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PM: If Sectors Hit by Lockdown Do Mass Testing, Restrictions Could Be Eased

PM: If Sectors Hit by Lockdown Do Mass Testing, Restrictions Could Be Eased

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – Restaurants, gyms, schools and religious communities could organise mass testing for coronavirus with the use of antigen tests, and they then would be allowed to open under specific conditions, while letting in only people with a negative test, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLANO) on Tuesday

KDH Calls on Gov't to Find Ways to Allow Higher Church Attendance

KDH Calls on Gov't to Find Ways to Allow Higher Church Attendance

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – The extra-parliamentary Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) has called on the Government to seek, through a dialogue with Churches, a rational solution to allow a higher number of believers to attend religious services under adherence to strict rules, as the current limit of six people practically prevents

Over Third of Slovak Population Feels Big Threat from Coronavirus

Over Third of Slovak Population Feels Big Threat from Coronavirus

Bratislava, November 10 (TASR) – More than a third (35.3 percent) of the Slovak population feels very threatened by the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of a survey called ‘How Are You, Slovakia?’ conducted at the turn of October and November. The survey has been monitoring the attitudes

Supreme Court: Land under U.S. Steel Doesn't Belong to Kosice, but Sokolany

Supreme Court: Land under U.S. Steel Doesn't Belong to Kosice, but Sokolany

Kosice, November 9 (TASR) – The 700-hectare land under U.S. Steel in eastern Slovakia doesn’t belong to Kosice, but to the village of Sokolany, the Supreme Court decided on Monday, thereby confirming a verdict of the Kosice-okolie District Court from 2013, TASR was told by Supreme Court spokesperson Alexandra

Firefighters Launch Voluntary Coronavirus Testing in 25 Green Districts

Firefighters Launch Voluntary Coronavirus Testing in 25 Green Districts

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – Testing sites for voluntary testing for SARS-CoV-2 have been opened mostly at fire stations in 25 ‘green’ Slovak districts as of Monday, Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLANO) announced at a press conference on the same day. According to the ministry’s spokesman Petar Lazarov, the testing

Slovakia to Place Hungary, Austria and Poland on List of Red Countries

Slovakia to Place Hungary, Austria and Poland on List of Red Countries

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – Apart from the Czech Republic, also Hungary, Poland and Austria will be placed on Slovakia’s list of ‘red’ countries in terms of coronavirus spread, with this also having effects on the border regime, the Central Crisis Management Team decided on Monday. According to Prime Minister

State of Emergency in Slovakia Should Be Extended by 90 Days

State of Emergency in Slovakia Should Be Extended by 90 Days

Bratislava, November 9 (TASR) – The state of emergency in Slovakia due to the coronavirus should be extended by 90 days, the Central Crisis Management Team recommended to the Government on Monday. Slovakia will organise another round of mass testing for the coronavirus on November 21-22, but it will concern only