SUMMARY-Friday-May 22, 2020 - 10 p.m.

PRESOV - By visiting military units of the Slovak Armed Forces, the current leadership of the Defence Ministry is forming for itself a realistic picture of their condition and current needs, TASR was told by ministry spokeswoman Martina Koval Kakascikova on Friday. BRATISLAVA - Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) asked the Public Health Office to allow home quarantine not only for people seeking repatriation at border crossings, but also to those currently quarantined at state facilities, TASR learnt from Matovic's social network status update on Friday. DOLNY KUBIN - Most of the problems faced by Slovak employers stem from the pronounced drop in foreign demand, labour minister Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) stated after meeting employers and unions of Orava region on Friday. BRATISLAVA - Environment Minister Jan Budaj (OLaNO) on Friday pointed to another illegal landfill near Bratislava, located near the monument to Milan Rastislav Stefanik, TASR learnt on the same day. HUMENNE - Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Veronika Remisova (For the People) paid a visit to the town of Humenne (Presov region) on Friday to demonstrate the state interest to help resolve the ongoing dispute between companies Nexis Fibers and Chemes Humenne, TASR learnt on the same day. BRATISLAVA - About a 100-metre section of D4 highway near Jarovce (Bratislava region) is currently blocked in front of the border police checkpoint by gaggles of Slovaks seeking repatriation, Bratislava police reported on a social network on Friday. BRATISLAVA - President Zuzana Caputova invited legal experts and institutions to discuss systemic changes that are afoot at the Prosecutor's Office in Slovakia, the president's spokesperson Martin Strizinec told TASR on Friday. NITRA/VELKE ZALUZIE - The 'Farm Yard' in the Nitra city park of Sihot has acquired a new attraction - a donkey donated by an owner from Velke Zaluzie (Nitra region), who decided to give up the animal that he'd bought from a circus because it was making too much noise on the outskirts of the village, TASR learnt on Friday. BRATISLAVA - The eQuarantine application isn't operating yet, as it's being reviewed by Apple and Google, the Government Office told TASR on Friday, adding that the app, which enables smart quarantine in connection with novel coronavirus, should be launched immediately after it's approved. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia on Friday sent a convoy with material humanitarian aid for the population of Ukraine to help combat the spread of COVID-19, with Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Ingrid Brockova, Interior Ministry State Secretary Lukas Kyselica and Ukrainian Ambassador to Slovakia Yuriy Mushka in attendance, TASR learnt from the Foreign Ministry's press department on the same day. mf