SUMMARY - Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - The Health Ministry intends to introduce transparency to the current system of fees that patients pay for specific-time appointments with doctors, with an eye towards protecting the lowest income-earners among patients, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20634337 Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - The Christian Democrats (KDH) want to make sure that costs related to health care management cannot be foisted upon patients, pointing out that even though the current legislation bans doctors from charging fees for giving specific-time appointments to patients, in practice the ban is often circumvented by having third parties charge the patients. https://etasr.sk/article/20634304 Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - The standing of public institutions in Europe must be strengthened and extending that support to public broadcasters is particularly important in light of their unique character on the media market, representatives of the Culture Ministry and European Commission Vice-president for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova concurred at their meeting on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20634198 Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - The main issue that SaS intends to address in its European election programme is the decreasing competitiveness of the EU, the economic weight of which has shrunk globally by half over the last 40 years, SaS European slate leader Richard Sulik told TASR TV in an interview. https://etasr.sk/article/20634197 Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - Instead of development and prosperity, Slovakia runs the risk of seeing its EU funds stopped over its dissolution of the rule of law, opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU) declared at a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20634098 Bratislava, April 25 (TASR) - The actions of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) are displays of intimidation against the judicial power, which he threatens, opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU) declared at a press conference held on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20633577 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. mf