Slovakia
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Slovak psychologist pleads for better family policies
According to the Slovakian psychologist Zuzana Straková, secular states can often accommodate families better than Catholic Slovakia. Straková pleads for a better family policy in the Central-European country. Straková works as a counsellor-psychologist at Alexis Consulting, an organisation which helps women with unplanned pregnancies. In an interview with Slovak newspaper…
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Central Europe
Slovakia votes against more rights for LGBT couples
The Slovakian Parliament has decided to keep registration of relationships exclusively for one man and one woman only. On Wednesday, it voted against a proposal that would grant same-sex couples inheritance rights and the right to access medical records, the so-called cohabitation partnership. If the proposal had been passed, same-sex…
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European Union
Germany and Slovakia consider compulsory vaccination
More countries seem to be considering a general obligation to vaccinate within the European Union, following Austria's example. The discussion is in full swing in Germany, and the Prime Minister of Slovakia has also expressed his opinion in this direction. In Germany, especially in the christian-democratic CDU/CSU, the voices in…