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Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Seliga: Main Job of Gov't Is to Change Election of Prosecutor-General

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – If the new government, now in office for a month, doesn’t succeed with anything else than changing the way of how prosecutor-general is elected, it will have nevertheless accomplished its fundamental mission, said Parliamentary Vice-chairman Juraj Seliga (For the People) during a debate in the

Ciznar Agrees With Proposal to Remand Kajetan K. in Custody

Ciznar Agrees With Proposal to Remand Kajetan K. in Custody

Bratislava, April 22 (TASR) – Prosecutor-General Jaromir Ciznar agreed with the proposal of the prosecutor of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (USP) who submitted to him a request to issue an agreement to remand the former head of the State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR), for legal reasons identified only as Kajetan

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Chief Hygienist: Elderly Banned from Shopping Outside Special Hours

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The government-imposed special shopping hours for the elderly, now shortened by an hour to 9-11 a.m. on work days, mean that people aged 65 and more are forbidden to shop at any other time, said Slovakia’s chief hygienist Jan Mikas after a meeting of

Caputova: Our Lives to Be More Similar to Those before Crisis as of Wednesday

Caputova: Our Lives to Be More Similar to Those before Crisis as of Wednesday

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova welcomes the fact that following several weeks of strict safety measures related to the coronavirus outbreak, Slovakia already knows the outlines of their gradual easing. The head of the country posted this on a social network in reaction to the phases of loosening

NAKA Carrying Out Raid in Central Slovakia in Relation to Corruption in SSHR

NAKA Carrying Out Raid in Central Slovakia in Relation to Corruption in SSHR

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The National Crime Agency (NAKA) has been active in Zilina and Banska Bystrica regions since the early morning on Tuesday as part of an operation codenamed ‘Reserves in Central Slovakia’, carrying out detaining activities in connection with corruption offences from the environment of the State Material

Oral Bait Vaccines against Rabies for Foxes to Be Dropped from Aircraft

Oral Bait Vaccines against Rabies for Foxes to Be Dropped from Aircraft

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Oral vaccination of foxes against rabies will be carried out in Slovakia on April 20-30 by dropping more than 360,000 bait vaccines from aircraft, the Agriculture Ministry announced on Monday. Foxes have been vaccinated in Slovakia this way since 1994, with rabies being recorded in

Analyst: Unemployment Not So Bad Yet, But It's Going to Deteriorate

Analyst: Unemployment Not So Bad Yet, But It's Going to Deteriorate

Bratislava, April 20 (TASR) – Unemployment in Slovakia rose by 0.14 percentage points month-on-month in March to 5.19 percent, with employers’ demand for new staff coming to an almost complete standstill, said UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Monday. “Unemployment rose as early as in the first month since