Domestic Policies

Former President Michal Kovac Hospitalised

Bratislava, March 5 (TASR) – Former Slovak President Michal Kovac was taken to hospital in the Bratislava borough of Ruzinov on Saturday, TV Markiza reported on its website on the same day.

“The 85-year-old patient was transported to Ruzinov hospital,” Emergency Medical Service Operational Centre (OSZZS) spokesman Boris Chmel told TASR.

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.

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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