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- Testing is go, except now it is called a screening.
- Fraudster Kočner and former economy minister Rusko go to prison.
- Maskless politicians go unpunished, poor Roma have to pay hundreds in fine.
- Denník N journalist says she was followed, former PM wrote about her private life.
Screening is the new testing
Nationwide testing will take place. In fact, it is taking place as you read these lines. The Matovič cabinet on Sunday green-lighted the plan to test the nation again, although it will not materialise in the kind of huge logistical operation that Slovakia saw at the turn of last October.
The final decision about the "screening" came only after three sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, none of which had any official programme points. It was preceded by another divisive conflict between Matovič and his coalition partner and Economy Minister Richard Sulík. The PM charged that Sulík, who he said failed to buy the antigen tests in December, was responsible for thousands of deaths.
18. Jan 2021 at 12:48 | Michaela Terenzani
