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Martin Hospital: Two Men with Suspicion of Coronavirus Stabilised

Martin Hospital: Two Men with Suspicion of Coronavirus Stabilised

Martin, January 31 (TASR) – Two Slovaks with suspicion of having contracted the Wuhan coronavirus, who reported themselves at Zilina Hospital on Thursday evening and were transferred to a special department in Martin during the same night, are stabilised at the moment, said Katarina Kapustova from Martin University Hospital on Friday.

Environment Minister Solymos Resigns after Drunken Incident

Environment Minister Solymos Resigns after Drunken Incident

Bratislava, January 23 (TASR) – Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) on Thursday announced his resignation following his drunken behaviour at a restaurant in Bratislava on Wednesday evening. “I’m ready to be held accountable for my human failure yesterday. I’m sorry to see my four years of hard work brought

Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Visolajsky: Bill for Doctors' Education Would Only Boost Exodus

Bratislava, January 19 (TASR) – Medicine graduates are leaving Slovakia because they can hardly find vacant jobs in Slovakia, as hospitals with their current funding prefer to be frugal with staff, while there’s also a lack of experienced doctors to teach their young colleagues, said Doctors Trade Union Association (LOZ)

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Gajdos at Site of Plane Crash: Nothing Supports Conspiracy Theories

Hejce, January 19 (TASR) – The Hungarian and Slovak defence ministers, Tibor Benko and Peter Gajdos (SNS), respectively, paid tribute on Sunday to those killed when a Slovak military transport aircraft crashed near Hejce, Hungary 14 years ago. The An-24 plane carrying Slovak soldiers from the KFOR peace-keeping mission in Kosovo

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Fico: Smer Wants to Tackle Lack of Doctors in Slovakia

Banska Bystrica, January 18 (TASR) – If Smer-SD makes it into the new government following the February 29 general election, it will focus on three main issues – support for pensioners and for young families, and the growing lack of doctors in the country, said party chairman Robert Fico at a programme

Vlhova and Brignone Share World Cup Win in Giant Slalom in Sestriere

Vlhova and Brignone Share World Cup Win in Giant Slalom in Sestriere

Sestriere, January 18 (TASR) – Slovak Alpine skier Petra Vlhova and Italian Federica Brignone shared the first place in a World Cup giant slalom in Sestriere, Italy, finishing a mere one-hundredth of a second ahead of American Mikaela Shiffrin. The 24-year-old Slovak, voted the 2019 Athlete of the Year in her

Former Prosecutor-general Trnka Released from Police Cell

Former Prosecutor-general Trnka Released from Police Cell

Bratislava, January 17 (TASR) – Former prosecutor-general Dobroslav Trnka, who was arrested and interrogated by the National Crime Agency (NAKA) for over eight hours on Thursday, was released from the cell on Friday on the order of a prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office, its spokesperson Jana Tokolyova told TASR