SUMMARY - Monday, May 19, 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 19 May (TASR) - World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) by telephone on Monday to take action so that the Slovak government will change its stance and not demand a vote on the pandemic agreement, TASR has learnt from Fico's post on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22083449 Bratislava, 19 May (TASR) - It is irresponsible to voluntarily limit access to the latest scientific information and prevent active collaboration with developed countries in the event of a future pandemic, stated President Peter Pellegrini in response to Slovakia's stance against supporting the pandemic agreement at the World Health Assembly in Geneva, TASR learnt from the President's Office's communications department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22083244 Bratislava, May 19 (TASR) - In the case of the pandemic agreement, coalition party Voice-SD stands behind Health Minister Kamil Sasko, stated Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok on Monday, adding that Voice-SD ministers did not express their approval of rejecting the agreement during the vote on it. https://etasr.sk/article/22082912 Bratislava, 19 May (TASR) - The crisis management of the state needs to be reformed, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Monday, adding that a crisis management unit will be created at the Interior Ministry that will be at the level of the police or fire corps. https://etasr.sk/article/22083400 Bratislava, 19 May (TASR) - In the case of the death of a Ukrainian national who was found in front of a shopping centre in Bratislava at the end of January, there was no violation of his fundamental rights due to the police intervention, Ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky stated on the basis of an investigation that he carried out to determine whether the death was caused by the actions of police officers, TASR was told by the ombudsman's spokesman Branislav Gigac on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22083280 Bratislava, 19 May (TASR) - The policy pursued by Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) doesn't protect the interests of Slovakia, but harms them instead, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party member and former foreign affairs minister Ivan Korcok told a news conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22082957 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