News digest: EU's single charger rule

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Good evening. The Wednesday, June 8 edition of Today in Slovakia is ready with the main news of the day in less than five minutes.


Key witness in the Ján Kuciak murder

On June 6 and 7, the Ján Kuciak retrial continued with the testimony of Zoltán Andruskó. The self-confessed middleman was the first one to be convicted after he started cooperating with the police.

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During the retrial, Andruskó reproached the judges for questioning his testimony during the original trial. He insisted he never hesitated in his testimony on the claim that Marian Kočner, now imprisoned in another case, was the one to have ordered the murder of the journalist and Alena Zsuzsová, imprisoned for another murder case, was the middlewoman.

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The retrial of the Kuciak murder case has been at the Specialised Criminal Court since late February this year.


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BRATISLAVA NEWS

  • The capital plans to renovate the building of the Salvator Pharmacy on Panská Street, which is a national cultural monument. The city estimates that renovation could cost €250,000.
  • Two artillery mines from WWII and one artillery grenade were found in the Železná Studnička – nad Kačínom locality on June 6.
  • Katarína Brúderová Primary School in Vajnory has publicly apologised to a girl the school did not accept in 2013 due to her disability following a Bratislava court ruling.

EU's effort to curb e-waste

The European Union is going to reduce electronic waste by making it possible for its citizens to use one single charger for their portable electronic devices.

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Consumers will no longer need a different charging device and cable every time they purchase a new device. However, people will still be able to choose whether they want to purchase a new electronic device with or without a charger.

Following a June 6 agreement on an amendment to the Radio Equipment Directive between the European Parliament and the Council, the USB Type-C will become the common charging port for several small electronic devices in the EU.


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FEATURE STORY FOR WEDNESDAY

Couple swap Dutch flower fields for Slovak nature

For Yvon and Sabine van der Laan, it was never a question of “if” but rather “when” they would leave their home in the Netherlands and “where” they would start their new life.

The couple chose Slovakia, having made many previous trips to the country, and then decided they wanted their new home to be in a remote location but still within a 10-minute drive from a town.


IN OTHER NEWS

  • The chair of the non-parliamentary movement Republika and MEP Milan Uhrík will delete parts of his Facebook status about scientist Pavel Čekan and his company, the Nitra Regional Court ruled. Uhrík will remove those sections in which he portrayed Čekan as a person who became rich during the COVID-19 pandemic. He also has to remove the part where he criticises the headquarters of Čekan's company.
  • The Slovak economy will grow by 2.3 percent this year and by 3.4 percent next year, the OECD expects. According to the OECD, harmonised inflation in Slovakia will jump to 10.8 percent this year, and the growth rate of prices should slow to 10.1 percent in 2023.
  • The government has decided to establish a museum of Slovak emigration in Bratislava by 2028. A memorial should also be constructed.
  • In the second half of 2022, 26 military exercises are to take place in Slovakia. At the same time, Slovak soldiers will participate in 48 exercises abroad.
  • Sixty-seven employees of the East Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (VÚSCH) in Košice gave notice last week, the Korzár website wrote. They decided to join a hospital in another part of the city.
  • President Zuzana Čaputová has tested positive for Covid-19. She cancelled her trips to Italy and Portugal.
  • At today's government meeting, the coalition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) vetoed the proposal of Finance Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) to increase more taxes and subsequently increase teachers' salaries.
  • In Slovakia, 4,078 flats were completed in the first quarter of 2022. The number decreased by 9.1 percent year-on-year. Even compared to the first quarter of 2020, which was minimally affected by the pandemic, 10 percent fewer flats were completed in early 2022, the Statistics Office said.
  • In June, the Ukrainian National Ballet will perform in four Slovak theatres: Bratislava, Košice, Piešťany and Banská Bystrica.

If you have suggestions on how this news overview can be improved, you can reach us at editorial@spectator.sk.


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