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UVZ Allowed to Take into Account Vaccinations When Introducing Anti-COVID Measures

UVZ Allowed to Take into Account Vaccinations When Introducing Anti-COVID Measures

Bratislava, July 25 (TASR) – In the event of a threat to public health, the Public Health Office (UVZ) will be able to take into account a digital COVID pass when creating anti-pandemic measures as Parliament approved on Sunday the draft law on the protection, support and development of public health,

Kollar: We Are Family Won't Support Amendment on Using COVID Passes

Kollar: We Are Family Won't Support Amendment on Using COVID Passes

Bratislava, July 23 (TASR) – The junior coalition We Are Family party will not support in Parliament an amendment that is aimed at allowing vaccinations to be taken into account when introducing anti-COVID measures, party leader Boris Kollar told a press conference on Friday following a meeting of the We Are

Heger: Protests Part of Democracy, But They Should Be Peaceful

Heger: Protests Part of Democracy, But They Should Be Peaceful

Bratislava, July 23 (TASR) – The right to freedom of expression forms part of democracy, but demonstrations should be peaceful, as any form of aggression and attacks against the police are unacceptable, stated Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) on Friday in reaction to the protest taking place on the same day

Pollak: State Should Apologise to and Compensate Forcibly Sterilised Women

Pollak: State Should Apologise to and Compensate Forcibly Sterilised Women

Bratislava, July 21 (TASR) – The state should apologise to women subjected to forced sterilisation and compensate them, House Committee for Human Rights and Ethnic Minorities chair Peter Pollak (OLaNO) concurred with Public Ombudswoman Maria Patakyova and other committee members at a session on Wednesday. The Ombudswoman voiced hope that an

People Protest against Government and Its Measures after One Week Again

People Protest against Government and Its Measures after One Week Again

Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) – Several hundreds of people gathered on the Freedom Square in Bratislava on Saturday after one week again in protest against the Government and its epidemiological measures, criticising also the purchase of antigen tests and the testing itself. “They are afraid of people,” the protesters shouted near

Government Office: Fico's Questioning of Inoculation Regrettable and Inexcusable

Government Office: Fico's Questioning of Inoculation Regrettable and Inexcusable

Bratislava, July 13 (TASR) – Head of Smer-SD Robert Fico’s public questioning of the positive effects of vaccination against COVID-19 is both regrettable and inexcusable, the prime minister’s spokeswoman Lubica Janikova told TASR on Tuesday. “It is a reckless hazard with human lives and it’s only aim is

AKO Poll: Voice-SD Would Have Won Election in July, Followed by SaS and Smer

AKO Poll: Voice-SD Would Have Won Election in July, Followed by SaS and Smer

Bratislava, July 13 (TASR) – Had a general election taken place in July 2021, it would have been won by ex-premier Peter Pellegrini’s Voice-SD party on 20.8 percent of the votes, ahead of the junior governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on 13.8 percent and the opposition Smer-SD