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Michaela Kovacova

Michaela Kovacova

Kollar Wants to Deal with Referendum-related Legislative Change in July

Kollar Wants to Deal with Referendum-related Legislative Change in July

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar (We Are Family) has posted on a social network that he wants to include in the special July House session a procedural proposal to change legislation in order to enable a referendum on a snap election to be announced. Kollar claims this

Lengvarsky: Antigen Tests Won't Be Free of Charge Any More

Lengvarsky: Antigen Tests Won't Be Free of Charge Any More

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – Antigen tests for COVID-19 will never be free of charge again, said Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) following the Cabinet session on Wednesday, adding that a certain number of PCR tests per month might be made available for free, however. The health minister said

Total of 6,697 Suspected Adverse Reactions to COVID Vaccines So Far

Total of 6,697 Suspected Adverse Reactions to COVID Vaccines So Far

Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – A total of 6,697 cases of suspected adverse reactions to vaccines against COVID-19 had been reported in Slovakia up to Wednesday (June 30), the State Institute for Drug Supervision (SUKL) has noted on its website, adding that 564 of these cases were serious, making up

Lengvarsky Supports Vaccination Lottery, Finds Any Motivation Good

Lengvarsky Supports Vaccination Lottery, Finds Any Motivation Good

Dolny Kubin, July 1 (TASR) – Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) told a news conference in Dolny Kubin (Zilina region) on Thursday that he supports the so-called vaccination lottery, as he views any motivation as good. “It doesn’t matter whether people are motivated by the possibility to travel,

Jozef Kiss to Be New Chief of Agricultural Payment Agency

Jozef Kiss to Be New Chief of Agricultural Payment Agency

Bratislava, June 30 (TASR) – Jozef Kiss will be the new general director of the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) as of July 1, Agriculture Minister Samuel Vlcan (an OLaNO nominee) announced during the Cabinet session on Wednesday. At the same time, the agriculture minister dismissed the present PPA chief Jaroslav Janos

Krcmery Expects Next Wave of Pandemic to Come in August

Krcmery Expects Next Wave of Pandemic to Come in August

Bratislava, June 28 (TASR) – The next wave of the coronavirus pandemic might come in August, along with the return of holidaymakers from abroad, said tropical medicine expert Vladimir Krcmery during the session of the Central Crisis Management Team on Monday. Krcmery expects Slovakia to get ‘back to normal’ in September

MFA: Slovak Woman among Victims of Thunderstorms and Tornado in Moravia

MFA: Slovak Woman among Victims of Thunderstorms and Tornado in Moravia

Brno/Bratislava, June 25 (TASR) – A Slovak national was among victims of intense thunderstorms and a tornado that hit some villages in South Moravia on Thursday evening (June 24), Foreign Affairs Ministry’s spokesman Juraj Tomaga confirmed for TASR on Friday. “Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok is expressing his sincere