Ryanair opens flights to Israel
IRISH low-cost airline Ryanair launched a new route from Bratislava to Eilat Ovda in Israel on February 17.
IRISH low-cost airline Ryanair launched a new route from Bratislava to Eilat Ovda in Israel on February 17.
Tips for events in the Slovak capital between February 19 and 28, including a lot of music (classical, jazz, ethno, and other genres), opera, ballet and Oriental dance, film screenings, exhibitions and more.
GUIDES will provide free tours to residents of 10 Slovak towns and cities on February 19-21.
THE GOVERNMENT approved signing of the agreement on the Bratislava ring road project at its February 17 session.
MORE than 20,000 Slovaks have signed a petition against the European Commission’s draft directive aimed at radically restricting the sale and possession of legal weapons by EU citizens within two months.
THE TERRORISM threat that the ruling Smer party uses in its election campaign when it comes to refugees does not bother people that much in association with the migration crisis.
POLISH airline LOT will launch a regular flight connection between Warsaw and Košice six days a week as of March 29.
TWO trams crossed Bratislava’s Old Bridge on February 16 for the first time since the bridge’s reconstruction as part of technical-safety tests.
THE YELLOW tickets notifying customers about consignments at post offices will be replaced.
YOUNG Slovaks studying abroad have sent an open letter to Education Minister Juraj Draxler, with which they support the strike of university teachers.
INTERIOR Minister Robert Kaliňák will not complete the competition to purchase new helicopters for police and rescuers before the elections.
THE RELATIVELY small town in south-western Slovakia, Galanta, contains one great historical monument: a local manor house which, however, has been dilapidating for years.
NINE out of 10 Slovak households live in their own property.