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The Slovak regulator ÚRSO wants to increase a payment for connection to the grid for all electricity producers by 233 per cent in a fast-tracked comment process. According to renewable electricity producers, this will put the existing green power plants in financial trouble, stop new projects and threaten incoming investments.
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EU states approved a revision of the ground-breaking directive on the energy performance of buildings – national governments now have two years to adapt their laws and develop national renovation plans. Slovakia abstained from voting along with the Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia and Sweden.
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In foreign policy, the parties are the most divided on the issue of military support for Ukraine and the preservation of the veto power. Current topics that are almost completely absent in their programmes for the European elections are, for instance, the war in the Gaza Strip or bilateral relations with China.
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EURACTIV Slovakia portal asked ten political parties whether they would support resolutions calling for a two-state solution as well as an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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If the International Criminal Court seals the issuance of the arrest warrant, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Galant and the leaders of Palestinian Hamas movement may face a similar approach as Vladimir Putin. The Hague issued an arrest warrant for the latter last year and this has made it much more difficult for him, for example, to travel abroad.