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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

KDH: Human Body Exhibition Should Be Banned, It's Unethical and Illegal

KDH: Human Body Exhibition Should Be Banned, It's Unethical and Illegal

A human body exhibition set to be held again in Slovakia in August is unethical and unlawful, claims the extra-parliamentary Christian Democrats (KDH), who call for the exhibition to be banned, KDH spokesman Stano Zupa told TASR on Sunday. At the same time, KDH will call on the Government and

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

High Tatras, August 5 (TASR) – As many as 19,227 tourists came through the alpine environment of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) in High Tatras on Wednesday (August 2), according to results of the latest visitor census annually organised by TANAP State Forest. Among the most numerous groups were Slovaks,

Jaroslav Reznik New General Director of RTVS as of Wednesday

Jaroslav Reznik New General Director of RTVS as of Wednesday

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) – Jaroslav Reznik has taken over the post of general director of public broadcaster Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS) as of Wednesday, thus replacing Vaclav Mika in this post. So-far general director of TASR news agency was elected to the post in a secret second-round vote in

Girl Brought from Egypt by Interior Ministry Doesn't Have Exotic Disease

Girl Brought from Egypt by Interior Ministry Doesn't Have Exotic Disease

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Results of clinical tests have definitively confirmed that a 13-month-old girl who was flown by the Interior Ministry back to Slovakia from Egypt on Saturday (July 29) does not have any exotic disease, Health Ministry spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova confirmed for TASR on Monday. “The little girl

KOZ: Subsistence Minimum Growth in Slovakia Insufficient

KOZ: Subsistence Minimum Growth in Slovakia Insufficient

Bratislava, July 14 (TASR) – The subsistence minimum in Slovakia is insufficient, with a number of benefits recipients thus finding themselves at risk of poverty, Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) representatives told a news conference on Friday. According to them, this is the case even though the subsistence minimum was increased for

PAS: LSNS Programme Would Harm Economy and Living Standards

PAS: LSNS Programme Would Harm Economy and Living Standards

Bratislava, July 13 (TASR) – Some measures included in the programme of the far-right Kotleba-People’s Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) would harm the country economically and lower living standards, Slovak Business Alliance (PAS) executive director Peter Kremsky told TASR on Thursday, adding that the programme lacks a clear concept and is

SaS Calls on Plavcan to Examine Distribution of European Funds for R&D

SaS Calls on Plavcan to Examine Distribution of European Funds for R&D

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity Party (SaS) is calling on Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Peter Plavcan (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) to immediately examine the reasons why neither Slovak universities, nor the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) have received any money from the almost