SUMMARY-Monday-December 10, 2018 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - The Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on Monday accused Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) of misleading the public when commenting on a recent joint statement of the British, Canadian and US embassies to mark International Anti-Corruption Day (December 9). BRATISLAVA - President Andrej Kiska on Monday handed over decrees of appointment to 12 new university professors at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - The total planned need to cover the state debt and the state budget deficit will amount to €4.3 billion in 2019 (government bonds, T-bills and government loans) based on the state budget for next year and in accordance with the State Debt and Guarantees Act, TASR learnt from Miriam Penxova of the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) on Monday. MARTIN - Chief of General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Daniel Zmeko welcomed on Monday at the premises of the 11th mechanised battalion in Martin (Zilina region) professional soldiers who have returned from the Resolute Support operation in Afghanistan and the UNTSO mission, while also bidding farewell to 151 soldiers leaving to fulfil their tasks within the NATO enhanced presence in Latvia, and seven soldiers leaving for a NATO mission in Iraq, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - The diplomatic mission in Kuwait will be led by Igor Hajdusek, in South Korea by Jan Kuderjavy and in Ethiopia by Drahomir Stos after Slovak President Andrej Kiska handed them their credentials on Monday. BRUSSELS - The EU's Foreign Affairs Council, which met on Monday in Brussels, was deprived of several heads of diplomacy, who participated in the Marrakech intergovernmental conference to agree the UN Global Compact for Migration, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) told TASR on the same day. BRATISLAVA - Ombudswoman Maria Patakyova on Monday expressed her thanks to people protecting human rights on the occasion of Human Rights Day (December 10), which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as a reminder of adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, TASR learnt on Monday. am