Domestic Policies

President Visits Hospital where She Gave Birth to Daughter 15 Years Ago

Bratislava, December 24 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Christmas Eve visited the maternity department of the Bratislava-Ruzinov hospital, where she gave birth to her second daughter almost 15 years ago.

“I wanted to come to say ‘thank you’ to people who have to be on duty today, spending Christmas not with their families, but serving to other people,” said Caputova.

The president spent some time with the hospital staff and several mothers with newly born babies, she even took some of them in her arms.

Caputova was also due to visit paramedics in Bratislava and a town police station in her hometown of Pezinok (Bratislava region) on Christmas Eve.

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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