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Jaroslav Bublinec

Peter Sagan Wins 100th Tour of Flanders

Peter Sagan Wins 100th Tour of Flanders

Oudenaarde, April 3 (TASR) – Slovak cycling star Peter Sagan on Sunday won the 100th Tour of Flanders, notching his first big classic race victory. The reigning world champion triumphed on the 255-kilometre course from Bruges to Oudenaarde in an impressive manner ahead of Swiss veteran Fabian Cancellara. Sagan, 26, has

Two Light Planes Collide in Mid-air in Nitra, One Crashes into Family House

Two Light Planes Collide in Mid-air in Nitra, One Crashes into Family House

Nitra, April 2 (TASR) – Two light engineless aircraft collided in mid-air in the Nitra borough of Zobor on Saturday, with one of the them crashing into the roof of a family house, while the other landed safely at the nearby Janikovce Airport, Nitra regional police directorate spokesperson Bozena Bruchterova told

KDH Continues Looking for New Leader, Hlina Considered As Well

KDH Continues Looking for New Leader, Hlina Considered As Well

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) – The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), which failed to make it into Parliament in the March general election, continues looking for a new leader to replace Jan Figel, KDH’s press department told TASR on Saturday. Figel resigned after the March 5 vote, in which KDH received

Bratislava Airport Handled 38 percent More Passengers Y-o-Y in 1Q16

Bratislava Airport Handled 38 percent More Passengers Y-o-Y in 1Q16

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) – Milan Rastislav Stefanik Airport in Bratislava (BTS) handled almost 298,000 passengers in the first three months of 2016, which was a 38-percent increase year-on-year, the airport’s general director Ivan Trhlik announced on Friday. “If the geopolitical situation doesn’t change significantly, Bratislava Airport is

SaS: Has Fico Okayed Mandatory Refugee Quotas?

SaS: Has Fico Okayed Mandatory Refugee Quotas?

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico should state clearly how Syrian refugees that the EU is supposed to accept from Turkey in exchange for economic migrants will be distributed among individual countries, said Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Martin Klus on Friday. Klus also asked whether Fico

SaS: Former NCZI Chief Suspect of Crime Involving €18 million

SaS: Former NCZI Chief Suspect of Crime Involving €18 million

Bratislava, March 31 (TASR) – Former director of the National Centre of Health Information (NCZI) Igor Servacek could have committed a crime involving a contract worth almost €18 million on the delivery of an information system for chip insurance cards, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) stated on Thursday. New Health Minister Tomas

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

Poprad, March 31 (TASR) – The bomb alert on a RegioJet express train heading from Prague to Kosice at the Poprad railway station on Thursday turned out to be a hoax, Presov Fire and Rescue Corps operation centre told TASR on Thursday. “The hold-up and subsequent lengthy scanning of the train