Drug prices to rise further

THE PRICE of drugs in Slovakia will increase after the cabinet's plans to unify VAT at 19 percent come into effect.

VAT on medicine and other health-care products is currently set at 14 percent, up from 10 percent last year. The 19 percent VAT rate is scheduled to come into effect next January.

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Slovakia marks 20 years since joining NATO.

Slovakia marks 20 years in the Alliance.


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Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


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Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


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