SUMMARY - Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 5.30 p.m.

BANSKA STIAVNICA - The huge fire in the centre of Banska Stiavnica has been extinguished but we'll continue to monitor the situation, spokeswoman for the Regional Directorate of the Firefighter and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) in Banska Bystrica Julia Zelenakova told TASR on Sunday. BRATISLAVA - Czech President Petr Pavel offered help in restoring the destroyed and damaged monuments after Saturday's (March 18) fire in Banska Stiavnica (Banska Bystrica region), TASR was told by Slovak head of state Zuzana Caputova, who talked to Pavel on the phone on Sunday. BANSKA STIAVNICA - The police have initiated a criminal prosecution for the crime of public endangerment in connection with the large-scale fire in the centre of Banska Stiavnica (Banska Bystrica region), the Police Corps Regional Directorate in Banska Bystrica reported on a social network on Sunday. BRATISLAVA - Speaking on RTVS's discussion programme 'O 5 minut 12' (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday, interim Prime Minister Eduard Heger said that the decision of the interim government to send MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine is constitutionally clean. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's coronavirus update for Saturday, March 18, according to the National Health Information Centre's (NCZI) special website covid-19.nczisk.sk: NEW POSITIVE PCR TESTS: 24 Daily PCR tests: 154 NEW DEATHS: 5 Deaths in total: 21,063 am