On Friday 9 April 2021, President Zuzana Čaputová sent a telegram to Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in which she conveyed her condolences on the passing of His Royal Majesty Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh. The president emphasized that the Duke...

On Thursday 8 April 2021, on the occasion of the International Romani Day, President Zuzana Čaputová received the Romani men and women working In the front lines during the pandemic. The participants in the meeting with the President included Veronika Danielová, a social rehabilitation worker at...

President Zuzana Čaputová received Petra Vlhová, winner of the Alpine Ski World Cup and holder of the Big Crystal Globe at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday.   The President thanked her for representing Slovakia and especially for the fact that in these difficult times she could bring...

The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic joined the Earth Hour global initiative on Saturday, 27 March 2021.  The lights at the Presidential Palace were switched off for an hour at 8:30 p.m. Earth Hour acknowledges the joint efforts of the world to protect our planet and climate. This...

On Thursday 18th of March 2021, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová opened the "Race to Zero in Slovakia: Business" virtual conference together with the British ambassador to Slovakia, Nigel Baker and with UK High Level Champion for Climate Action, Nigel Topping. In her speech, the president...

President Zuzana Čaputová had a video conversation with Slovenian President Borut Pahor on Thursday, 18 March 2021.  The presidents discussed the development of the pandemic in both countries and informed each other about their progress in rolling out their vaccination programmes. "In...

President Zuzana Čaputová accepted the resignation of Milan Krajniak, the Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday 17 March 2021 and appointed Minister of Transportation and Construction Andrej Doležal as interim minister of...

President Zuzana Čaputová accepted the resignation of Minister of Health, Marek Krajčí, at the Presidential Palace on Friday, 12 March 2021. The president trusts that Minister Krajčí acted to the best of his knowledge and beliefs and that his decisions were guided by good intentions. However,...

On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, President Zuzana Čaputová organized a round table to discuss the impacts of the pandemic on the lives of women.  The participants included MEPs Monika Beňová and Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, members of the National Council of the Slovak...

On Friday, March 5, 2021, President Zuzana Čaputová paid her respects to the victims of the Covid-19 illness in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace. The symbolic commemoration took place on the eve of the anniversary of the confirmation of the first coronavirus case in Slovakia. "I have lit...