SUMMARY-Monday-December 2, 2019 - 10 p.m.

BRUSSELS/BRATISLAVA - The rejection of the Istanbul Convention by Slovak Parliament is regrettable, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) President Liliane Maury Pasquier declared on Monday. KOSICE - Police pressed charges of scare-mongering against two individuals identified only as Patrik, 29, and Katarina, 22, of Michalovce (Kosice region), who reported false bomb alerts at courts in Michalovce and Kosice in mid-May, TASR learnt from Kosice regional police spokesperson Jana Mesarova on Monday. BRATISLAVA - The euro enjoys record popularity among Slovaks as well as other Europeans, according to a Eurobarometer survey that TASR learnt of from Ingrid Ludvikova of the European Commission's Representation press department on Monday. KOSICE - Police have pressed charges of unlawful confinement against a man of Kosice, 48, who restrained his wife in a car and sprayed tear gas in her face in order to discourage her from seeking divorce, TASR learnt from Kosice regional police spokesperson Jana Mesarova on Monday. BRUSSELS - Slovakia holds the opinion that the European Union's readmission and return policy is not as efficient as it should be, Slovak Interior Minister Denisa Sakova (Smer-SD) stated on Monday after the meeting of the EU Internal Affairs Council in Brussels. mf