SUMMARY-Saturday-January 12, 2019 - 9 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - It's unlikely for the European Union to criticise Slovakia for the fact that incumbent politicians are running for the post of constitutional judges in the country, including head of the strongest coalition party Smer-SD Robert Fico, concurred Slovak MEPs Monika Benova (Smer-SD) and Anna Zaborska (KDH) on Saturday. BRATISLAVA - A study has showed several options for setting up a national air carrier and the relevant offices of the Transport and Construction Ministry are currently examining it, Transport Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) has told TASR. OBERHOF - Russian-born Slovak biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina finished second in the ten-kilometre pursuit race of the 4th round of the World Cup in Oberhof, Germany on Saturday, 14.6 seconds behind winning biathlete Lisa Vittozzi of Italy. BRATISLAVA - The situation in the European Parliament (EP) after the May elections won't be as dramatic as suggested by polls, stated Slovak MEP Monika Benova (Smer-SD) on RTVS's discussion programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues). BRATISLAVA - analytical thinking and innovation are set to become the most demanding skills on the labour market in the next years, TASR has learnt from Slovenska sporitelna analyst Lenka Buchlakova. BRATISLAVA - The Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry congratulates the Macedonian parliament on approving the constitutional changes regarding the change of the country's name to Republic of North Macedonia in line an agreement on settling the long-lasting Macedonian-Greek dispute on former country's name. tz