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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

NKU: Health Ministry and UKS Members Shirked Responsibility for Pandemic

NKU: Health Ministry and UKS Members Shirked Responsibility for Pandemic

Bratislava, April 16 (TASR) – Officials of the Health Ministry and members of the Central Crisis Management Team (UKS) were avoiding responsibility in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, leaving decisions up to the Public Health Authority (UVZ), Supreme Audit Office (NKU) vice-chair Lubomir Andrassy said on Friday in connection with an

Slovak Organisations Turn to EC over Different Approaches to School Closures

Slovak Organisations Turn to EC over Different Approaches to School Closures

Bratislava, April 15 (TASR) – There are huge differences in attitudes towards education and in how long schools have been closed in EU countries, 24 Slovak organisations have stated in a letter sent to the European Commission (EC). The authors of the letter, who represent schools, students, parents, experts in education,

Jozef Majsky Asks to Be Released on Parole

Jozef Majsky Asks to Be Released on Parole

Bratislava/Prague, April 14 (TASR) – Slovak tycoon Jozef Majsky, who has been sentenced to nine years in prison for tunnelling non-banking financial companies and is now serving his sentence in the Czech Republic, has applied to be released on parole, Prague 4 District Court vice-chair and spokesman Michal Dvorak told

Bitto Ciganikova: We Should Abandon Country-wide Antigen Testing

Bitto Ciganikova: We Should Abandon Country-wide Antigen Testing

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – It would be better for Slovakia to abandon country-wide antigen testing, said parliamentary health committee chair Jana Bitto Ciganikova (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) on Tuesday, adding that such testing should be reduced to specific cases. The coalition MP pointed to a disparity between the cost of

Warning Strike Affected Most of Kosice and Bratislava Public Transport

Warning Strike Affected Most of Kosice and Bratislava Public Transport

Kosice/Bratislava, April 12 (TASR) – An hour-long warning strike on Monday morning affected approximately 90 percent of public city transport in Kosice, with vehicles coming to a halt at terminal stops, while 60-65 percent of public transport drivers joined the voluntary strike in Bratislava, although transport to hospitals continued to

President Reappoints Krajniak as Labour Minister

President Reappoints Krajniak as Labour Minister

Bratislava, April 9 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova reappointed Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) to the post of the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family on Friday. Krajniak is thus returning to the helm of the ministry somewhat over three weeks after stepping down from the post. He unexpectedly announced his

Sputnik V Manufacturer Didn't Supply SUKL with Most of Needed Data

Sputnik V Manufacturer Didn't Supply SUKL with Most of Needed Data

Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – The manufacturer of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine didn’t provide the State Institute for Supervision of Medicines (SUKL) with approximately 80 percent of the data necessary for its evaluation, TASR has learnt from SUKL head Zuzana Batova, adding that the lack of and inconsistency of