SUMMARY - Saturday, November 27 - 9.30 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Special Prosecutor's Office prosecutor pressed charges of founding, orchestrating and supporting criminal group as well as illicit production, trafficking and distribution of drugs against Milos S. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] and other defendants in the Venal 5 case, TASR learnt from Prosecutor-General's spokesperson Dalibor Skladan on Saturday. BRATISLAVA - All civilian flights from seven states of Africa to Slovakia have been suspended as of Saturday due to the emergence of new Omicron coronavirus variant, the Transport and Construction Ministry reported on its social network on the same day. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's coronavirus update for Friday, November 26, 2021, according to the National Health Information Centre's (NCZI) special website covid-19.nczisk.sk and the Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry's website korona.gov.sk: NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 9,152 Positive PCR tests in total: 660,386 Daily PCR tests: 26,658 BRATISLAVA - The European Commission has opened the first offers from the Digital Europe for 2021-2027 programme, with the first 28 offers worth almost €2 billion, and the whole European Digital Package worth €7.5 billion. BRATISLAVA - According to Environment Minister Jan Budaj (OLaNO), Slovakia may set up separate collection of textile waste before 2025, which has been set as the deadline in this regard under the EU Waste Framework Directive. POPRAD/BRATISLAVA - A civil association called Poprad Railway Veteran Club has added a new acquisition to its historical rolling stock: an electric locomotive nicknamed the Yeti from Switzerland, which was manufactured in 1927. BOLOGNA - Slovakia's Foreign and European Affairs Minister Ivan Korcok (a Freedom and Solidarity/SaS nominee) participated in a ceremony at Bologna University past week to mark the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alexander Dubcek, held 33 years after he was granted an honorary doctorate, TASR learnt from the Foreign Ministry communication department. mf