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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Matovic: I Think Border Rules with Czech Republic Should Be Tightened

Matovic: I Think Border Rules with Czech Republic Should Be Tightened

Bratislava, October 8 (TASR) – The question of tightening up border regulations has arisen in connection with developments in the coronavirus outbreak in the Czech Republic, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) on Thursday, adding that he personally thinks that measures should be made stricter and exemptions when crossing borders revised.

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Vysny Komarnik, October 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic and Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (both OLaNO) commemorated the victims of WWII on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Battle of the Dukla Pass at the Dukla memorial and in the town of Svidnik (Presov region) on Tuesday. Official

Slovakia Plans to Increase Recycling Rate to 55 percent by 2026

Slovakia Plans to Increase Recycling Rate to 55 percent by 2026

Bratislava, October 5 (TASR) – Slovakia plans to increase the proportion of municipal waste recycled from 39 percent to 50 percent, and it should even reach 55 percent by 2026, according to the national integrated reform plan called ‘A Modern and Successful Slovakia’ presented by the Finance Ministry at a news

Matovic Would Like to See Lukashenko on EU's Sanction List As Well

Matovic Would Like to See Lukashenko on EU's Sanction List As Well

Brussels, October 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) said following a two-day EU summit in Brussels on Friday that he would like Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to be on the sanctions list agreed upon by EU leaders on Thursday (October 1). “Many people, including me, would like to see

Matovic Denies Merger of State Social- and Health-insurance Companies

Matovic Denies Merger of State Social- and Health-insurance Companies

Bratislava, October 1 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) at a news conference held at the Government Office on Thursday denied that state-run social-insurance company Socialna poistovna is set to merge with state-run health-insurance company Vseobecna zdravotna poistovna (VsZP). “I’ve never said anything of the kind. I regret this

Robert Sorl Appointed as Constitutional Court Judge

Robert Sorl Appointed as Constitutional Court Judge

Bratislava, September 30 (TASR) – Robert Sorl has become a new judge of the Constitutional Court after President Zuzana Caputova appointed him to the post on Wednesday. Sorl was elected by Parliament as a candidate for the post along with Miloslav Babjak. The president in her speech praised the fact that

Korcok Welcomes Expansion of Digital Coalition Activities to New States

Korcok Welcomes Expansion of Digital Coalition Activities to New States

Bratislava, September 29 (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok (a Freedom and Solidarity/SaS nominee) is pleased that the activities of the Digital Coalition have been expanded to include Belarus, Moldova and Uzbekistan, the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s press department has told TASR. Korcok said this when launching