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Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – As many as 51.5 percent of the registered coronavirus infections in Slovakia between June 1-July 8 were imported from abroad, while 69 percent of the 363 cases were asymptomatic, stated Banska Bystrica Regional Public Health Authority epidemiologists Maria Avdicova and Jana Namesna in an analysis.

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – The state won’t buy the recently built National Football Stadium in Bratislava from businessman Ivan Kmotrik, Deputy Prime Minister for Legislation Stefan Holy (We Are Family) announced after a Government meeting on Wednesday. Holy said that contracts from 2013 and 2016 that would have paved

DAC Dunajska Streda Counters Matovic on COVID-19: Life Must Go On

DAC Dunajska Streda Counters Matovic on COVID-19: Life Must Go On

Dunajska Streda, July 3 (TASR) – DAC Dunajska Streda football club on Friday released a counter-statement against criticism of its coronavirus measures by Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO), who after the DAC-Slovan Bratislava match on Wednesday decided to toughen regulations for spectators at sport events as of next Monday. Matovic criticised

Lorry Seen on Cycling Bridge Linking Slovakia & Austria, Damage Possible

Lorry Seen on Cycling Bridge Linking Slovakia & Austria, Damage Possible

Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) - The well-known Freedom Cycling-Bridge in the Bratislava borough of Devinska Nova Ves, colloquially known as Chuck Norris Bridge, which links Slovakia and Austria over the Morava River, was closed by the Slovak authorities on Thursday after a heavy lorry with Slovak licence plates was spotted

Lucansky to Step Down as Police Corps President on August 31

Lucansky to Step Down as Police Corps President on August 31

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Police Corps president Milan Lucansky on Tuesday announced that he’ll step down on August 31, stating that his decision was motivated by a mutual lack of confidence between him and the Interior Ministry’s current leadership. “I view [Interior Minister] Roman Mikulec as a fair

Pellegrini: New Party Voice Has No Hidden Sponsors

Pellegrini: New Party Voice Has No Hidden Sponsors

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – The new Voice-Social Democracy party must be the voice of those who are dependent on social policies and of working people, as well as the voice of a fair opposition and the regions, while the party will also be built on anti-fascist principles, said Voice founder

Pellegrini Setting Up New Party to Be Called Voice-Social Democracy

Pellegrini Setting Up New Party to Be Called Voice-Social Democracy

Bratislava, June 29 (TASR) – Former prime minister Peter Pellegrini, who left Smer-SD last week, is setting up a new party to be called Voice-Social Democracy, TASR learnt from an announcement on the Interior Ministry’s website on Monday. The party’s preparatory committee has notified the Interior Ministry that it’