SUMMARY - Monday, January 31 - 5.30 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Head of the parliamentary constitutional affairs committee Milan Vetrak (OLaNO) confirmed for TASR on Monday that Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka should attend the committee’s session on Tuesday to answer MPs’ questions relating to his recent visit to Moscow. BRATISLAVA - The highest number of positive results of PCR tests for coronavirus on Sunday (January 30) was posted for the age category between 35-44, National Health Information Centre (NCZI) spokeswoman Alzbeta Siva told TASR on Monday. According to Siva, there were 1,776 such people, including 1,026 women and 750 men. BRATISLAVA - Coalition MPs and members of the parliamentary foreign-affairs committee criticised Prosecutor-General (PG) Maros Zilinka for not staying at the committee session and not answering questions despite the fact that the committee wasn't quorate. They wanted to hear from him an explanation of his trip to Russia and meeting with his Russian counterpart Igor Krasnov, who is on the sanctions list. BRATISLAVA - Zuzana Batova is ending in the post of head of the Slovak Institute for Medicine Supervision (SUKL) as of February, Health Ministry's spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova told TASR on Monday, adding she will be replaced by Peter Potucek. BRUSSELS/BRATISLAVA - Slovak MEP Michal Simecka (Progressive Slovakia/PS), who was elected the European Parliament (EP) Vice-president on January 18, will be in charge of democracy and human rights. As Simecka himself told TASR on Monday, his portfolio will also include audits, gender equality and research activities of the EP. ko