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Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) on Wednesday held talks with Albanian President Bajram Begaj at Bratislava Castle on bilateral relations, the development of inter-parliamentary and economic cooperation, as well as Albania's integration process into the European Union, TASR learnt from Parliament's press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23310727 Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (nominee of Slovak National Party) does not believe that a real request for his dismissal has been made and says he is treating such information with a great deal of caution. https://etasr.sk/article/23310708 Bratislava, May 20 (TASR) - The governing coalition still cannot agree on measures aimed at helping the Slovak economy, opposition parties warned on Wednesday after a cabinet session, criticising the government for once again postponing discussion of the proposals. https://etasr.sk/article/23310400 Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - A European Parliament (EP) resolution concerning the state of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights in Slovakia does not reflect reality and has no legal effect on the Slovak Republic, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) emphasised on social media on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23310327 Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - The Slovak National Party (SNS) has offered, as one of the alternatives with respect to the announced government reshuffle, to replace its nominee in the post of environment minister, TASR learnt from Zuzana Skopcova, director of the office of SNS chair Andrej Danko. https://etasr.sk/article/23310275 Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak doesn't understand Ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky's move to challenge the conditions for registering churches and religious societies before the Constitutional Court. https://etasr.sk/article/23310001 Helsinki/Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - Slovak diplomacy is in close touch with the family of a Slovak national who was said to be on board one of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels intercepted by the Israeli navy, but Israel hasn't yet officially confirmed whether a Slovak woman was among the detained activists delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza, Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) told the media during his working visit to Finland on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23309973 Bratislava, 20 May (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday met Albanian President Bajram Begaj at Government Office in Bratislava during Begaj's official visit to Slovakia, Government Office's press department told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23309963 NOTICE: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. mf