SUMMARY - Wednesday, May 14, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - The allegations in the article on mRNA vaccines against COVID, co-authored by Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar, are unsubstantiated, the Institute of Chemistry of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) has posted on social media, citing expert sources and the opinions of regulatory agencies. https://etasr.sk/article/22058494 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava ended last year with a profit of almost €2.5 million, achieving a positive economic result for the first time since 2008, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) and airport director Dusan Novota jointly reported at Bratislava airport on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22058607 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Slovakia supports the candidacy of Khaled El-Enany for the post of UNESCO general director, Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) stated following her Thursday's meeting with El-Enany and Ambassador of Egypt to Slovakia Ayman Kamel, TASR was told by Culture Ministry's communications department head Petra Bacinska on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22058925 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) held talks on Wednesday in Parliament with Ukrainian Ambassador Myroslav Kastran, TASR learnt from Parliament's Office press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22058351 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) received Slovenian ambassador Stanislav Rascan in Parliament on Wednesday, TASR was told by the Parliament Office's press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22058980 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - Chairman of the parliamentary caucus of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party Martin Dubeci has requested to attend Thursday's (May 15) meeting of the Security Council. https://etasr.sk/article/22058161 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - The government shouldn't interfere with the second pension pillar and open it up, and the second pillar shouldn't be a source of money needed for consolidation, said opposition MPs from the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Marian Viskupic and Martina Bajo Holeckova in response to a statement by Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD), who admitted to discussing opening the second pillar. https://etasr.sk/article/22058315 Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) - The cancelled so-called 'parental pension' [income that pensioners receive on behalf of their working children - ed.note] is set to be replaced by an amendment to the Social Insurance Act sponsored by Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD), but it's just a fig leaf, as parents will receive less money than before, warned opposition 'Slovakia' party leader Igor Matovic at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22058262 Svidnik, May 14 (TASR) - The town of Svidnik in Presov region commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with several events, spokeswoman for the town Kristina Tchirova told TASR on Wednesday, noting that in addition to the commemoration at the memorials in Svidnik and Dukla, an educational day for 250 primary school pupils was held at the House of Culture on Tuesday (May 13). https://etasr.sk/article/22058700 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