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PM Admits to Plagiarism, But Will Resign Only after Keeping Promises

PM Admits to Plagiarism, But Will Resign Only after Keeping Promises

Bratislava, July 16 (TASR) – I apologise to all honest students who didn’t cheat during their studies, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) wrote on a social network on Thursday in response to media coverage about his master’s thesis, confessing that he himself engaged in deception during his studies and

Korcok: Slovakia Both Red and Green in UK, We See Lack of Coordination

Korcok: Slovakia Both Red and Green in UK, We See Lack of Coordination

Bratislava, July 16 (TASR) – The UK has two lists indicating the level of risk posed by countries vis-a-vis coronavirus, Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok (an SaS nominee) stated at a press conference on Thursday, explaining that while the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has listed Slovakia as a ‘green’ or

Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Analysis: 51.5 percent of Recent Coronavirus Cases in Slovakia Imported

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – As many as 51.5 percent of the registered coronavirus infections in Slovakia between June 1-July 8 were imported from abroad, while 69 percent of the 363 cases were asymptomatic, stated Banska Bystrica Regional Public Health Authority epidemiologists Maria Avdicova and Jana Namesna in an analysis.

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Government Refuses to Buy National Football Stadium from Kmotrik

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – The state won’t buy the recently built National Football Stadium in Bratislava from businessman Ivan Kmotrik, Deputy Prime Minister for Legislation Stefan Holy (We Are Family) announced after a Government meeting on Wednesday. Holy said that contracts from 2013 and 2016 that would have paved

Mission and Tasks of Government Pandemic Commission Greenlighted

Mission and Tasks of Government Pandemic Commission Greenlighted

Bratislava, July 15 (TASR) – At its regular session on Wednesday the Government approved a document drawn up on the initiative of the Health Ministry, stipulating the mission, tasks, rules for activities and organisational structure of the Government Pandemic Commission. According to the ministry’s document, the commission is an inter-departmental

Mikulec: State Making Steps to Prepare for Second Wave of Coronavirus

Mikulec: State Making Steps to Prepare for Second Wave of Coronavirus

Bratislava, July 14 (TASR) – Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) stated on Tuesday after a session of the central crisis management team that the state is preparing for a possible second wave of coronavirus outbreak in Slovakia as well as a scenario in which the coronavirus situation in Slovakia gets worse.

MPs around Pellegrini Call for Minimum Wage Growth and 13th Pensions

MPs around Pellegrini Call for Minimum Wage Growth and 13th Pensions

Bratislava, July 14 (TASR) – Defectors from the opposition Smer-SD party, who have formed a group around Peter Pellegrini, (Independent) have called on the current Government not to change the formula for calculating the minimum wage if the social partners fail to agree on it, and to find the money to