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President Kiska honours German Chancellor Merkel

President Andrej Kiska received German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Presidential Palace on Thursday and presented her with the highest state decoration, the Order of the White Double Cross of the First Class, for her extraordinary contribution to the comprehensive development of relations between...

The president awarded state honours to 15 women and 15 men

On 08 January President Andrej Kiska conferred state honours on 30 personalities. “We meet here today to honour the life and work of 15 women and 15 men. To pay tribute to their good work, outstanding talents, personal courage and outstanding benefit to our country. It is both a personal pleasure...

New Year’s Address by President Andrej Kiska

On 1 January 2019 President Andrej Kiska made a New Year’s Address on RTVS. “It has become an enjoyable tradition for me to speak to you as head of state on the first day of the new year. I wish you all the best – those who live in Slovakia, those who are fond of it, and people of Slovak...

Kiska debates with President of Italy: The young are supporters of the EU

President Andrej Kiska travelled to Rome on 13 and 14 December for a working visit, and on the first day he met with Italy’s President, Sergio Mattarello.“It was a great pleasure to meet the President of Italy for the third time. It was right here in Rome where Štefánik received the flag for...

President receives Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić

On Tuesday, President Kiska received Ana Brnabić, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia during her official visit to Slovakia.Support for innovations and start-ups were one of the main topics of discussion. President Kiska pointed out the need to motivate young people to do business, as well...

President Kiska on the mass starvation of Ukraine: We must not forget

“It is every country’s moral duty to remember the famine of the 1930s and to do whatever it takes to ensure this tragedy is never repeated,” President Andrej Kiska said while attending the presidential forum marking the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor famine last Saturday. “We must make...

Kiska: We look forward to Ukraine being in the EU and NATO

Slovakia looks forward to the day when Ukraine becomes a member of the European Union (EU) and NATO. The president of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska, was speaking during a working visit to Kiev on Friday. After talks with the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, he said that Ukraine was heading...