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PM: SaS's Talk on Reopening Schools "Is Death", Party Can Dig Graves

PM: SaS's Talk on Reopening Schools "Is Death", Party Can Dig Graves

Bratislava, November 13 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLANO) following a session of the Pandemic Commission on Thursday evening went one more round to scold junior coalition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), stating that Education Minister Branislav Gröhling’s talk about reopening schools on November 30 was “death”, and asked

Coronavirus: New Rules for Entering Slovakia as of November 16

Coronavirus: New Rules for Entering Slovakia as of November 16

Bratislava, November 13 (TASR) – Only people with a PCR test negative for SARS-CoV-2 not older than 72 hours will be allowed to enter Slovakia as of Monday, November 16, said Health Minister Marek Krajci on Friday. Commuters won’t be required to show a negative antigen test. “There will be

Doctor Returns Award to President in Protest against Countrywide Testing

Doctor Returns Award to President in Protest against Countrywide Testing

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Wednesday received Julia Horakova, head doctor of Bone Marrow Transplantation Clinic of the National Institute for Children’s Diseases, who’s decided to return to the president the Pribina Cross Second Class award in protest against the way of how the Government

Smer Wants to Initiate Referendum on Snap General Election

Smer Wants to Initiate Referendum on Snap General Election

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – If the opposition party Smer-SD senses enough support among the public for a snap general election, it will start collecting the public signatures needed to organise a referendum on the matter, said Smer chairman Robert Fico at a press conference on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Smer wants to

State to Boost VsZP Health Insurer's Capital by Another €98 million

State to Boost VsZP Health Insurer's Capital by Another €98 million

Bratislava, November 11 (TASR) – The state will boost the capital of state-run health insurer Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP) again, this time by €98 million. The proposal for a further capital boost for VsZP was approved by the Government at its session on Wednesday. According to the Government, the refunding of

PM: If Sectors Hit by Lockdown Do Mass Testing, Restrictions Could Be Eased

PM: If Sectors Hit by Lockdown Do Mass Testing, Restrictions Could Be Eased

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – Restaurants, gyms, schools and religious communities could organise mass testing for coronavirus with the use of antigen tests, and they then would be allowed to open under specific conditions, while letting in only people with a negative test, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLANO) on Tuesday

Supreme Court: Land under U.S. Steel Doesn't Belong to Kosice, but Sokolany

Supreme Court: Land under U.S. Steel Doesn't Belong to Kosice, but Sokolany

Kosice, November 9 (TASR) – The 700-hectare land under U.S. Steel in eastern Slovakia doesn’t belong to Kosice, but to the village of Sokolany, the Supreme Court decided on Monday, thereby confirming a verdict of the Kosice-okolie District Court from 2013, TASR was told by Supreme Court spokesperson Alexandra