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Matovic: COVID-Automaton to Enter Into Force as of Monday

Matovic: COVID-Automaton to Enter Into Force as of Monday

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – The COVID-automaton, introducing automatic measures against the spread of coronavirus according to the severity of situation, will enter into force as of Monday, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after an online meeting of the Cabinet on Friday. Meanwhile, Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) announced that

Former Interior and Justice Minister Lipsic Elected Special Prosecutor

Former Interior and Justice Minister Lipsic Elected Special Prosecutor

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – Former interior and justice minister Daniel Lipsic was elected as the new special prosecutor in Parliament on Friday. He received the votes of 79 MPs out of 117 present. Twelve lawmakers voted against him, while there were 26 abstentions. A change in law has allowed Lipsic

State of Emergency in Slovakia to Be Extended by Another 40 Days

State of Emergency in Slovakia to Be Extended by Another 40 Days

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – The state of emergency due to coronavirus in Slovakia will be extended by another 40 days as of Monday, the Government decided on Friday. At the same time the so-called COVID-automaton, introducing measures against the spread of coronavirus on an automatic basis, will enter into force

SMK and Most-Hid to Merge into Single Party

SMK and Most-Hid to Merge into Single Party

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – Extra-parliamentary ethnic-Hungarian parties Most-Hid and SMK announced on Friday that they are set to merge and form a joint party, admitting at the same time that talks on merging with a third such party, i.e. Solidarity, have failed. “The compromise proposals from SMK-MKP and Most-Hid

Petition Sheets for Referendum Published, Pellegrini Invites Signatures

Petition Sheets for Referendum Published, Pellegrini Invites Signatures

Bratislava, February 5 (TASR) – The petition committee supervising the collection of public signatures for a referendum on a snap election has approved the wording of the referendum question, and the petition sheets are now available at www.referendum2021.sk, committee representative Ervin Erdelyi told TASR on Friday. Ex-premier, Independent MP

President to Use Her International Contacts for Vaccine to Be Produced also in Slovakia

President to Use Her International Contacts for Vaccine to Be Produced also in Slovakia

Bratislava, February 4 (TASR) – I’ll use all my international contacts to make the production of a vaccine against COVID-19 in Slovakia a reality, President Zuzana Caputova posted on a social network on Thursday, adding that she discussed this possibility with Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO). According to her, to

Krajci: Children Could Return to Schools on Monday

Krajci: Children Could Return to Schools on Monday

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – Nurseries and the first level of elementary schools could reopen on Monday, February 8, Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) said on Tuesday following the session of the pandemic commission. The minister added that this should be conditional on the testing of the parents of such children.