SUMMARY-Tuesday-June 2, 2020 - 5.30 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - The Government Office wants to launch a tender for printing and distributing a government newspaper throughout the country by the end of this month, TASR was told by the Government Office's press department director Richard Pekar on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia supported local governments, firms, organisations, artists and ethnic minorities with the highest-ever sum (exceeding €607 million) last year, up 31 percent from 2018, according to the Report on State Aid Provided in Slovakia in 2019 submitted for the government session by the Anti-monopoly Office (PMU). BUDAPEST - The Treaty of Trianon, which partitioned the Kingdom of Hungary after the First World War 100 years ago, mustn't be a stumbling block preventing Slovaks and Hungarians from looking to the future, said Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok during his first official visit to Hungary on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - Pensioners will be invited to take part in drafting pension-related legislation and commenting on it, Labour and Social Affairs Minister Milan Krajniak (We Are Family) told a news conference held on Tuesday with MPs Martin Borgula, Petra Kristufkova (both We Are Family), Slovak Pensioners Union (JDS) chair Jan Lipiansky and Christian Pensioners Association chair Peter Mach in attendance. NITRA - This year's Agrokomplex international agriculture and food fair will not take place at the Nitra exhibition centre, TASR learnt from the management of the national exhibition centre on Tuesday. BRATISLAVA - The Slovak Modern Business Alliance (SAMO) welcomes the easing of measures in the trade sector, SAMO head Martin Krajcovic told TASR in response to Monday's (June 1) announcement by Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) concerning further loosening of the coronavirus-related measures as of Wednesday, June 3. BRATISLAVA - Tourism Association (ZCR) welcomes the fact that from Wednesday (June 3) it's possible to provide more services, including swimming pools, hotel pools and wellness centres as they are important for tourists as well as operators from the point of view of the beginning of the summer season, head of the association Marek Harbulak said at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that establishments need the information about the lifting of bans and opening sooner. BRATISLAVA - The final decision on the state of emergency will be taken by the central crisis management team at its next meeting that is set to take place next week, TASR learnt from the Government Office's press and information department on Tuesday. am