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Slovakia will receive additional Pfizer vaccines

Meanwhile, the health minister commented on reported attempts to purchase vaccines outside the official EU system.

15. apr 2021
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Some hairdressers are fully booked. They are planning to reopen despite lack of clarity in rules

The cabinet is expected to discuss conditions on Monday's reopening of shops and services on Friday.

15. apr 2021
President Zuzana Čaputová

President: Lab certification not the reason why Russians want Sputnik V back

The president indirectly suggested that Finance Minister Igor Matovič did not tell the truth about the deal, calls for the contract to be made public.

15. apr 2021
Cabinet discussed at its April 14 session the Sputnik V vaccines, among other things.

News digest: Ministry should soon specify whether it will publish Sputnik V contract

Slovakia should receive thousands of additional Pfizer vaccines. A Slovak made it to the shortlist of the dearMoon project.

14. apr 2021
The first batch of Sputnik V vaccines arrived in Slovakia on March 1.

Russia has reportedly asked Slovakia to accept another delivery of Sputnik V

Meanwhile, the possibility to disclose the contract for the purchase of the Russian vaccine will be subject to legal analysis.

14. apr 2021
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People in Slovakia limited social contact more than those in the Czech Republic

Mostly those who fear the virus are unwilling to meet with other people, the poll shows.

14. apr 2021
Visualisation of the future look of the SNP Square

German architects design the new look of Bratislava's three central squares

SNP, Velvet Revolution and Kamenné Squares will undergo reconstruction that should join them into one public space.

14. apr 2021
European ground squirrels revisiting the meadow after hibernation
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Ground squirrels wake up following winter

Ground squirrels occupy a famous meadow in Muránska Planina national park.

14. apr 2021
Eurovea shopping mall in May 2020.

Shops will reopen after four months and should not be in need of customers

The situation can also be favourable thanks to anticipated economic growth and labour market development, according to an analyst.

14. apr 2021

The number of deaths continues breaking long-term averages

Every fifth deceased person was younger than 65.

14. apr 2021
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Health Ministry makes vaccination against Covid-19 accessible to some groups of foreigners

Third-country nationals without public health insurance left out of system.

14. apr 2021
"The online world is a fiction and I fear this fiction is now being served to children as the real world,” says psychiatrist Michal Patarák about children in pandemic spending most of their time at the computers.

We are serving fiction to children as if it was the real world

Top psychiatrist Michal Patarák talks about how the pandemic toll tests mental health.

14. apr 2021
PM Eduard Heger announcing lifting of measures

News digest: Easter does not seem to prevent the country from lifting measures

Vaccination opened for another age group. The ministerial approval for Sputnik V does not concern vaccines delivered to Slovakia, according to the health minister.

13. apr 2021
Registration for vaccination

People from another age group can now register for Covid vaccination

Age limit may be completely scrapped, the health minister admitted.

13. apr 2021
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UPDATED: Measures will be lifted from April 19. What will open?

Slovakia will switch to the dark red tier. All shops and services will reopen.

13. apr 2021
A nurse holds up the Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 at the National Hospital as vaccinations start in Itaugua, Paraguay.

Sputnik V could have been rolling out in Slovakia for weeks

The evaluation report from Hungary may come just weeks or days before the EMA authorises the Russian vaccine.

13. apr 2021
Disinfection of settlement in Sečovce

Discrimination against Roma remained prevalent, Amnesty International says

The report details how Slovakia addressed the pandemic in marginalised settlements.

13. apr 2021

Hungarian contract on Sputnik V shows that Russia bears no responsibility

Hungarians are obliged to pay 100 percent of the sum whether they want the vaccines or not.

13. apr 2021
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Firefighters called out due to strong wind, meteorologists warn against more

It is not recommended to park cars in risky places.

13. apr 2021
Youngest pupils returned to schools on April 12.

News digest: Older pupils will return to school after six months

President Čaputová wants to see the agreement on Sputnik V. Cold weather will return.

12. apr 2021
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