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Velez-Zuzulova: My Dream of World Cup Race in Jasna Has Come True

Velez-Zuzulova: My Dream of World Cup Race in Jasna Has Come True

Jasna, March 3 (TASR) – Slovak top alpine ski slalom racers Veronika Velez-Zuzulova and Petra Vlhova at a press conference on Thursday said they can’t wait to see the run at the weekend World Cup races on their home slopes in Jasna in central Slovakia. Both ski stars stated that

Good News Carollers Raise €950,000 for Sub-Saharan Africa

Good News Carollers Raise €950,000 for Sub-Saharan Africa

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – The annual ‘Good News’ project involving children singing carols in households across Slovakia at Christmas time this year raised more than €950,000 for development projects in Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda, Good News coordinator Anna Palovova told TASR on Tuesday. “We thank all the

Six Parties to Promote 'I Jingle for Change' Anti-corruption Measures

Six Parties to Promote 'I Jingle for Change' Anti-corruption Measures

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Six political parties – Most-Hid, Siet (Network), OLaNO-NOVA, SaS, KDH and SMK – have pledged to promote anti-corruption measures via the ‘I Jingle for Change’ initiative after Saturday’s general election. Initiative representatives at a press briefing in Bratislava on Tuesday reported that two months ago they approached

Stats Office: Index of Economic Sentiment Up by 2.4 points in February

Stats Office: Index of Economic Sentiment Up by 2.4 points in February

Bratislava, February 29 (TASR) – The three-month Index of Economic Sentiment (IES) rose by 2.4 points month-on-month to 100.7 in February, with confidence surging mainly in services and to a certain extent also in trade, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Monday. Other contributors, still from January, were positive

Young Biathlete Fialkova Secures Silver at European Championships

Young Biathlete Fialkova Secures Silver at European Championships

Tyumen, February 28 (TASR) – Slovak biathlete Paulina Fialkova recorded her career’s top feat by securing silver in the women’s 12.5-km mass start race at the European Championships in Tyumen, Russia on Sunday. Fialkova was bested only by Luise Kummer of Germany. Earlier, Fialkova was also part of

Kiska and Duda Debate Possible Rail Tunnel under High Tatra Mountains

Kiska and Duda Debate Possible Rail Tunnel under High Tatra Mountains

Tatranska Lomnica, February 28 (TASR) – Building an expressway linking Poprad (Presov region) beneath the High Tatra Mountains and Krakow, Poland and a rail tunnel under the mountains between Strbske Pleso and Zakopane featured prominently at talks between Presidents of Slovakia and Poland, Andrej Kiska and Andrzej Duda respectively. This meeting

Valy Bridge in Kysuce to Become Tallest Bridge in Central Europe

Valy Bridge in Kysuce to Become Tallest Bridge in Central Europe

Svrcinovec, February 27 (TASR) – The Valy bridge, which should be part of the D3 motorway in the traditional region of Kysuce in northern Slovakia, will become the tallest bridge in Central Europe after its completion, TASR learnt on According to National Highway Company (NDS) general director Milan Gajdos, the 84-metre