SUMMARY-Tuesday-January 15, 2019 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Incentives for research and development have got the same evaluation from various assessors, Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Branislav Grohling told a news conference on Tuesday, hinting at a potential manipulation with expert opinions and calling on Education Minister Martina Lubyova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) to draw consequences from it. BRATISLAVA - Prosecutor-General (PG) Jaromir Ciznar has cancelled Rene Vanek's mandate to carry out the post of deputy prosecutor-general on Tuesday, TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General Office's spokesperson Andrea Predajnova on the same day. BRATISLAVA - The Economy Ministry wants to mainly address the development of infrastructure for electromobility, anti-bureaucratic legislation and implementation of the law on renewable energy sources adopted last year, Economy Minister Peter Ziga has stated for TASR. BRATISLAVA - Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD) is an absolutely inappropriate person to hold his post, Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) leader Igor Matovic stated on Tuesday, urging Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) to make a maximum effort to get Glvac out of all the positions he holds. KIEV/BRATISLAVA - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) talked on Tuesday in Kiev about opportunities for unlocking the political process in the Ukrainian conflict as well as ways to mitigate the suffering of people who are affected by this conflict, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - OLaNO leader Igor Matovic doesn't know at all what he's talking about, said Parliamentary Vice-chair Martin Glvac (Smer-SD) in response to the Opposition politician who criticised Glvac for his alleged contact with a woman identified due to legal reasons only as Alena Zs., charged with ordering the murders of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova, TASR learnt on Tuesday. KOSICE - Kosice Airport evaluates 2018 as an extraordinarily successful year, as it dealt with a total of 542,026 passengers, an increase of 9.12 percent when compared to 2017, TASR learnt from the airport's spokesperson Jana Tomkova. BRATISLAVA - Copying opinions on incentives isn't possible, assessors work in an electronic system under their own logins, Education, Science, Research and Sport Ministry said in response to the statements made by MP for the Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Branislav Grohling, TASR learnt on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Opposition Ordinary People (OLaNO) leader Igor Matovic is inviting three candidates for the post of Slovak president - lawyer and activist Zuzana Caputova, former parliamentary veteran Frantisek Miklosko and scientist Robert Mistrik - to a round table meeting, as he still thinks that this trio should mutually agree before the first round of the presidential election on a common unifying candidate, whom OLaNO will subsequently support, TASR learnt on Tuesday. am