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Russian vaccine triggers government crisis in Slovakia According to Slovak media, the government of Slovakia purchased the Russian vaccine covertly. Supposedly, Matovic did not consult his colleagues in the ruling coalition when making the decision. On Monday, March 1, 200,000 out of two million ordered doses of Sputnik V arrived in Slovakia. The ruling coalition of Slovakia includes: Matovics party Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (25% of votes in the 2020 parliamentary elections,...

March 2, 2021 Share Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said Monday. Matovic said his country will get 1 million shots in the next two months while another million will arrive in May and June. Slovakia is the second European Union country to use the vaccine, which hasn’t been approved by the European Medicines Agency, after Hungary. It hasn’t been registered by Slovakia’s drug authority, but the...

Slovakia will get 2 million doses of the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia in a move the European Union member’s leader hailed as life-saving for its citizens.

Slovakia signed a deal to acquire 2 million doses of Russias Sputnik V vaccine even though it has not received approval from the EU regulator.

Shipment arrived Monday afternoon and the country's prime minister said he would sidestep EU approval rules to start using the vaccines.

The Latest: Slovakia receives 200K Sputnik V vaccine doses By The Associated Press BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Hard-hit Slovakia has signed a deal to acquire 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Prime Minister Igor Matovic kept the purchase in secret and announced the deal Monday after a military cargo plane with 200,000 doses landed in eastern Kosice city. He said the country will get one million shots in the next two months while another million will arrive in May and Jun...

The EIB signed new loans amounting to €148 million and the EIF committed around €63 million in four equity and guarantee operations, benefiting a total of 2 600 businesses and supporting 25 000 jobs.

The European Commission said yesterday it was suing Slovakia for years-long breaches of legal limits on air pollution and started legal action against Germany and Slovenia for falling short on nature conservation and water treatment. Air pollution in Europe has eased in the past decade, but remains the continent’s biggest environmental health risk. Fine particulate pollution caused 379,000 premature deaths in the EU in 2018, according to the European Environment Agency. Brussels has set legal...

The UK coronavirus variant, more infectious than the previously dominant strain, has taken over as the main cause of new COVID-19 cases in Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Friday.

By Reuters Staff (Refiles to remove typo from headline) PRAGUE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The UK coronavirus variant, more infectious than the previously dominant strain, has taken over as the main cause of new COVID-19 cases in Slovakia, Prime Minister Igor Matovic said on Friday. The central European country of 5.5 million has struggled to bring down daily cases despite lockdown measures and widespread testing, which is required for people to go out including to work. Hospitals have been strained wit...