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Groehling: Schools Won't Be Closed Across the Board, Tests Won't Be Needed

Groehling: Schools Won't Be Closed Across the Board, Tests Won't Be Needed

Bratislava, August 17 (TASR) – In the new school year schools won’t be closed in blanket fashion, nor will tests for novel coronavirus be required, Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) told a press conference on Tuesday. If a positive case occurs, only the class concerned will be

High Winds Destroy Children's Campsite, Killing Seven-year-old Boy

High Winds Destroy Children's Campsite, Killing Seven-year-old Boy

Turcek, August 17 (TASR) – A summer campsite near the village of Turcek (Zilina region) was destroyed by high winds on Monday night, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring seven other children, TASR learnt from Michal Kypus of the Zilina Firefighter and Emergency Corps (HaZZ) on Tuesday. A total of 104

Transport Ministry Launches Third Stage of Aid Scheme for Tourism Sector

Transport Ministry Launches Third Stage of Aid Scheme for Tourism Sector

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – The Transport Ministry is launching the third stage of aid to the tourism sector under the so-called minimal aid scheme as of Tuesday (August 17), Transport Ministry State Secretary Katarina Brunckova announced at a news conference held on Monday with representatives of the segments concerned in

Survey: Over 66 Percent of People Support Vaccination, One in Five Reject It

Survey: Over 66 Percent of People Support Vaccination, One in Five Reject It

Bratislava, August 16 (TASR) – Over 66 percent of Slovaks are in favour of vaccination, with 11 percent considering it and one in five people rejecting inoculation against COVID-19, according to an AKO poll on vaccination and anti-pandemic measures ordered by the co-governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party and presented by

Premier: Kaliste Shows that Living in Peace Is Not Matter of Course

Premier: Kaliste Shows that Living in Peace Is Not Matter of Course

Banska Bystrica, August 14 (TASR) – The burnt down village of Kaliste (Banska Bystrica region) shows that living in peace is not a matter of course, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said on Saturday in a speech he delivered at an event called Meeting of Generations in Kaliste. “This is a

OLaNO: Police Findings of Criminal Group Under Smer-SD Gov'ts Not Surprising

OLaNO: Police Findings of Criminal Group Under Smer-SD Gov'ts Not Surprising

Bratislava, August 13 (TASR) – The latest findings that an organised criminal group was supposedly operating in 2015-20 at the Interior Ministry under the tenures of ex-ministers Robert Kalinak (2012-18) and Denisa Sakova (2018-20) are “disgusting and disconcerting, but far from surprising”, coalition’s OLaNO party told TASR on Friday. The

Sakova: I'm Shocked to Learn a Criminal Group Operated at My Ministry

Sakova: I'm Shocked to Learn a Criminal Group Operated at My Ministry

Bratislava, August 13 (TASR) – Ex-interior minister and MP Denisa Sakova (independent) is shocked by the police findings that an organised criminal group operated at the Interior Ministry during her tenure in 2018-20, TASR learnt on Friday. Sakova is also surprised that cooperating defendant Peter “Tiger” T. [name abbreviated due to