SUMMARY-Friday, June 11, 2021 - 5 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Laboratories in Slovakia have confirmed the presence of a new, so-called Colombian variant of novel coronavirus in the country, TASR learnt from Public Health Authority (UVZ) spokesperson Dasa Rackova on Friday. WROCLAW - Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar (We Are Family) highlighted the role of the Visegrad Four (V4 - Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary) format at a meeting of the V4 House chairs held in Poland on Friday. BRATISLAVA - The We Are Family party won't vote with the opposition in the no-confidence vote on Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) in Parliament, with only two of its MPs - caucus head Peter Pcolinsky and MP Adriana Pcolinska - to be given a free hand on the matter, Parliamentary Chair and We Are Family leader Boris Kollar told journalists during talks with his Visegrad Four (Slovakia, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary) counterparts on Friday. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia is fulfilling the demand of the European Commission to test 5-10 percent of samples, and the results show that the so-called British variant of the novel coronavirus still predominates here, TASR learnt from spokesperson of the Public Health Office (UVZ) Dasa Rackova on Friday. BRATISLAVA - Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) has appointed Peter Scholtz as acting director of the Interior Ministry's Internal Affairs Inspectorate, TASR learnt from head of the ministry press department Barbara Turosova on Friday. WROCLAW - Following their meeting on Friday at Topacz Castle near the Polish city of Wroclaw, Visegrad Four (V4 - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) parliamentary chairs have agreed that national parliaments should play an important role in the debate on the future of Europe. am