Foreign Policies

Groehling: 6,248 Ukrainian Students Placed in Slovak Schools to Date

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – A total of 6,248 Ukrainian students have been placed in the Slovak education system since February 24, Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) told a news conference on Thursday.

Of the total, 4,892 Ukrainian students have been placed in primary schools, 618 in secondary schools, and 774 in nursery schools.

According to Groehling, the highest number of students, 1,508, (24 percent) have been placed in Bratislava region. “The number of students in the remaining regions ranges between 550 and 700,” said the minister, adding that more than 80 percent of students have expressed interest in studying at state schools.

Groehling noted that 211 schools have indicated available capacities for children. The Education Ministry is currently aware of more than 6,300 vacancies at schools.

SPPK: If Farmers Aren't Taken Seriously, They Will Be Seen in Streets More Often

If farmers' demands are not taken seriously, they will be seen in the streets more often, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber chairman Emil Macho told a news conference held in front of the Parliament's building on Thursday.

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

Milan Krajniak Leader of Christian Union's Slate for EP Elections

Ex-minister of labour and former 'We Are Family' vice-chair Milan Krajniak will be the leader of the Christian Union's (KU) slate for the European Parliament (EP) elections, said KU chair Anna Zaborska when presenting the party's 14-member slate at a news conference in Zilina on Tuesday.

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