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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Slovakia to Send €200,000 as Contribution for Coronavirus-fighting China

Slovakia to Send €200,000 as Contribution for Coronavirus-fighting China

At its regular session on Wednesday the Cabinet approved €200,000 as an increased contribution to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. “The WHO will put all such funds together and subsequently use them directly to mitigate consequences of the epidemic in China,” Prime Minister

Anthropologist Who Examined Velka Maca Recordings Testifies in Court

Anthropologist Who Examined Velka Maca Recordings Testifies in Court

Pezinok, February 3 (TASR) – Olga Petrusova, an expert in the field of forensic anthropology, told the Specialised Criminal Court senate in Pezinok (Bratislava region) during Kuciak murder trial proceedings on Monday that the people who repeatedly appear on camera recordings from Velka Maca (Trnava region) are probably the same as

Court Sentences Klinka to Eight Years in Jail for Robbery in Valko's House

Court Sentences Klinka to Eight Years in Jail for Robbery in Valko's House

Pezinok, January 31 (TASR) – A three-member senate of the district court in Pezinok (Bratislava region) approved a new plea bargain agreed between Prosecutor General’s Office prosecutor Jozef Kandera and Jaroslav Klinka, charged with robbery in the case of the murder of prominent lawyer Ernest Valko in November 2010. Based

President: Slovak Army Valued Abroad, Project Transparency Is Challenge

President: Slovak Army Valued Abroad, Project Transparency Is Challenge

Bratislava, January 30 (TASR) – Meeting Slovakia’s commitment to invest 2 percent of its GDP in defence by 2024 and the questionable level of transparency of some modernisation projects are the biggest challenges faced by the Slovak Armed Forces, said President Zuzana Caputova following a commanders meeting held by Chief-of-General-Staff

President Appoints New Slovak Ambassadors to Poland and Montenegro

President Appoints New Slovak Ambassadors to Poland and Montenegro

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – Slovakia has appointed new ambassadors to Poland and Montenegro, with President Zuzana Caputova handing over credentials to them on Wednesday. Andrej Droba will serve as Slovak ambassador to Poland in Warsaw, while Boris Gandel will head the Slovak diplomatic mission to Montenegro in Podgorica. The president

Simulated Student General Election to Be Held Between February 4-7

Simulated Student General Election to Be Held Between February 4-7

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – A simulated student general election will be held in Slovakia between February 4-7, with 59,700 secondary school students able to vote, Student Elections project organiser Natalia Zikmundova told TASR on Monday. This follows similar projects from the 2016 general election, the 2017 regional elections, the

DS Files Criminal Complaint over Incomplete Election Envelopes

DS Files Criminal Complaint over Incomplete Election Envelopes

Bratislava, January 24 (TASR) – The Democratic Party (DS) is filing a criminal complaint, stating that the preparation and course of the general election has been marred because people who applied to vote from abroad have received incomplete post. If municipal offices and the Interior Ministry fail to send ballot papers