During the 74th UN General Assembly in New York, President Zuzana Čaputová met with the organisation’s secretary-general Antonio Guterres. She thanked him for organising the Climate Summit and for the opportunity to speak there in person. During their conversation, he expressed his appreciation...

President Zuzana Čaputová made a speech to the UN General Assembly for the first time. She said, among other things, that it is important for our future that we also respect the rules at the international level, because that is the only way to restore broken confidence. In her words, it is...

President Zuzana Čaputová spoke at the opening of the UN Climate Summit in New York. Amongst other things, she noted that we are living in the best times in our history, enjoying the benefits of progress, but we have forgotten to pay the debt that we owe to our planet. Today’s generation is the...

On Friday, president Zuzana Čaputová started her trip to the USA on Friday by attending a gala dinner at Globsec in New York dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the end of totalitarianism in Central Europe. She spoke about the polarization of society in the West, the...

Zuzana Čaputová visited Kiev on Monday, where she praised the reforms of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and his efforts to resolve the conflict in eastern Ukraine through constructive dialogue. At a joint press conference with President Zelensky, the president expressed her support for...

President Zuzana Čaputová today commemorated the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II along with dozens of other presidents and prime ministers from around the world during a commemorative event in Warsaw.

President Čaputová visited Austria today. Like other Slovaks, I always feel a special atmosphere when I visit Vienna. It is caused by the proximity of our capitals, which is something exceptional even in Europe. Also, by our shared history, which includes personal memories and emotions for...

In Berlin, Zuzana Čaputová met President Steinmeier and Chancellor Merkel. “There are only a few countries that Slovakia has so much in common with as Germany. I found that we have the same political values of cooperation, a constructive approach and an emphasis on freedom and human dignity. We...

On Saturday 10 August 2019, President Zuzana Čaputová accepted the European Prize for Political Culture in the Swiss town of Ascona.  “I would first of all like to express my gratitude for this award, which I see as an expression of confidence and also as a commitment. The list of past...

President of the Slovak Republic Zuzana Čaputová, who was received by French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday in Paris, described France as a close partner and ally in the European Union and NATO in a joint press release, stressing that countries share common values. Macron reiterated his...