SUMMARY-Wednesday-August 12, 2020 - 10 p.m.

12. augusta 2020 22:00
BRATISLAVA - Slovakia is not interested in the Russian vaccine against the novel coronavirus at the moment, as it falls short on several criteria, Slovak Infectologists Association President Pavol Jarcuska explained to TASR on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Peter Koren has become new external defence industry advisor to Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) as of August 1, TASR learnt from the ministry press department on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - As part of the Government approach to the EU Recovery Plan implementation in Slovakia, ministries are to draft individual reforms first and these will be subsequently submitted for public debate, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) announced after a session of the Government on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - If the state-owned Tipos lottery company had been using disadvantageous deals to promote its services and products, it would have been a problem that could invite suspicions of corruption, however, Tipos was in all likelihood making cost-effective decisions about its purchases of commercial time and that meant it has husbanded its resources well, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) declared after the Government's session on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - An investigator filed a motion to take into custody three individuals out of nine, all of whom face extremism-related charges following a series of police busts codenamed 'Clowns', TASR learnt from Police Presidium Corps spokesperson Denisa Bardyova on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Andrej Gajdos was appointed as the second state secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by the Government on Wednesday, TASR learnt from Daniel Hrezik of the ministry press department on the same day. BRATISLAVA - The recent growth in the number of novel coronavirus cases in Slovakia is attributed to the instances of the illness being imported from abroad and subsequently spread via close contacts of the people who tested positive for the virus, Chief Health Officer Jan Mikas claimed on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - Education minister Branislav Grohling's (SaS) announcement earlier in the day that parents will need to sign sworn statements to confirm their child is COVID-free at the start of the school year was premature, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated during the Government' session on Wednesday. mf
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