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Fico: Sulik's Behaviour Way to Sabotage Government

Fico: Sulik's Behaviour Way to Sabotage Government

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – The recent behaviour of Economy Minister Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) is a way to shatter the governing coalition, head of the opposition Smer-SD party Robert Fico stated on Monday on his Facebook account in regard to Sulik’s views on recently adopted anti-virus measures

Matovic Convening Security Council in Connection with Mass Testing

Matovic Convening Security Council in Connection with Mass Testing

Bratislava, October 19 (TASR) – Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) has posted on a social network that he’s convening a session of the country’s Security Council for Tuesday (October 20). “The situation is serious, and we’re facing a key struggle, which we must not only deal with, but

Gov't Tasks Military with Mass Testing of Slovak Population

Gov't Tasks Military with Mass Testing of Slovak Population

Bratislava, October 18 (TASR) – The Slovak Armed Forces will prepare and carry out an across-the-board mass testing of Slovak population for COVID-19 in November in an operation codenamed Shared Responsibility, with all available soldiers, police officers and firefighters to be despatched to the project, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) stated

Matovic: Mass Testing of Slovak Population or I'll Resign

Matovic: Mass Testing of Slovak Population or I'll Resign

Bratislava, October 17 (TASR) – A mass testing of Slovak population for COVID-19 is going to be carried out soon, a project that the Government has been preparing for over the past three weeks, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced at a press conference on Saturday. If the project fails to

Sulik: PM Ignored My Proposals to Supervise Borders Better in Summer

Sulik: PM Ignored My Proposals to Supervise Borders Better in Summer

Bratislava, October 15 (TASR) – The skirmishes between Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) and First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Richard Sulik (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) continued on Thursday, with Sulik responding to Matovic’s jibes on Facebook in the morning by stating that he regrets that the premier ignored

Matovic: 1,929 New Coronavirus Positives on Wednesday

Matovic: 1,929 New Coronavirus Positives on Wednesday

Bratislava, October 15 (TASR) – A total of 1,929 new positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 were reported in Slovakia on Wednesday, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) wrote on Facebook on Thursday before the health authorities released the official figures for the previous day. Matovic described this as a “dramatic increase of

Parliament Passes Law to Remove Legal Frailty of Coronavirus Measures

Parliament Passes Law to Remove Legal Frailty of Coronavirus Measures

Bratislava, October 14 (TASR) – The Slovak Parliament on Wednesday approved Health Ministry-sponsored legislation designed to tackle the legal frailty of the Public Health Authority’s anti-coronavirus measures. The bill was discussed in fast-tracked mode after the Prosecutor-General’s Office last week pointed to the Public Health Authority’s lack of