Slovakia ile ilgili hikayeler

• Czechia will renew border checks with Slovakia amid a new wave of migration, and will be effective at 27 border crossings between two EU countries and will last for at least 10 days. People will be banned from crossing the border at any other place on the 251 km border, with a total of 560 police to be deployed to carry out the checks. What happened? The Czech Interior Ministry detained almost 12,000 illegal migrants on Czech territory this year, a number that is more ...Devamını Oku

28 Eyl 2022

⚡ Lightning Round Poland and Czechia signed an agreement to protect Slovak airspace while Slovakia is giving up its Soviet-made MiG-29 jets and receiving F-16s from the US in 2024. The NATO allies will provide air defense against possible aggressors against Slovakia, which shares a border with Ukraine. A truck crashed into a community barbecue in the Netherlands on Saturday, killing at least 6 people and wounding 7 more in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland south...Devamını Oku

29 Ağu 2022

• Norsk Hydro is planning to shut down an aluminum smelter in Slovakia by the end of this month as Europe’s energy crisis continues to cripple metal producers. The Slovalco smelter was running at 60% of its 175,000-ton annual capacity and would suffer substantial losses if it continued operations beyond 2022, the Norwegian firm said, as aluminum is one of the most energy-intensive metals to produce. via Bloomberg A step back: Europe had already lost about ha...Devamını Oku

18 Ağu 2022

• Russian oil flows halted to parts of Europe should resume after Hungarian refiner MOL paid transit fees owed to Ukraine, officials and a minister said, providing a temporary solution to the latest disruption of Russian energy supplies. A step back: On Tuesday, state-controlled pipeline operator Transneft said Russian oil flows had been suspended through the southern portion of the Druzhba pipeline —which runs through Ukraine to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Repub...Devamını Oku

11 Ağu 2022

• Russian crude flows through the southern portion of the Druzhba pipeline —which runs through Ukraine to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic— were halted on Aug. 4 as sanctions prevented payment of a transit fee, said Russia’s oil-pipeline operator Transneft, adding that there was no effect on the northern leg of the link that runs through Belarus to Poland and Germany. via Bloomberg Why it matters: Hungary’s fuel supplies would be particularly vulnerab...Devamını Oku

10 Ağu 2022

• ECB Governing Council member Peter Kazimir said he can "clearly see the need to accelerate the pace and deliver" a half-point rise in interest rates in September, and added the data confirms there is "no reason to hesitate." Kazimir, who also heads Slovakia’s central bank, further added that economic growth is set to be weak for several quarters.

14 Haz 2022

• Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia signed an agreement in The Hague to join Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in the Joint Investigation Team that will probe war crimes in Ukraine. International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he plans to open an office in Kyiv, however, the ICC has no jurisdiction in this case since neither Ukraine nor Russia are members of the international organization.

01 Haz 2022

• The first multinational NATO units with the Patriot air defense systems have been moving to Slovakia, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said. 2,100 soldiers from several NATO members, including Germany, the Netherlands and the US, will form a battlegroup on Slovak territory as the alliance boosts its defenses in its eastern flank.

21 Mar 2022

• More than 2.8 million people have now fled Ukraine due to Russia's invasion, the UN reported. Refugees are crossing to neighboring countries to the West, with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia taking in the most number of Ukrainian refugees. How are countries helping? The EU granted Ukrainians who flee the war a blanket right to stay and work throughout the bloc for up to three years. They also receive social welfare and access to housing, medical treatment and schoolin...Devamını Oku

15 Mar 2022

• Slovakia approved a military defense treaty with Washington that will allow the US to use two Slovak air bases for 10 years, while fellow NATO member Slovakia will receive $100 million (€87mn) to modernize them.

11 Şub 2022