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Caputova: EU Should Pass Through Coronavirus Crisis Together

Caputova: EU Should Pass Through Coronavirus Crisis Together

Bratislava, May 1 (TASR) – Each EU-member state should display good will to help other countries during the coronavirus crisis and pass through the crisis in co-operation with others, stated Slovak President Zuzana Caputova on a social network on Friday, the 16th anniversary of Slovakia’s accession to the EU. “I

Chief Hygienist Lifts Ban on Shopping for Elderly Outside Special Hours

Chief Hygienist Lifts Ban on Shopping for Elderly Outside Special Hours

Bratislava, April 24 (TASR) – During the coronavirus outbreak the elderly will again be allowed to shop also outside the special hours designated for them between 9-11 a.m. on work days after chief hygienist Jan Mikas had to face an avalanche of complaints, mainly from working elderly people, TASR learnt

Five Ex-MPs Who Occupied Podium with Cake to Lose Half of April Salaries

Five Ex-MPs Who Occupied Podium with Cake to Lose Half of April Salaries

Bratislava, April 23 (TASR) – Former MPs Martin Poliacik, Jozef Mihal, Simona Petrik, Viera Dubacova and Alan Suchanek, who occupied the podium in Parliament day and night before and after being instructed to leave the chamber by then parliamentary chairman Andrej Danko in February, will be stripped of half of their

Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – If the new government, now in office for a month, doesn’t succeed with anything else than changing the way of how prosecutor-general is elected, it will have nevertheless accomplished its fundamental mission, said Parliamentary Vice-chairman Juraj Seliga (For the People) during a debate in the

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The government-imposed special shopping hours for the elderly, now shortened by an hour to 9-11 a.m. on work days, mean that people aged 65 and more are forbidden to shop at any other time, said Slovakia’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas after a meeting of

Oral Bait Vaccines against Rabies for Foxes to Be Dropped from Aircraft

Oral Bait Vaccines against Rabies for Foxes to Be Dropped from Aircraft

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Oral vaccination of foxes against rabies will be carried out in Slovakia on April 20-30 by dropping more than 360,000 bait vaccines from aircraft, the Agriculture Ministry announced on Monday. Foxes have been vaccinated in Slovakia this way since 1994, with rabies being recorded in

Analyst: Unemployment Not So Bad Yet, But It's Going to Deteriorate

Analyst: Unemployment Not So Bad Yet, But It's Going to Deteriorate

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Unemployment in Slovakia rose by 0.14 percentage points month-on-month in March to 5.19 percent, with employers’ demand for new staff coming to an almost complete standstill, said UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Monday. “Unemployment rose as early as in the first month since