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Heger: Pandemic Measures to Be Eased Beginning as of February 28

Heger: Pandemic Measures to Be Eased Beginning as of February 28

Bratislava, February 16 (TASR) – Pandemic measures in Slovakia will start to be eased as of February 28, said Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) before the Government session on Wednesday. The OTP, OP and OP+ modes will be scrapped as part of the first stage of easing. Capacities for low- and medium-risk

UVZ Cancels Quarantine for People from Neighbouring States Threatened by War

UVZ Cancels Quarantine for People from Neighbouring States Threatened by War

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – The Public Health Office (UVZ) is to cancel as of Wednesday (February 16) mandatory quarantine for people entering Slovakia from a neighbouring country in which immediately before their arrival they were exposed to a threat during a national or international armed conflict, TASR learnt from UVZ

Gov't: Non-essential Stores Should Operate in 'Basic' Mode

Gov't: Non-essential Stores Should Operate in 'Basic' Mode

Bratislava, February 10 (TASR) – Non-essential stores should operate in ‘basic’ mode [with non-vaccinated people allowed to enter – ed. note], the Government recommended to Slovakia’s Chief Hygienist Jan Mikas at its online meeting on Thursday. Non-essential stores are currently in the OP mode [available to vaccinated and those who recovered

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Thermal Spa in Podhajska Reopens to Public After More Than Year

Podhajska, January 27 (TASR) – The thermal spa facility in Podhajska (Nitra region) will reopen to the public for the first time in more than a year on Friday (February 28), TASR has learnt from Roman Ivan, mayor of Podhajska, the spa’s owner. “A demanding legislative process has been successfully

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Powers Might Not Bring Positive Results, Claims Jurzyca

CoFoE: Stronger EMA Powers Might Not Bring Positive Results, Claims Jurzyca

Strasbourg/Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – There is a risk that strengthening the powers of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) might bring increased bureaucracy and no positive outcome, reads a statement by Slovak MEP Eugen Jurzyca provided to TASR by the European Parliament’s (EP) press department on Thursday. Jurzyca was

Korcok: My Aim Is to Make CoFoE Resonate Much More Strongly in Slovakia

Korcok: My Aim Is to Make CoFoE Resonate Much More Strongly in Slovakia

Bratislava, January 27 (TASR) – The aim of the Foreign Affairs Ministry is to make the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) resonate much more strongly in the Slovak political space and to add a strong Slovak impulse to the debate on what kind of EU we want in the

CoFoE: Hajsel: Expansion of EMA's Powers Must Increase Transparency

CoFoE: Hajsel: Expansion of EMA's Powers Must Increase Transparency

Strasbourg, January 27 (TASR) – The approved measures must not only accelerate individual processes but also boost transparency in the conduct of clinical trials and approval of certificates needed to place medicines on the market, Slovak MEP Robert Hajsel has stated in reaction to the European Parliament’s approval of a