak ambassador to the Czech Republic being invited – decided to cancel the event on its embassy premises in the Czech Republic.

Following the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union session in Luxembourg today (22 April 2024), Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Juraj Blanár confirmed the information that Slovakia will get less financial resources for the military aid, which the previous governments had provided to Ukraine since 2022 from the stocks of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic.

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Marek Eštok, participated in an informal discussion of Foreign Ministers of the European Union Member States on the emergency situation in the wider Middle East via videoconference today (16 April 2023). He endorsed the EU's united response, which must actively contribute to calming the situation following Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel, and stressed the need for a return to the peaceful settlement of disputes.

Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Juraj Blanár attended the opening of the European Humanitarian Forum and then the March Foreign Affairs Council of the EU in Brussels on 18 March 2024. The main topics of the negotiations among the EU chief diplomats were the ongoing assistance for Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and in Belarus.

Bratislava, 27. február 2020 - Slovenská republika na základe záverov z dnešného zasadnutia Bezpečnostnej rady Slovenskej republiky prijala viaceré opatrenia. Dnes zároveň bezodkladne na pôde Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky zasadol krízový štáb, ktorý bude na dennej báze vyhodnocovať aktuálnu situáciu s ochorením COVID-19 (koronavírus).

Travellers to the Slovak Republic (as of 15.06.2014) from Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone will apply for Schengen visas type “A“ and “C“ at the Embassy of Sweden in Abuja.

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic invited journalists for a press conference on the upcoming summer tourism season at its premises today (May 30, 2013).