SUMMARY - Wednesday, October 9, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will accept Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova's (Voice-SD) resignation and will appoint Kamil Sasko to the post of health minister on Thursday (October 10) afternoon, according to the president's programme, reported by the President's Office. https://etasr.sk/article/21328001 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - Future Health Minister Kamil Sasko views calming down of the situation in the health sector as his main priority, Voice-SD leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said on Wednesday, adding that Sasko enjoys his full trust. https://etasr.sk/article/21327979 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party has criticised the nomination of Kamil Sasko for the post of health minister. https://etasr.sk/article/21328236 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - The new health minister will take over a very difficult sector that needs fundamental changes, this is no time for experiments, the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) said in a statement on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21328119 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - Proposing Kamil Sasko for the post of health minister is a complete misunderstanding of the problems the health sector in Slovakia is facing, the opposition Freedom and Slovakia (SaS) party said in a statement on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21327792 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) presented on Wednesday the launch of three new calls for proposals from the Renew House programme, funded from the Recovery Plan, TASR was told by the ministry's communication department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21328291 Bratislava, October 9 (TASR) - The governing coalition hasn't reduced food prices during its first year in office; the price of the same basket of food is 48 percent higher in the same supermarket chain compared to Poland, for example, stated MPs Julius Jakab, Michal Sipos and Rastislav Kratky at a briefing of the opposition 'Slovakia' party in Modra on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21328342 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. am