ROB CAMERON

BBC Prague Correspondent
Articles tagged 'Igor Matovic'

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Sputnik
SputnikSlovakia's experiment with Sputnik V causes political turmoil

Slovakia was the second country in the EU to order Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine – but the decision caused political turmoil as the mercurial prime minister Igor Matovič flew to Moscow to make the purchase without informing anyone. Slovakia’s medicines regulator refused to certify the vaccine – which was not approved in the EU – so supplies of Sputnik sat unused on the shelves.

BBC News2021-04-27covid igor-matovic politics russia slovakia