The European Parliament approved Slovakia's entry to eurozone as of January 1, 2009. At the same time, MEPs appeals to the Slovak Government to go an extra mile in order to keep inflation under control and to continue structural economic reforms.

Opposition KDH Council criticised the change of way and contents of current Government Coalition's policy, and it appreciated the self-confidence of Irish citizens who rejected the Treaty of Lisbon in the referendum.

Following Former Slovak premier and current chairman of the Slovak-Russian Society Jan Carnogursky, Slovakia can take advantage of its good relations with Russia – an area in which it's ahead of many EU countries, with the exception of Germany.

Irish referendum can be seen as a little mirror of EU citizens' opinion. In any other European country a referendum could bring similar results. It is more then probably that if Slovakia vote about Lisbon Treaty in referendum, Slovak voters would decide against, too.

Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic and his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus stated that relations between Slovakia and Lithuania are good, and that there is a scope for further development.

The commentary of Pravda daily focuses on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico's inspection of the Defence Ministry, noting that Fico issued a rather strange warning.

It pays to be a friend of the defense minister when you're in the army, at least in Slovakia. For example, Slovakian Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska's schoolmate Radovan Rusnak has been promoted from a 1st lieutenant to a colonel in the space of just one year.

Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola Spiric and Prime Minister of Slovak Republic Robert Fico in Sarajevo signed an agreement on mutual support and protection of investments, as well as a deal on economic cooperation between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovakia.