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A man is administered the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Bratislava, Slovakia, Monday June 7, 2021. (Jakub Kotian/TASR via AP)

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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 filer, Slovakia's Marek Hamsik looks to pass the ball during the Euro 2020 playoff semifinal soccer match between Northern Ireland and Slovakia at Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

EURO 2020: Slovakia again pins its hopes on Marek Hamšík

By Eric Willemsen Jun. 02, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 file photo, Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic looks at the field prior to the Euro 2020 group E qualifying soccer match between Croatia and Slovakia at the Rujevica stadium in Rijeka, Croatia. The last two World Cup winners (Joachim Loew of Germany and Didier Deschamps of France). The defending European champion (Fernando Santos of Portugal). And a World Cup finalist (Zlatko Dalić of Croatia). Not to mention a Champions League winner (Luis Enrique of Spain) and a Premier League champion (Roberto Mancini of Italy). There is no shortage of accomplished coaches at the European Championship. (AP Photo/Daniel Kasap, File)

Slovakia vs Croatia 11/16/2019

May. 31, 2021 07:28 AM EDT

A box of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, in Slovakia, Monday March 1, 2021. Slovakia has become the second European Union country to authorize use of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. The Slovak government has asked Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky to make the COVID-19 vaccine available by June 7. Slovakia has 200,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine in stock but had not allowed its use yet. Hungary is the only other EU nation to use Sputnik V, which has not been authorized by the European Medicines Agency. (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP)

Slovakia becomes 2nd EU country to approve Russia's Sputnik

May. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, right, walks with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto during a meeting of foreign ministers from four central European countries known as the Visegrad Four in Lodz, Poland, Friday, May 14, 2021.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Europe's 4 Visegrad nations lift some travel restrictions

By Monika Scislowska May. 14, 2021 07:11 AM EDT

Vials of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine sit in a table at the local vaccine center in Dunajska Streda, southern Slovakia, March 14, 2021. The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine should remain part of Slovakia’s vaccination program the country’s Health Minister said on Wednesday, May 12. Slovakia on Tuesday halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine after Slovakia’s State Institute for Drug Control concluded last week that the death of a 47-year-old woman who received the AstraZeneca was “likely” linked to the vaccine. (Edmund Orzsik/TASR via AP)

Slovakia plans to keeping using AstraZeneca despite pause

May. 12, 2021 09:01 AM EDT

Slovakia halts use of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

May. 11, 2021 12:13 PM EDT
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia has halted use of the two-shot AstraZeneca vaccine, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. ...

A medical worker prepares vials of the COVID-19 vaccines, Chinese Sinopharm, left, Sputnik V, center, and Pfizer at a vaccine centre, in the Usce shopping mall in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Serbian authorities are looking for incentives for people to boost vaccination that has slowed down in recent weeks amid widespread anti-vaccination and conspiracy theories in the Balkan nation. The government has also promised a payment of around 25 euros to everyone who gets vaccinated by the end of May. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Mexico: Russia's Sputnik V shortages mean limited 2nd doses

May. 11, 2021 05:27 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021, file photo, a health worker is escorted by soldiers as she arrives to the Sports Center with a cooler containing doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, for a mass vaccination campaign against the new coronavirus for the elderly in the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City. The stark vaccine access gap is prompting increased calls across the world for the U.S. to start shipping vaccine supplies to poorer countries. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Mexico cites Russia's Sputnik vaccine production problems

May. 10, 2021 10:13 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 1, 2021, file photo, Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia. Russia's boast in August that it was the first country to authorize a coronavirus vaccine led to skepticism because of its insufficient testing on only a few dozen people. Slovakia’s government is still set to discuss possible use of Sputnik V with Russia after the coronavirus vaccine was successfully tested in a Hungarian lab. Slovakia’s Health Minister Vladimir Lengvarsky said he will talk with his country’s experts and “the Russian side about the further development on this issue.” (Frantisek Ivan/TASR via AP, File)

Slovakia eyes using Russia's Sputnik V; waits for results

May. 09, 2021 08:07 AM EDT

Family members place a cloth on the body of Rajendra Prasad Mishra, 62, who died due to COVID-19 before cremation by the River Ganges in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

The Latest: France welcomes EU curb on AstraZeneca vaccine

By The Associated Press May. 09, 2021 07:17 AM EDT

Slovakia Prime Minister Eduard Heger, addresses lawmakers in the parliament in Bratislava, Tuesday May 4, 2021. Eduard Heger's Cabinet obtained a vote of confidence from Parliament on Tuesday. (Jakub Kotian / TASR via AP)

Slovakia's new government wins mandatory confidence vote

May. 04, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

ARCHIVO - En imagen de archivo del miércoles 10 de diciembre de 2014, se muestra una vista general del estadio San Mamés de Bilbao, en el norte de España. El miércoles 21 de abril del 2021, Bilbao asegura que la UEFA dio de baja a la ciudad como sede de la próxima Euro después de que no garantizaron el ingreso de aficionados al estadio debido a la pandemia de coronavirus. (AP Foto/Álvaro Barrientos, archivo)

Bilbao, Dublin dropped as Euro 2020 hosts, Seville added

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 23, 2021 05:52 AM EDT

FILE - This Wednesday, Dec.10, 2014 file photo shows a general view of San Mames stadium in Bilbao, northern Spain. The Spanish soccer federation has on Friday, April 16, 2021 offered Sevilla as an alternative host city for the European Championships if UEFA rules out using Bilbao as planned. The federation has suggested that Sevilla’s La Cartuja Stadium could be used instead of Bilbao’s San Mames. Last week the federation ruled out allowing fans into San Mames due to the pandemic situation. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, file)

Bilbao told by UEFA it's been dropped as Euro 2020 host

By Tales Azzoni Apr. 21, 2021 05:18 PM EDT

Flags fly at half-staff on the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney as a tribute to Prince Philip, Saturday, April 10, 2021. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died. He was 99. Philip spent a month in hospital earlier this year before being released on March 16 to return to Windsor Castle. (AP Photo/Mark Baker))

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Hungary to assist Slovakia in inspection of Russian vaccine

By Justin Spike Apr. 09, 2021 10:31 AM EDT
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Slovakia’s deputy prime minister traveled to Hungary to ask for assistance in inspecting doses of the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, a...