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Health Ministry: Only Two Nurses Stick to Notices in Martin

Health Ministry: Only Two Nurses Stick to Notices in Martin

Bratislava, February 15 (TASR) – Only two nurses out of 160 who originally filed resignation notices as part of a mass move at Martin University Hospital (Zilina region) have left their notices in place as of March 1, Health Ministry spokesman Peter Bubla told TASR on Monday. According to the spokesman,

Fico: Smer Has No One to Talk to about Political Programme

Fico: Smer Has No One to Talk to about Political Programme

Bratislava, February 12 (TASR) – The Opposition’s election billboards show that its world works in a programme of poverty and hypocrisy, said Prime Minister Robert Fico at the international ‘Social Democracy in 21st Century – Without Cuts and Closer to People’ conference in Bratislava on Friday. “A state for the people,

Committee Won't Look into Fico's and Pellegrini's Alleged Wrongdoings

Committee Won't Look into Fico's and Pellegrini's Alleged Wrongdoings

Bratislava, February 12 (TASR) – The parliamentary committee on incompatibility of posts won’t carry out further investigations into shortcomings in relation to the law on conflicts of interest allegedly committed by Prime Minister Robert Fico and Parliamentary Chair Peter Pellegrini, TASR learnt on Friday. Motions against both politicians were submitted

Special Session on Education and Health Sector Over after 16 Hours

Special Session on Education and Health Sector Over after 16 Hours

Bratislava, February 12 (TASR) – The special parliamentary session on the situation in the education and health-care sectors has ended after almost 16 hours with two resolutions proposed by the ruling Smer-SD passed and all Opposition proposals rejected. Concerning the education sector, Parliament stated that high-quality education is one of the

Nurses Disappointed at Not Being Allowed to Address House

Nurses Disappointed at Not Being Allowed to Address House

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – The Nurse and Midwives Labour Union (OZSaPA) along with Slovak Nurse and Midwives Chamber (SaPA) voiced their disappointment that their representatives were denied the opportunity to address Parliament during the extraordinary session on education and health care crisis, TASR learnt on Thursday. Opposition MPs demanded that

Pellegrini Opens Extraordinary Session on Health and Education

Pellegrini Opens Extraordinary Session on Health and Education

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – Parliamentary Chair Peter Pellegrini succeeded at the third attempt to open an extraordinary parliamentary session focusing on education and health-care, as 138 legislators voted in favour of the session’s programme, TASR learnt on Thursday. The extraordinary session of Parliament was initiated by 35 MPs, who

Pellegrini: Opposition Putting on Show, Not Interested in Solutions

Pellegrini: Opposition Putting on Show, Not Interested in Solutions

Bratislava, February 11 (TASR) – The extraordinary session of Parliament focusing on issues of health care and education is just a pre-election show by the Opposition and not an honest effort to address issues in the sectors, said Parliamentary Chairman Peter Pellegrini prior to opening the session at the third attempt