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Marek Antalik

20,000 People Registered for Events Related to Pope's Visit during First Week

20,000 People Registered for Events Related to Pope's Visit during First Week

Bratislava, August 22 (TASR) – Organisers of Pope Francis’s visit have enrolled so far twenty thousand people after the first week of registration, with almost half of them being registered for the event in Sastin (Trnava region), the Slovak Bishops Conference’s press office reported on its website. The statistics

Premier: Despite Defeats It's Worth Fighting for Freedom

Premier: Despite Defeats It's Worth Fighting for Freedom

Bratislava, August 21 (TASR) – The commemoration Day of the Victims of the Occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 teaches the society that despite defeats, it’s worth fighting for freedom, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said on Saturday on the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion. The

Unemployment Rate in Slovakia Currently Stands at 7.66 percent

Unemployment Rate in Slovakia Currently Stands at 7.66 percent

Prievidza, August 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia has gone down on a month-on-month basis, said Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) during his working trip to Prievidza district (Trencin region) on Friday. The current rate of registered unemployment stands at 7.66

Nad: 24 People Transported from Afghanistan to Slovakia

Nad: 24 People Transported from Afghanistan to Slovakia

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – A total of 24 people have been transported to Slovakia from Afghanistan in the past few hours, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) announced at a press conference also attended by Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) and chief of Slovak diplomacy Ivan Korcok (SaS nominee) on Thursday.

Mikulec: I Don't Know Matej Z., Fico Is Spreading Conspiracy Theories

Mikulec: I Don't Know Matej Z., Fico Is Spreading Conspiracy Theories

Bratislava, August 19 (TASR) – I don’t know ‘Takacovci’ gang member Matej Z. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] and we’ve never met, Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) stated in response to an allegation made by head of the opposition Smer-SD party Robert Fico that he repeatedly visited Matej

COVID-19: Twelve Districts in Slovakia to Be Coloured Orange As of Next Monday

COVID-19: Twelve Districts in Slovakia to Be Coloured Orange As of Next Monday

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – A total of 12 districts will be coloured orange (alert) in the COVID-19 automaton as of Monday (August 23), with all other districts remaining green (monitoring), the Government decided at its online meeting on Wednesday. The orange districts are as follows: Banska Stiavnica, Gelnica, Kezmarok, Kosice

AKO Poll: Voice Would Have Won Election in August, Followed by SaS and Smer

AKO Poll: Voice Would Have Won Election in August, Followed by SaS and Smer

Bratislava, August 18 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in August 2021, it would have been won by ex-premier Peter Pellegrini’s Voice-SD party on 19.5 percent of the votes, ahead of the junior governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on 14.7 percent and the opposition Smer-SD