SUMMARY - Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - 1 p.m.

BRUSSELS - France and the French Presidency of the Council of the EU will do their utmost to ensure that the ongoing Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) ends successfully and with results that benefit the public, French State Secretary for European Affairs Clement Beaune has stated. PRESOV - A human skull has been found in the cellar of a house in Presov, TASR has learnt from Presov region police spokeswoman Jana Ligdayova, who added that the grim discovery was reported on Saturday. BRATISLAVA - Reacting to the death of European Parliament Chair David Sassoli, who died on Tuesday morning at the age of 65, President Zuzana Caputova stated on Twitter that "Sassoli was a strong leader, a great Italian and a steadfast European", but above all "he was always trying to unify, not divide". BRATISLAVA - Branko Kiss became the first vice-president and Damian Imre vice-president of the Police Corps on Tuesday, TASR learnt from Police Corps Presidium spokesman Petar Lazrov on the same day. The National Crime Agency (NAKA ) will be led by Lubomir Danko. BRATISLAVA - People aged 65 and over make up the largest group admitted into hospital with coronavirus as of Tuesday, National Health Information Centre (NCZI) spokeswoman Alzbeta Siva told TASR on the same day. According to Siva, there are 1,127 such patients, of which 777 are unvaccinated. BRATISLAVA - The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced 20-year-old Rudolf Dorcik to life in prison for a brutal murder, while his accomplice Milan Jesensky, 22, has been given an unconditional sentence of 25 years. The Supreme Court thus overturned the original ruling of the Specialised Criminal Court, which sentenced Dorcik to 24 years and Jesensky to 20 years in prison. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's coronavirus update for Monday, January 10, according to the National Health Information Centre's (NCZI) special website covid-19.nczisk.sk: NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 2,595 Daily PCR tests: 13,746 NEW POSITIVE ANTIGEN TESTS: 576 Daily antigen tests: 39,681 NEW DEATHS: 50 Deaths in total: 17,039 ko