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Michal Baran

New Express Train to Connect Trencin with Prague as of Sunday

New Express Train to Connect Trencin with Prague as of Sunday

Trencin, March 3 (TASR) – Trencin and the Czech capital Prague will be connected by a new rail link, with the first train due to depart this Sunday, TASR learnt on Thursday. A company called Arriva will be responsible for operating the line, with trains from Prague to Trencin leaving every

Number of Submitted Applications for Asylum in Slovakia Is Ever Decreasing

Number of Submitted Applications for Asylum in Slovakia Is Ever Decreasing

Bratislava, March 2 (TASR) – The decreasing trend in the number of applications for asylum in Slovakia has continued over the past three years, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Of 732 applications for asylum submitted in 2012, it was conferred in 32 cases and subsidiary protection [a term applied to those people

Fico: Macedonia Still Needs Assistance from Slovak Police Officers

Fico: Macedonia Still Needs Assistance from Slovak Police Officers

Gevgelija, March 2 (TASR-correspondent) – Prime Minister Robert Fico and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak paid a visit to the Macedonian-Greek border near the town of Gevgelija, where thousands of migrants are still in limbo, TASR learnt on Wednesday. After meeting with Macedonian Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski, Fico said that Macedonia – alternatively

Even 'Cloud' Might Not Protect Companies' IT Networks from Hackers

Even 'Cloud' Might Not Protect Companies' IT Networks from Hackers

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Not even setting up a ‘cloud’ (data storage placed with a different company) can always prevent hackers from breaching a firm’s computer network, said computer security expert Helmut Brechtken from Warth & Klein Grant Thornton Germany on Tuesday. Brechtken presented his findings at a workshop

Lajcak: International Peace, Stability and Human Rights are Interlinked

Lajcak: International Peace, Stability and Human Rights are Interlinked

Geneva, March 1 (TASR) – International peace and security are closely intertwined with human rights, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak at the 31st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. “If basic human rights and freedoms are constantly being violated, peace and

AIS: Slovakia Failed in Protection of Roma Minority and Refugees

AIS: Slovakia Failed in Protection of Roma Minority and Refugees

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – Amnesty International Slovakia (AIS) has stated that in the past year Slovakia has failed in human rights protection due to discrimination against the Roma minority and the approach to migrants, TASR learnt on Wednesday. Global research showed that people were tortured or mistreated in more than

Slovak Armed Forces Should Have 16,642 Soldiers by End of 2016

Slovak Armed Forces Should Have 16,642 Soldiers by End of 2016

Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) – The Cabinet at its session on Wednesday approved an increase in the numbers of members of the Slovak Armed Forces to a total of 16,642 soldiers and 3,977 other employees by the end of 2016. The numbers will thus be increased by 520 soldiers