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Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - The Tourism and Sport Ministry supports the gastronomy sector in its aspirations to produce a first Michelin-starred restaurant in Slovakia, Tourism Minister Dusan Keketi (an SNS nominee) said at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21369163 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - The disposable unemployment rate kept at about 5 percent for the first three quarters of this year, with a shortage of labour being felt chiefly in the west of Slovakia, Financial Policy Institute (IFP) analyst Monika Pecsyova said on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21369238 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - The Interior Ministry has reached a settlement with plaintiff Andrej Babis in a dispute concerning the protection of his personality relating to unauthorised registration of the Czech ex-premier in the files of the erstwhile communist secret service the StB, acknowledging that Babis had been wrongfully registered as an agent of the StB under the code-name 'Bures' and that he had not knowingly cooperated with the the secret service. https://etasr.sk/article/21369255 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - The Slovak National Party (SNS) on Monday praised the decision to establish an investigative team to look into the state's management of the COVID-19 pandemic, thanking Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), who announced the creation of the team earlier in the day. https://etasr.sk/article/21369387 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - As Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is set to visit China at the end of October and the beginning of November he received Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia Cai Ge on Monday, TASR has learnt from the Government Office. https://etasr.sk/article/21369485 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - Had a general election taken place in mid-October, Smer-SD and Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have tied for first place, with both parties garnering 21.3 percent of the votes, according to a recent poll carried out by AKO agency on behalf of television channel Joj 24. https://etasr.sk/article/21369528 Bratislava, October 21 (TASR) - The police investigative team tasked with looking into the state's management of the COVID-19 pandemic will have to acknowledge that it's past governments that bear responsibility for deaths during the pandemic as the Slovak health-care system wasn't ready for it following the governments of Robert Fico and Peter Pellegrini, the opposition Slovakia party said on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/21369627 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