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Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Education Ministry: Draxler Carefully Considers Schools' Requirements

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Education, Science, Research and Sport Minister Juraj Draxler is carefully taking the requirements of the education sector into consideration, according to ministry spokesperson Beata Dupalova Ksenzsighova on Monday. She was speaking in response to an evaluation of the incumbent Cabinet’s activities by the Slovak Teachers

Nurse Labours: Cislak's Criminal Complaint Hardly a Surprise

Nurse Labours: Cislak's Criminal Complaint Hardly a Surprise

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – The criminal complaint filed by Health Minister Viliam Cislak comes hardly as a surprise to nurses on strike, nurse labour unions head Monika Kavecka said on Monday. Regardless, the nurses won’t be intimidated into falling silent about the situation prevailing in health care, said nurse

Minister Cislak Files Criminal Complaint over Scaremongering

Minister Cislak Files Criminal Complaint over Scaremongering

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – Health Minister Viliam Cislak is filing a criminal complaint concerning scaremongering with respect to claims by nurses that health care has been put in jeopardy, TASR learnt on Monday. Cislak takes objection to statements by organisations representing nurses, according to which health care for over a

Opposition Prefers Nurses' Strike to Be Tackled by Health Committee

Opposition Prefers Nurses' Strike to Be Tackled by Health Committee

Bratislava, February 1 (TASR) – The parliamentary Opposition parties would like to address the situation concerning health care at an extraordinary health committee session rather than a parliamentary one, representatives of KDH, OLaNO, Most-Hid and SaS told TASR on Monday. On the other hand, SDKU-DS chair Pavol Freso would prefer an

Nurses See Hope in Contacting Parties and Special House Session

Nurses See Hope in Contacting Parties and Special House Session

Zilina, February 1 (TASR) – Nurses who have filed their notice en masse support the idea of summoning a special session of Parliament and will approach all the parliamentary political parties to this end later on Monday, chair of the Nurses and Midwives Trade Union (OZSaPA) Monika Kavecka said late on

Fico and Kalinak Open New ESO Client Centre in Bratislava

Fico and Kalinak Open New ESO Client Centre in Bratislava

Bratislava, January 31 (TASR) – A new state administration client centre on Tomasikova Street in Bratislava, allowing people to deal with various issues with the state at a single place, was opened ceremonially by Prime Minister Robert Fico and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on Sunday. State offices from as many as

Kavecka: Presov Hospital Relying on Army to Replace Outgoing Nurses

Kavecka: Presov Hospital Relying on Army to Replace Outgoing Nurses

Bratislava, January 29 (TASR) – The Health Ministry has summoned members of the Armed Forces in order to address the shortage of nurses at Presov’s J.A. Reimann Faculty Hospital, TASR learnt from head of the nurses trade union Monika Kavecka on Friday afternoon. “This decision proves that the Health