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Romea.cz 25.1.2021 7:42 Annamárie Horváthová (#95). (PHOTO: Athletic Legion Club - Moldava nad Bodvou) When she won a local race in Slovakia two years ago, a photograph of her on the medalists tribunal went viral. Compared to the girls who came in second and third place in their running shoes, 13-year-old Annamárie Horváthová was standing in first place after running in ballerina flats.  "Its talent, diligence and perseverance," trainer Norbert Pecze says when asked how to best descri...

Epidemiological situation in Slovakia improving but only slightly – Health Minister 16 January 2021 14:09 Share in: BRATISLAVA. KAZINFORM - The situation in connection with the novel coronavirus pandemic is slightly improving in Slovakia but about 90 people are still dying from COVID-19 every day, Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) said on Friday, TASR reports. Related news The positivity of PCR tests as well as antigen tests has decr...

News digest: Two Slovak towns scheduled mass testing for the upcoming weekend Hospitals in several Slovak towns kick off vaccination. The first nurse in Slovakia dies of COVID-19. You need to sign in to follow this author: Login | Register (Source: SITA) This is your overview of news that happened in Slovakia on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Today in Slovakia is free of ch...

January 14 midnight. From Our paywall policy: The Slovak Spectator has decided to make all the articles on the special measures, statistics and basic information about the coronavirus available to everyone. If you appreciate our work and would like to support good journalism, please buy our subscription. We believe this is an issue where accurate and fact-based information is important for people to cope. The following border crossings are now closed: Angern an der March - Záhorská Ves (road...

A Roma man was fined with €500 for not observing anti-pandemic rules, unlike politicians Ombudswoman Mária Patakyová is already dealing with the case. Penalty block (Source: FB/Sme daily) Font size:A Police have fined a Roma man who crossed the district border to pick up a necessary delivery of wood. Meanwhile, politicians like Robert Fico, Marian Kotleba and Štefan Harabin have not been fined, even though they participated in mass gatherings at a time such assemblies are forbidden. Luká�...

BRATISLAVA. KAZINFORM - Mass testing for coronavirus in Slovakia will take place in the penultimate weekend of January, with district offices being in charge of its coordination in individual districts, according to the conclusions of Monday’s (January 11) meeting of entities engaged in the preparations for mass testing announced by Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) at a news conference following the Cabinet session, TASR reports.

Testing may take place on a weekly basis until late February.

New coronavirus strain confirmed in Bratislava Strict distancing measures will definitely need to be in place for a long time, hospitals face hard times, health minister said. Illustrative stock photo (Source: SME) Font size:A The new, more infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first found in the UK, was detected in Bratislava. Health Minister Marek Krajčí broke the news on his Facebook page. He confirmed that the samples from Michalovce, Nitra, and also some from the ca...

Slavenka Drakulic on How Capitalism Impacts Quality in Post-Communist Countries January 6, 2021 One morning at breakfast, while cutting a slice of dark bread and spreading butter on it, I was transported back to the 1950s, to our old kitchen in the former Yugoslavia. I was eating the very same breakfast from childhood, a slice of dark bread and butter with a spoon of jam on top. There wasn’t much else to eat back then except three kinds of bread: black, half-white and white. No fancy cornflak...

BBC News By Gareth Evans image captionTyurkyan Osmanova, from Bulgaria, was worried about the uncertainty before a Brexit deal was agreed Its a new year and a new chapter for the UKs relationship with Europe. How millions of people live, work and travel will look very different in 2021. Thats because the transition period - when the UK continued to follow the EUs rules - ended on 31 December. Now a post-Brexit trade deal, reached just before the deadline, has come into force. So, with this hist...