SUMMARY - Monday, October 7, 2024 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on Monday opined that health care must become a topic dealt with by the prime minister, and the new health minister must feel the support of Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) if the sector is to operate properly. https://etasr.sk/article/21320652 Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) - The Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK) asserts that statements made by Government Proxy for Investigations into COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar (SNS) are not based on objective assessments of facts founded on scientific evidence and that they are subjective, misleading and irresponsible, SLK communications and media manager Nancy Zavodska informed TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21320674 Pezinok, October 7 (TASR) - A judge of the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Pezinok has handed down a fine of €100,000 to entrepreneur Stefan Z. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] for bribing ex-head of the National Criminal Agency's (NAKA) financial police Bernard Slobodnik. https://etasr.sk/article/21320752 Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) - The Slovak and Czech Education Ministries have begun a new stage in building relations, as different agendas of the ministries will now be jointly developed by working groups, TASR has learnt from the Slovak Education Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/21320779 Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) - The Slovak Doctor Association (SLS) called statements made by Government Proxy for Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar misleading and scientifically unsound and urged relevant state institutions to adopt an expertise-informed stance on his statements without delay, TASR learnt on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21321033 Bratislava, October 7 (TASR) - The opposition Slovakia party has called on President Peter Pellegrini not to delay the replacing of Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova (Voice-SD), asking the president to present a new health minister as soon as possible. https://etasr.sk/article/21321143 Uzhhorod, October 7 (TASR) - The Slovak government is interested in continuing intergovernmental consultations with Ukraine and so it invites the Ukrainian government to another joint meeting in January or February next year, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said following a joint session of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments near the town of Uzhhorod on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21321205 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. zel