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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Eleventh Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, All V4 Countries Can Join This Year

Eleventh Annual IT Fitness Test Begins, All V4 Countries Can Join This Year

Bratislava, April 26 (TASR) – The IT Fitness Test, aimed at testing the digital skills of pupils, students, teachers and the broader public in Slovakia, started on Tuesday and will last until July 31, Mario Lelovsky, vice-president of Slovakia’s IT Association and chairman of the Digital Coalition, told a news

Former Zvolen Mayor Vladimir Manka to Run for Post Again

Former Zvolen Mayor Vladimir Manka to Run for Post Again

Zvolen, April 25 (TASR) – Former Zvolen mayor Vladimir Manka confirmed for TASR on Monday that he will re-run for the post in the local elections due to be held this autumn. Manka said he decided to run for the post due to a strong social order by citizens, as well

AKO Poll: Voice-SD Top, Followed by Smer-SD and SaS

AKO Poll: Voice-SD Top, Followed by Smer-SD and SaS

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in March, it would have been won by the extra-parliamentary Voice-SD party on 18.9 percent of the votes, a poll carried out by AKO agency for TV Joj revealed on Thursday (April 21). Voice-SD would have been followed by

Gov't to Spend Some €1.3 bn in Two Years to Help People Deal with Inflation

Gov't to Spend Some €1.3 bn in Two Years to Help People Deal with Inflation

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The Government plans to spend €260 million to help people deal with extreme price growth this year, while the figure should be over €1 billion next year, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) announced at a news conference on Thursday. “We’re presenting both one-off and systemic

Respiratory Masks and Quarantine No Longer Mandatory as of Thursday

Respiratory Masks and Quarantine No Longer Mandatory as of Thursday

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – According to new rules, people will only have to wear respiratory masks in hospitals and care homes as of Thursday (April 21), Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) announced following the Cabinet session on Wednesday. Mandatory quarantine following contact with a coronavirus-positive person will be

Human-rights Committee on Ukraine Won't Happen, Russian Ambassador Won't Come

Human-rights Committee on Ukraine Won't Happen, Russian Ambassador Won't Come

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – A special session of the parliamentary human rights committee, to which MPs summoned Russian Ambassador to Slovakia Igor Bratchikov, won’t take place, committee vice-chair Peter Pollak (OLaNO) told TASR on Tuesday. MPs wanted to ask Bratchikov about the circumstances of news on civilians killed in

Caputova: Camp Zilina Model Example of Well-functioning Aid System

Caputova: Camp Zilina Model Example of Well-functioning Aid System

Zilina, April 14 (TASR) – Camp Zilina is a model example of a well-functioning aid system for people who have fled Ukraine for Slovakia after the war broke out, said President Zuzana Caputova following her visit to Zilina Camp and talks with figures from the region on Wednesday (April 13). “It