Domestic Policies

Former President Kovac out of Life-threatening Danger, Still Hospitalised

Bratislava, March 5 (TASR) – Former President Michal Kovac is in stable condition and out of life-threatening danger but remains in hospital in the Bratislava borough of Ruzinov where he was admitted earlier on Saturday.

Bratislava University Hospital (UNB) spokesperson Petra Stano Matasovska on the same day

Spokesperson Petra Stano Matasovska of Bratislava University Hospital, which is the umbrella organisation for five hospitals located throughout the capital, hasn’t commented on the reasons for Kovac’s hospitalisation. “We are respecting the wish of his family,” said Stano Matasovska.

Kovac was the first President of independent Slovakia, serving his office in 1993-98. He celebrated his 85th birthday in August and has been hospitalised quite frequently recently and has been suffering from Parkinson’s disease for some time.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

President Appoints Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister

President Zuzana Caputova appointed Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister on Friday.

Premier: Youth in Slovakia Becoming Radicalised, Mainly Online

Young people in Slovakia are becoming radicalised, chiefly online, Premier Ludovit Odor and Interior Minister Ivan Simko told the media following a Security Council meeting on Wednesday.

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