REGISTERED unemployment fell for the fourth month in a row in May to 17.67 per cent, or about 510,000 people. Bratislava region had the lowest rate at 5.5 per cent, and eastern Košice the highest at 24.4 per cent.
1. Jul 2002 at 0:00 | From press reports of TASR and SITA
The nationwide testing in Slovakia started with four districts in the north. Here is a report from the first day in Orava.
PM Igor Matovič and Health Minister Marek Krajčí are helping the sampling teams, too.
Those who will be quarantined with a positive test result will be entitled to pandemic sick leave.
The ministry will contribute to schools to buy computers and other equipment for distance learning.
