SUMMARY - Friday, May 10, 2024 - 6.30 p.m.

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - The government and the Culture Ministry are not here to implement the programmes of the opposition, progressive and liberal parties, but their own election promises and commitments, and no one is endangering democracy in Slovakia, Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (SNS nominee) stated during the parliamentary debate on her ouster on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/20684442 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (SNS nominee) has no vision for developing her portfolio and doesn't build anything, House Culture and Media Committee vice-chair Zora Jaurova (PS) declared on Friday during a debate on a motion to oust Simkovicova from her post. https://etasr.sk/article/20684128 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Opposition KDH urges the government to start addressing at its next session the problems of the people most endangered by poverty: single parents and families with more children, TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/20683902 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - This week's security incident involving mass bomb alerts at schools is a failure of the relevant state authorities, security analyst Juraj Zabojnik has told TASR, pointing not only to the lack of security manuals in schools, but also to the very fact of mass email threats. https://etasr.sk/article/20683857 Bytca, May 10 (TASR) - Firefighters pulled a dead body out of a Vah River drainage canal between the town of Bytca and the village of Kotesova in Zilina region on Friday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/20683829 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) has met his Malaysian counterpart Mohamed Khaled in Malaysia, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Friday, adding that Kalinak is in Malaysia to support the Slovak BIA howitzer, which, along with a French product, is in the final selection process for the Malaysian armed forces. https://etasr.sk/article/20683809 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) has contributed significantly towards establishing a so-called disinformation scene in the public space, MP Jozef Hajko (Christian Democrats/KDH) stressed in the debate during a House extraordinary session on a motion to dismiss Simkovicova, adding that the ministry, which is supposed to provide protection against disinformation, may gradually become a space that allows it to be publicly accepted. https://etasr.sk/article/20683749 Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) - Slovakia's construction output amounted to €484.3 million in March 2024, down 9.4 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), stated the Statistics Office on Friday, reporting a drop for the fourth consecutive month. https://etasr.sk/article/20683700 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. mf