Domestic Policies

PM Dismisses Censure of Mikas's Decree: Opposition Has Jitters from Justice

Bratislava, December 28 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLANO) on Monday dismissed the Opposition’s complaints about Public Health Authority’s head Jan Mikas’s decree allowing even COVID-positive MPs to come to Parliament to make it possible to amend the Constitution and thereby allow the Government to repeatedly extend the state of emergency.

Matovic disagreed with criticism that the decree introduces inappropriate benefits for government politicians. On the contrary, he attacked the Opposition for “immoral displays of bashawism”, which allegedly consists in “taking €4,500 per month and doing [expletive], spending 50 hours per month, eh, at work”.

“I understand that you have the jitters that justice will knock on your door, so you need to incite the public against the Government, its measures and vaccination until your last breath,” Matovic wrote on Facebook.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

President Appoints Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister

President Zuzana Caputova appointed Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister on Friday.

Premier: Youth in Slovakia Becoming Radicalised, Mainly Online

Young people in Slovakia are becoming radicalised, chiefly online, Premier Ludovit Odor and Interior Minister Ivan Simko told the media following a Security Council meeting on Wednesday.

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