Spate of Tatra tourist deaths prompts safety concerns
THE Mountain Rescue Service (HZS) has noted an increase in accidents in the Tatra mountains, including seven fatalities in recent weeks.
THE Mountain Rescue Service (HZS) has noted an increase in accidents in the Tatra mountains, including seven fatalities in recent weeks.
A FIGHTER against oppression, a real personality, and a moral authority – this is how people in Slovakia describe priest, communist-era dissident and altruist Anton Srholec, who died on January 7 in Bratislava at the age of 86.
THE POSITIVE trend in the residential market of new buildings in Bratislava continued also during the last three months of 2015.
Tips for events taking palce around Slovakia between January 15 and 24, with a lot of rock, jazz, world and alternative music, as well as classicsc, opera, a musical, modern dance, a drumming session, exhibitions and more.
BOTH SLOVAKS and Europeans as a whole regard agriculture as an important sector for the future.
IF THE parliamentary elections took place at the turn of 2015 and 2016, they would be won by the ruling Smer party backed by 34.5 percent of the vote.
CONSTRUCTION company Strabag, responsible for hydrogeological investigation of the lands in Nitra, will prepare a strategic park where a new plant of British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will stand.
A STRIKE alert declared by representatives of teachers on January 11 is a politically motivated activity, said both Education Minister Juraj Draxler and Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini.
No logic or fairness is seen when ordering EU-ads: mostly benefiting from it are the JOJ and TA3 TV channels and Fun radio.
Galleries in the digital age
SLOVAK alpine ski racer Veronika Velez-Zuzulová overcame snowfall and a softened course to end a three-year wait for her third World Cup win on January 12.
THE SLOVAK Tourist Board (SACR) launched a winter ad campaign on sport channel Eurosport.
GROWTH in the building sector continued in November 2015, when the construction output increased by 15.1 percent year-on-year to €549.8 million.
THE NATIONAL Criminal Agency (NAKA) arrested senior doctor of the urology ward of the hospital in Skalica (Trnava Region), identified as Jozef M. (65), on January 11.
THE GENERAL Prosecutor’s Office will check the anti-Muslim statements of Prime Minister Robert Fico, based on a criminal complaint suggesting hate speech and inciting hatred.