SUMMARY - Friday, May 23, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 23 May (TASR) - The draft decree on medicines policy will be discussed at an expert level, and the decree won't enter into force until expert consensus and a sustainable solution is found, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Friday, stressing that his aim is to ensure that as many patients as possible will have access to the medicines that they need under fair and clear conditions. https://etasr.sk/article/22102695 Bratislava, 23 May (TASR) - MP for the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party Oskar Dvorak welcomes the decision of Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) that the new decree on the medicines policy will come into force only when there is expert consensus on it, TASR was told by Peter Koles from the PS media department. https://etasr.sk/article/22103231 Brezno, 23 May (TASR) - The permanent production of paper shopping bags has been launched in the Brezno-based plant of Harmanec-Kuvert (Banska Bystrica region) on Friday, TASR has learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22103165 Bratislava, 23 May (TASR) - The Slovak Towns Union (UMS) is ready for a discussion on public administration reform, but it insists that this must start with the biggest systemic weaknesses, TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22102831 Ningbo, 23 May (TASR) - At the end of his visit to China on Friday, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) attended a Forum of Mayors of China and Central and Eastern European Countries, which was held as a side event at the ongoing fourth annual China EXPO in Ningbo, TASR was told by the Parliament Office's communications department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22102578 Bratislava, 23 May (TASR) - I know about the problems connected with the functioning of mobile hospices, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Friday in response to a journalist's question, declaring that he'll discuss a solution at a professional level. https://etasr.sk/article/22103094 Bratislava, 23 May (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will take the floor in Parliament with his State of the Republic address at 10 a.m. next Wednesday (28 May), according to the agenda of the upcoming parliamentary session. https://etasr.sk/article/22102996 Krasnohorske Podhradie, 23 May (TASR) - A two-day event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe has begun on Friday in the village of Krasnohorske Podhradie (Kosice region) under Krasna Horka Castle, TASR was told by Katarina Prekopova from a civic association called Life under Castle, which is organising the event. https://etasr.sk/article/22103290 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