SUMMARY - Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) held a roundtable with representatives of health insurers on Wednesday to discuss the financing of the health sector, hospital efficiency, the standing of the outpatient sector and patients' views on access to health care and its quality, TASR learnt from Sasko's post on a social network on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/21475048 Vaduz/Bratislava, November 20 (TASR-correspondent) - The permission given by US President Joe Biden to Ukraine to strike targets in Russia with long-range missiles is seen by Slovak diplomacy as another escalation of the conflict, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar stated during his visit to Liechtenstein on Wednesday, TASR learnt from its correspondent on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/21475024 Varin, November 20 (TASR) - Dr. Jozef Tiso Street [named after the president of the Slovak WW2 fascist state] in the village of Varin (Zilina region) will be renamed as of January 1, 2025, with a commission selecting Slovak National Uprising Street as the new name and local councillors choosing Mons. Jozef Noga Street, so that the final name is yet to be determined by a vote of the local council in December. https://etasr.sk/article/21474969 Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - Hungarian Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Szijjarto assured SNS chair Andrej Danko that Hungary is prepared to address gas supplies even in the case that the gas transit through Ukraine gets stopped, TASR learnt from SNS spokesperson Zuzana Skopcova on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21474831 Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - The pilot and "rollout" phase of the school security system is to be completed by the end of September 2025, it follows from the material approved by the Government on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21474692 Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - The Supreme Administrative Court's (NSS) senate on Wednesday imposed a disciplinary punishment in the form of a 50-percent salary reduction for a period of three months on judge Juraj Kliment for a physical attack on another judge in public. https://etasr.sk/article/21474653 Bratislava, November 20 (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will leave for a one-day official visit to Serbia on Thursday (November 21), the Government Office's press department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/21474477 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. mf