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President: Slovakia Wounded, We Need to Calm Situation

President: Slovakia Wounded, We Need to Calm Situation

(RTVS, ‘O 5 minut 12’, June 13) Slovakia is wounded; it has experienced a historically unprecedented event, that is the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, President Zuzana Caputova said on RTVS’s discussion programme ‘O 5 minut 12’ (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday, adding that the country needs

Sulik: SaS Stands Behind Heger's Cabinet, We Hope that Election Will Be in 2024

Sulik: SaS Stands Behind Heger's Cabinet, We Hope that Election Will Be in 2024

Pezinok, June 12 (TASR) – The coalition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party stands fully behind the Government, led by Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO), and it fully supports all its members, SaS leader and Economy Minister Richard Sulik stated at the SaS party congress in Pezinok (Bratislava region) on Saturday. Sulik

Lengvarsky: Remaining Vaccines Will Be Sold, Donated or Destroyed

Lengvarsky: Remaining Vaccines Will Be Sold, Donated or Destroyed

Michalovce, June 11 (TASR) – If some COVID-19 vaccines are left over, they can be sold, donated or destroyed as biological material, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) said on Friday when visiting eastern Slovakia. Regarding the vaccination with the unregistered Sputnik V vaccine, he will assess it only after

New Mosquito Species, Aedes Japonicus Japonicus, Appears in Slovakia

New Mosquito Species, Aedes Japonicus Japonicus, Appears in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – Monitoring of invasive species of mosquito in 2020 showed that a new species – the originally Asian mosquito Aedes japonicus japonicus – had appeared in Slovakia, Zuzana Vetrecin Ceplikova, PR manager of the Biomedical Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) told TASR on Friday. The occurrence

Presence of Colombian Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Presence of Colombian Variant of Novel Coronavirus Confirmed in Slovakia

Bratislava, June 11 (TASR) – Laboratories in Slovakia have confirmed the presence of a new, so-called Colombian variant of novel coronavirus in the country, TASR learnt from Public Health Authority (UVZ) spokesperson Dasa Rackova on Friday. “We’ve identified three cases as being of the so-called Colombian, i.e. B.1.

Supreme Court Extends Kajetan K.'s Custody Period until October 21

Supreme Court Extends Kajetan K.'s Custody Period until October 21

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) – The Supreme Court has extended the period of custody for ex-head of the State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR) Kajetan K. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] until October 21, 2021, Supreme Court spokesperson Alexandra Vazanova told TASR on Thursday. Based on a prosecutor’s appeal, the

Herak Gives Up Seat in Parliament, Denies Charges

Herak Gives Up Seat in Parliament, Denies Charges

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) – I’ve yielded my seat in Parliament, Independent MP Jan Herak told a press conference on Wednesday. Herak is facing charges of sexual abuse of a minor. With his decision he wants to protect his family, denying the charges. Herak says that the media have made