SUMMARY - Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 1 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's recovery plan is to be updated, according to a proposal for a change in Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan approved by Cabinet at its session on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Checks on Slovakia's borders with Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and at international airports will be resumed on a temporary basis between May 24 and June 8 for security reasons during the Globsec 2023 Bratislava Forum conference, with the Cabinet approving a proposal to this effect at its session on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Special Prosecutor Daniel Lipsic lodged a motion on Tuesday (April 25) evening to take into police custody four suspects charged with money-laundering related to pandemic-aid fraud worth more than €13 million that was illegally paid out by a job centre in Pezinok (Bratislava region), TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General's Office spokesperson Zuzana Drobova on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that ice hockey legend and former MEP Peter Stastny must apologise to another ice hockey legend Jozef Golonka for calling him a communist and 'Estebak' (a member of communist secret service, StB), court spokesperson Alexandra Vazanova told TASR on the same day. BRATISLAVA - The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) carried out a police operation called Bomb-disposal Expert in several districts of Trencin and Zilina region on Wednesday, which led to charges of illegal-firearms possession and firearms-trafficking pressed against seven individuals, three of whom have been detained, TASR learnt from Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Karolina Barinkova on the same day. BRATISLAVA - MPs should earn more than €6,000 per month in 2023, according to information provided to TASR by the Parliamentary Office. BRATISLAVA - Concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, a global increase in the rejection of vaccinations and fears of potential side effects of vaccines might have contributed to the recorded dip in basic vaccination against smallpox, mumps and rubella in Slovakia, stated chief hygienist Jan Mikas in response to reports on Wednesday that smallpox vaccination in Slovakia has fallen below the herd immunity threshold. BRATISLAVA/PIESTANY - A tragic work accident took place in the village of Ducove (Trnava region) on Wednesday when an excavator sunk into an artificial lake and its operator was killed despite efforts by first-aid responders to extricate him from the cabin, TASR learnt from Firefighters and Emergency Corps spokesperson Katarina Krizanova on the same day. am