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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Court Sentences Hooligans from Venturska St. to Six Months in Prison

Court Sentences Hooligans from Venturska St. to Six Months in Prison

Bratislava, July 14 (TASR) – Four Dutchmen and three Poles who took part in fighting in the centre of Bratislava earlier this week have been sentenced to six months in prison, after which they will be banned from entering Slovakia for three years, Bratislava Regional Court spokesman Pavol Adamciak told TASR

Canoeist Petrusova Wins Gold Medal at Junior European Championship in Racice

Canoeist Petrusova Wins Gold Medal at Junior European Championship in Racice

Racice, July 13 (TASR) – Slovak athlete Mariana Petrusova won the gold medal in women’s U23 K1 1000 metres A final at the 2019 Junior and U23 Canoe Sprint European Championship in Racice, the Czech Republic, on Saturday. This is already the second medal that the nineteen-years-old canoeist has brought

Slovakia to Preside over WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2024

Slovakia to Preside over WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2024

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Slovakia will preside over the 74th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe in 2024, according to a document submitted by the Health Ministry for interdepartmental review. This will be Slovakia’s first WHO presidency. Presidency-related expenditures are estimated at €1.

Caputova OKs Manadatory Pre-school Education by Signing Bill

Caputova OKs Manadatory Pre-school Education by Signing Bill

Bratislava, July 10 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova has approved the introduction of compulsory pre-school education for all five-year-old children by signing an amendment to the Education Act. The amendment introduces lower qualification requirements for people who educate their children at home. The originally proposed university education in teaching has been

OSCE Foreign Affairs Ministers Holding Talks in High Tatras

OSCE Foreign Affairs Ministers Holding Talks in High Tatras

Strbske Pleso, July 9 (TASR) – How to guarantee stability in Europe and beyond its borders and how to draw lessons from past conflicts and choose ways of preventing them – these issues are high on the agenda of plenary talks taking place within an informal meeting of foreign affairs ministers from

Together Party Would Focus on Education and Health in Future Gov't

Together Party Would Focus on Education and Health in Future Gov't

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – A more educated Slovakia, the modernisation of democracy, independent police and improving the condition of the Slovak health-care sector – these are just some of the priorities that the extra-parliamentary Together-Civic Democracy party would focus on if it formed part of the future government. At a news

Foreign Affairs Ministry: Slovakia Has Risen in FutureBrand Country Index

Foreign Affairs Ministry: Slovakia Has Risen in FutureBrand Country Index

Bratislava, July 4 (TASR) – Slovakia was ranked 35th in the ‘FutureBrand Country Index 2019’, i.e. in terms of building a brand for the country, an improvement of 24 places since 2014, the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry has told TASR. In fact, Slovakia has seen the biggest improvement in