SUMMARY-Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 5 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - The Bratislava police have reported on their Facebook account that they've acquired new range tasers, adding that the devices can be used as a coercive means. None RIMAVSKA SOBOTA - Slovakia needs a new law on long-term care for the elderly that would provide better working conditions for Slovak care-givers, said President Zuzana Caputova following her meeting with carers during a visit to Rimavska Sobota (Banska Bystrica region) on Tuesday. None BRATISLAVA - Citizens of Slovakia can visit the Czech Republic for 24 hours without having to fill in an arrival form, self-isolate or undergo a PCR test as of Tuesday, Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Martin Klus (SaS) has posted on a social network. The Czech Health Ministry on Monday (May 31) updated protective measures that include several advantages for Slovaks entering the Czech Republic if they meet certain conditions. None BRATISLAVA - The Office of Government Proxy for Roma Communities has been officially moved from the organisational structure of the Interior Ministry to the Government Office, TASR learnt on Tuesday. None BRATISLAVA - Head of the environmental police Mario Kern reported on Tuesday that the thermal pool complex in Podhajska (Nitra region) has been discharging, without authorisation, polluted water from its pool via waste pipes into the local Liska stream, from which water has flowed into the Zitava River. None BRATISLAVA - Slovakia has launched a waiting room for vaccination with the Sputnik V vaccine via korona.gov.sk website, Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky (an OLaNO nominee) announced on TV Markiza talk show Na Telo Plus (Tough Questions Plus) on Tuesday. The first person should be vaccinated with Sputnik V on Monday (June 7). Lengvarsky expects some 80,000 persons to get vaccinated with it. None BRATISLAVA - President Zuzana Caputova will accept Agriculture Minister Jan Micovsky's (OLaNO) resignation only when it is clear who will replace him, spokesman for the head of state Martin Strizinec told TASR on Tuesday, adding that the president expects that this will happen next week. None BRATISLAVA - Investments from the Recovery and Resilience Plan will go on extending the nursery school network, and the Government also intends to invest in primary school infrastructure and teachers' education, said Premier Eduard Heger (OLaNO) when visiting the primary school in the village of Chorvatsky Grob (Bratislava region) on International Children's Day (Tuesday). None BRATISLAVA - Interior Minister Roman Mikulec met with the Japanese Ambassador to Slovakia to discuss the topical issue of relaxation of anti-pandemic measure in the context of the almost complete preparations for the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, in which athletes from the Police Sports Centre will participate, TASR learnt from the ministry press department on Tuesday. None ko