The Government has approved a package of anti-coronavirus measures, which may be characterised as first aid as the Cabinet is working on more measures that will be passed on to Parliament in the next few days, stated Finance Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO), adding that postponed loan installments are an inevitable step in the current situation. Moreover, he confirmed that the Government and banks are holding talks on postponing installment payments for the general public.
According to the Governor of the Central Bank of Slovakia (NBS), Peter Kažimír, it could be possible to postpone mortgage and commercial credit installments by 9 months and lease purchase installments by 6 months. Kažimír stated this for TV Markiza on Tuesday evening.