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Slovakia to Preside over WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2024

Slovakia to Preside over WHO Regional Committee for Europe in 2024

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Slovakia will preside over the 74th session of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe in 2024, according to a document submitted by the Health Ministry for interdepartmental review. This will be Slovakia’s first WHO presidency. Presidency-related expenditures are estimated at €1.

Pellegrini: Bratislava Will Have New State University Hospital

Pellegrini: Bratislava Will Have New State University Hospital

Bratislava, April 24 (TASR) – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini stated after talks with financial group Penta that the state still has an interest in building a new university hospital in Bratislava, adding that either it will be built on the site of the shell of the unfinished Razsochy hospital in the

First-time Voters in Liptovske Klacany "Educated" with Shot of Brandy

First-time Voters in Liptovske Klacany "Educated" with Shot of Brandy

Liptovske Klacany, March 16 (TASR) – For years first-time voters in the village of Liptovske Klacany (Zilina region), pop. 400, have been “educated” in elections by receiving a shot of home-made brandy, the local mayor Jan Holly told TASR during the presidential elections held across Slovakia on Saturday. According to Holly,

24/7 Crisis Line for Mental Health Issues to Be Launched after 12 Years

24/7 Crisis Line for Mental Health Issues to Be Launched after 12 Years

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – A telephone line providing service to people with psychological problems 24 hours a day and 365 days a year will be put into operation next year after 12 years of standstill, partly thanks to help from Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini who promised to allocate the missing

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