SUMMARY - Thursday, March 13, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - Opposition parties have called on Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) and Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to stop Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar from spreading disinformation about vaccines against COVID-19, with the Christian Democrats (KDH) appealing to the premier to dismiss Kotlar from his post. https://etasr.sk/article/21838592 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - The State Institute for Drug Control (SUKL) can't comment on the analysis of vaccines carried out by Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar, as the results and methodology in question haven't been submitted to the institute for consideration, SUKL communications specialist Martina Steskova told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21838753 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - Employees of social service facilities held a protest in Bratislava on Thursday to express their dissatisfaction with their working conditions and salaries, chair of the Slovak Health and Social Services Trade Unions (SOZ ZaSS) Anton Szalay declared at a press briefing on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21838469 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) parties on Thursday urged Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) to start addressing the situation faced by disgruntled employees of social service facilities, who held a protest against their low salaries in Bratislava earlier in the day. https://etasr.sk/article/21838510 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - If the Government wishes to subsidize energy prices, it needs to do so in a targeted way, with one of the solutions being cutting down consumption of the people with high energy expenditure by, for instance, focusing on projects to add cladding to their houses and flats, opposition's MP Jozef Hajko (KDH) stated on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21838804 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - Extra fees for buying tickets at railway stations are unfair and discriminate against passengers who don't have access to online ticket purchases, say opposition MPs Richard Dubovicky and Martin Pekar from Progressive Slovakia (PS), who have submitted a motion to the Transport Authority to investigate the introduction of service fees by state-run rail-passenger carrier ZSSK. https://etasr.sk/article/21838963 Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) - The call for projects on the financing of personnel capacity of centres for shared services, worth €16 million and issued by the Ministry of Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation (MIRRI), won't lead to any savings on personnel, opposition MP Jana Hanuliakova of Progressive Slovakia (PS) stated on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21839047 Zvolen, March 13 (TASR) - The Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region) train station has been granted the status of national cultural heritage monument, as the Monuments Authority took into account its importance among railway buildings built in the post-1945 period, TASR learnt from Culture Ministry spokesperson Petra Bacinska on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/21839247 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. am