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Gov't Allocates 1,000 Soldiers to Help Health Staff Deal with Pandemic

Gov't Allocates 1,000 Soldiers to Help Health Staff Deal with Pandemic

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – Up to 1,000 soldiers will be available every day to provide the necessary medical and sanitary support to health-care facilities, according to a proposal for such assistance approved by the Cabinet at its online session on Thursday. The Government approved the assistance for a long

Testing: Round 2 to Be Held in 45 Red Districts between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Testing: Round 2 to Be Held in 45 Red Districts between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Bratislava, November 5 (TASR) – The second round of mass testing for coronavirus will take place in 45 districts this weekend (November 7 and 8), Defence Ministry spokesperson Martina Koval Kakascikova told TASR on Thursday. On Saturday, 2,805 testing sites should be open with the assistance of 2,715 testing

Myjava and Gelnica Districts: Figures from Mass COVID Testing Flawed

Myjava and Gelnica Districts: Figures from Mass COVID Testing Flawed

Myjava/Gelnica, November 3 (TASR) – The official results of the countrywide testing for coronavirus this past weekend as announced by the Armed Forces differ significantly from data presented to the military by the local authorities in Myjava district (Trencin region) and Gelnica district (Kosice region), TASR was told by Myjava

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

PM: Slovakia to Organise Repeated Mass Testing, Two Dozen Districts Exempt

Bratislava, November 2 (TASR) – Slovakia will organise a repeated mass testing for the coronavirus, but districts with positivity rates below 0.7 percent in the testing this past weekend will be exempt from the second round, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a meeting of the Central Crisis Management

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Premier and Defence Minister Honour WWII Heroes at Dukla Memorial

Vysny Komarnik, October 6 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic and Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (both OLaNO) commemorated the victims of WWII on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Battle of the Dukla Pass at the Dukla memorial and in the town of Svidnik (Presov region) on Tuesday. Official

Nad Holds Talks with German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer

Nad Holds Talks with German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer

Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) – The stances of Slovakia and Germany are similar on many matters, and the level of bilateral relations should deepen even further, said Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) following his meeting with his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Friday, stressing this is the first visit by

Nad: SIAF International Air Show Won't Take Place This Year

Nad: SIAF International Air Show Won't Take Place This Year

Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) – The Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF) won’t take place this year, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) announced at a news conference held on Tuesday with SIAF director Hubert Stoksa in attendance. The decision to cancel the air show was made in connection with the coronavirus