Brave village protecting Jews
The Varga family, and indeed the whole village of Petrovce, endured suffering, fires, and deaths to protect Jews hiding in the area, rather than cooperate with the Nazis.
The Varga family, and indeed the whole village of Petrovce, endured suffering, fires, and deaths to protect Jews hiding in the area, rather than cooperate with the Nazis.
Phase two of project includes tram line in Petržalka.
ANOTHER 10 Slovaks joined those who have received the Yad Vashem (Righteous) title on January 27.
THERE are several commodities, activities or services that can lure tourists to Slovakia. One of them is having a beer in a cosy pub or bar in its lively capital, Bratislava.
NURSES organised a march from the Faculty Hospital and Polyclinic (FNsP) in Žilina to the city’s St. Mary’s Square on January 27 in an effort to draw attention to the impending exit of 181 nurses from the hospital.
CHAIRMAN of the Parliamentary Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sport, Mojmír Mamojka (of Smer), summons its extraordinary session for February 2 14:00.
THE PPS GROUP Detva announced it would pay all bonuses for December to all employees on January 28. Despite this, unionists of the company are determined to launch a strike on February 1.
AROUND 40 members of the Slovak Armed Forces will take part in the Tank Challenge international military exercise in Germany in May, as the government approved a proposal for the deployment of Slovak soldiers to the exercise on January 27.
A BRATISLAVA I District Court judge, Juraj Mihál, who is facing prosecution on suspicion of judicial misconduct, is retiring in late March. This may complicate more than 100 pending court cases the judge has been hearing.
Marek Hamšík, captain of the Slovak national football team, is in great shape this season, not only in the national kit, but in his club SSC Napoli as well.
The Trend weekly connects top Smer politicians to an international carousel fraud scheme, while Kaliňák promises to sue for libel.
ILLEGAL tobacco weighing 300 kilograms has been seized by customs officers in the East of Slovakia.
SEVERAL hundred people including teachers, parents of pupils and the general public gathered in Levice on January 27 to support the ongoing teachers' strike.
LOW-COST airline Ryanair is launching a new service from Bratislava to the main international airport in Brussels - Zaventem – from April 1.
IN THE Corruption Perception Index 2015, released recently by the Transparency International watchdog, Slovakia worsened against last year, by one to two places (as several countries have the same ranking).
THE TRADITIONAL Slovak New Year concert in Brussels took place somewhat later than usual this year, on January 26.