Domestic Policies

Matovic: National Testing for Coronavirus to be on Saturday-Sunday

Bratislava, October 26 (TASR) – Across-the-board testing of Slovakia’s population for coronavirus will take place this coming Saturday and Sunday, the Central Crisis Management Team decided on Monday, according to Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO).

“I’m very happy that the pilot testing [in the four hardest-hit districts this past weekend] confirmed its sense and it makes us hopeful that the operation during the upcoming weekend will help us to identify tens of thousands of infectious people. We’ll ask them and their families to stay in isolation for the following ten days, so that they don’t infect others,” said Matovic.
Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) said that he believes that the testing will catch most of the infected and it will thus help to reverse the coronavirus spread in Slovakia.

According to Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO), the Central Crisis Management Team will decide next week whether there will also be a second round of national testing.

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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