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Slovakia Doesn't Have to Compensate Shareholder of Union ZP Health Insurer

Slovakia Doesn't Have to Compensate Shareholder of Union ZP Health Insurer

Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) – Slovakia has won a nearly-ten-year dispute with Achmea that concerned the ban on health insurance company profits as the German supreme court cancelled on Thursday the arbitration decision against Slovakia, meaning that Slovakia does not have to indemnify the shareholder of Union ZP health insurer, TASR

Slovak Medical Start-up Succeeds at Central European Start-up Competition

Slovak Medical Start-up Succeeds at Central European Start-up Competition

Bratislava, October 29 (TASR) – The Slovak-American start-up MultiplexDX, which deals with cancer diagnostics, has succeeded in the regional grand finale of the Central European Start-up Awards (CESAwards) competition in Poland by winning the Best Social Impact category within the Central and Eastern Europe region, TASR learnt on Monday. After celebrating

V4 Health Ministries Discuss Lack of Personnel

V4 Health Ministries Discuss Lack of Personnel

High Tatras, October 23 (TASR) – Slovak Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) has met representatives of health ministries of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary) at a two day summit in the High Tatra mountains (Presov region) in order to discuss current issues

INEKO: Slovakia's Best Hospitals are in Banska Bystrica and Stara Lubovna

INEKO: Slovakia's Best Hospitals are in Banska Bystrica and Stara Lubovna

Bratislava, October 8 (TASR) – F. D. Roosevelt Faculty Hospital in Banska Bystrica and Stara Lubovna Hospital (Presov region) are the best hospitals in Slovakia this year, according to an evaluation of health-care facilities carried out by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO), TASR learnt from INEKO analyst Dusan

Health Ministry Wants to Motivate Young Doctors to Remain in Slovakia

Health Ministry Wants to Motivate Young Doctors to Remain in Slovakia

Bratislava, July 23 (TASR) – The Health Ministry is looking for positive ways to motivate graduates of medical faculties to stay in Slovakia after their studies, stated ministry spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova in response to the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party’s proposal that graduates of medicine working abroad long term

Kalavska: Bratislava University Hospital to Get €30mn for Reconstruction

Kalavska: Bratislava University Hospital to Get €30mn for Reconstruction

Bratislava, May 29 (TASR) – As much as €15 million will be allocated for the reconstruction of Bratislava University Hospital (UNB), while another €15 million will be designated for purchasing hospital equipment, stated Health Minister Andrea Kalavska (a Smer-SD nominee) at a briefing on Tuesday with Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)

Slovak Rum Gets Temporary Exemption from Cancer-related Ban in EU

Slovak Rum Gets Temporary Exemption from Cancer-related Ban in EU

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – Slovakia and the Czech Republic have been given a five-year transitory period for using the recipe of a local sugar-beet rum, called since the two countries’ accession to the European Union in 2004 as ‘tuzemak’ or ‘tuzemsky um’, after the EU recently banned the use of