Good evening. Here is the Wednesday, July 19 edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes.
Minister's mandate revoked ahead of election
Technocratic Government Interior Minister Ivan Šimko. (source: TASR)
On Wednesday, President Zuzana Čaputová revoked the mandate of Interior Minister Ivan Šimko after a breakdown in trust between Šimko and police leaders, with the latter threatening to resign.
The ministry has been entrusted to the PM.
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KOŠICE: City market introduces signs for local producers.
HISTORY: Old mansion in sought-after tourist area for sale for €75,000. Vast reconstruction necessary, though.
WINE: History Talks: Absinthe wine? If water is contaminated, drink wine instead, as in the past.
FUTURE: Generative AI brings opportunities and risks. Artificial intelligence raises questions about what it means to be human.
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FEATURE STORY FOR WEDNESDAY
Košice Peace Marathon monument is divisive
Metal installation marking the 100th anniversary of the Košice Peace Marathon. (source: Judita Čermáková)
On the 100th anniversary of the Košice Peace Marathon, a new monument was unveiled in the city's Kulturpark cultural centre. The four-metre metal installation consists of three square objects covered with marathon medals, with a peace dove on top.
The new object has been publicly criticised, surprising the city's chief architect.
EVENT FOR WEDNESDAY
Come see Academy Award hit at Kuchajda lake
On Wednesday evening at 21:30, independent sci-fi movie Everything Everywhere All At Once, which won 7 awards out of eleven nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, will be screened at the open air cinema at Kuchajda lake in Bratislava's Nové Mesto borough.
Admission is free.
In other news
Slovakia will send 31 members of the Fire and Rescue Corps to help Greece fight wildfires after several large-scale fires broke out at the beginning of the week. All the firefighters left on Wednesday. The Slovak team will be deployed in the Attica region in the vicinity of Athens.
Several parties will support a special parliamentary session on compensation for towns, villages and self-governing regions due to be held on Friday, July 21.
According to Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollár (Sme Rodina), the session might fail to open, as several MPs will not be present.Year-on-year inflation measured by the EU's Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices came in at 11.3 percent in July 2023, falling 12.3 percent in June, the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday.
The National Transfusion Service has reported low stocks of blood groups A, B and 0 with a negative Rh factor, and is appealing to people to donate blood before the holidays.
WEATHER FOR THURSDAY:
Little cloud cover. Occasional showers, rain and storms expected, especially in the north and east Slovakia. A level 1 storm warning applies for the Prešov Region and level 2 for the Košice Region. Daily temperatures between 26 °C and 31 °C. (SHMÚ)
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