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News digest: Foreigners’ Police departments remain closed
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Slovenia has ordered PCR tests developed by Slovak scientists. Holocaust survivors received the coronavirus vaccine jab.
27. jan
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News digest: The far right is falling apart
One person died after being vaccinated in Slovakia. Almost 2.6 million people tested so far.
26. jan
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News digest: Results from weekend nationwide testing still not out
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The parliamentary committee recommends one candidate for new police chief. NASA picks a picture by Slovak photographer as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.
25. jan
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News digest: Slovakia has passed the peak of the second wave, health minister says
Polish doctors will help take swabs in Slovakia this weekend. People who have had COVID can just show their positive test result.
22. jan
Numbers of victims of human trafficking is alarming. Coronavirus spreads among homeless people in Bratislava.
21. jan
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News digest: Slovakia will receive more than 4 million vaccines
Schools will continue with distance education. Curfew will be applied on January 25 and 26 too.
20. jan
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News digest: Slovakia opens more testing sites
Slovaks smoke less than 10 years ago. Former tennis player who skipped the vaccination line helped at a hospital.
19. jan
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News digest: Slovakia tests en mass and launches vaccination of seniors
Health minister admits resignation if alert system not observed. Slovak diplomat has a new lucrative post.
18. jan
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News digest: Minister adjusts vaccine expectations, mass testing decision still in the balance
Police investigate reported surveillance of journalist. Wolf will be protected all year long.
15. jan
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News digest: Flights from UK and Ireland still limited, new rules for entering Germany
Bratislava-based company develops a unique PCR test to detect the British strain of coronavirus. Education Ministry has officially confirmed schools will remain closed after January 18.
14. jan
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News digest: Schools will remain closed
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Scientists fire back at PM Matovič after his harsh criticism. Moderna vaccine has arrived in Slovakia. Austria will close two border crossings with Slovakia on Thursday.
13. jan
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News digest: First valid sentence for Kočner
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Thousands of people are dying in the pandemic. Bratislava and Stockholm will be linked by direct flights.
12. jan
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News digest: Mass testing on a weekly basis, six exceptions for Holý
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Trnava has a cooling trailer for dead bodies. Ryanair suspends flights to Bratislava until late March.
11. jan
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News digest: New coronavirus strain possibly detected in Nitra
Slovak scientists develop test to identify the new strain. Bratislava is ready for mass testing. Former police chief Lučanský buried in his native village.
8. jan
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News digest: Funeral preparations and concerns over violence in America
The police say they will be stricter when checking adherence to measures. Haščák released from custody. Another candidate for the top Special Prosecutor post steps forward.
7. jan
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Hospitals in several Slovak towns kick off vaccination. The first nurse in Slovakia dies of COVID-19.
5. jan
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News digest: Situation in Nitra is worsening dramatically, new COVID-19 hospital in Galanta should help
A commission to investigate former police chief’s death was established. Schools will not be opened next week.
4. jan
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Special news digest: The year ends with tougher restrictions
Cabinet cancels several restrictions in the curfew from January 1. Two cities prepare for mass testing. Zdeno Chára changes ice hockey club after 14 years.
31. dec
Ex-police chief Lučanský ends in hospital after suicide attempt. Western Slovakia could feel tremors from Croatian earthquake.
29. dec
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People in Slovakia prepare to celebrate Christmas. Post office changes opening hours. Plus, find some good reads for your days off.
23. dec
- 1. Even more districts in the black tier, no room for lifting measures now
- 2. News digest: President wrote to health minister to listen to scientists
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: what is going on?
- 4. News digest: More people in hospital and vaccination halted
- 5. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,547 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 6. Romania sends healthcare workers to aid Slovakia
- 7. EU wants Germany to explain why it closed its eastern borders
- 8. How to stop Covid overload in hospitals
- 9. Surviving, so far as we can tell
- 10. If Sputnik V is used in Slovakia, it would be within clinical trials
- 1. Coronavirus in Slovakia: what is going on?
- 2. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,547 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 3. News digest: Food industry giant changes hands, new rules for travelling to Czechia
- 4. News digest: President wrote to health minister to listen to scientists
- 5. Even more districts in the black tier, no room for lifting measures now
- 6. Census is compulsory for everybody living in Slovakia (FAQs)
- 7. Mandatory home office or longer isolation. Cabinet changes anti-pandemic rules
- 8. More districts in the black tier as the pandemic situation worsens
- 9. Smer MP dies at age of 59
- 10. General practitioners demand more info on ivermectin treatment
- 1. Coronavirus in Slovakia: what is going on?
- 2. Census is compulsory for everybody living in Slovakia (FAQs)
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,547 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. More districts in the black tier as the pandemic situation worsens
- 5. I am not hungry. I had Covid
- 6. Purchase of Sputnik V vetoed but Slovakia may buy it anyway
- 7. News digest: Matovič eyes up Sputnik, Bratislava wants to buy former night club
- 8. Slovakia tests a million people each week yet fails to contain coronavirus spread
- 9. Everyone counts – foreigners urged to take part in census
- 10. How to travel to and from Slovakia during COVID-19