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Bus Carrying Children Tips Over at Donovaly Ski Resort, Five People Injured

Bus Carrying Children Tips Over at Donovaly Ski Resort, Five People Injured

Donovaly, July 20 (TASR) – A bus from Detva (Banska Bystrica region) carrying three adults and 29 minors tipped over onto its side in a ditch near Donovaly ski resort in central Slovakia on Monday, Zuzana Farkasova from the Fire Corps told TASR. Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS)

Summer 2020: Castle of 'Bloody Countess' Guards Northern Tip of Small Carpathians

Summer 2020: Castle of 'Bloody Countess' Guards Northern Tip of Small Carpathians

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – The northern part of the Small Carpathian Mountains includes the highest peak of the mountain range, Zaruby (altitude 768 metres above sea level), and Cachtice Castle, which in the 16th and 17th centuries belonged to Countess Elizabeth Bathory, listed by The Guiness Book of World Records

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Kosice, July 19 (TASR) – Greek Catholic Archbishop Cyril Vasil, a former senior Vatican official, who now runs Kosice Eparchy, was tested positive for COVID-19, along with his principal deputy, protosyncellus Jaroslav Lajciak, the Slovak Bishops’ Conference’s (KBS) press office has reported. Vasil and Lajciak had positive tests after returning

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Former three-times prime minister Robert Fico was re-elected Smer-SD chairman at the party’s congress in Bratislava on Saturday. Delegates at the congress also elected the following vice-chairs: Juraj Blanar, Ladislav Kamenicky, Richard Takac, Lubos Blaha and Erik Kalinak. Meanwhile, Marian Salon was elected the party’

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Everyone coming to Slovakia who in the past 14 days spent some time in a country not listed as ‘low risk’ concerning coronavirus is obliged to report this fact to the local office of the Regional Public Health Authority, TASR has learnt from the Public Health

Summer 2020: Tour from Bratislava on Wine Route to 'Slovak Rome'

Summer 2020: Tour from Bratislava on Wine Route to 'Slovak Rome'

Bratislava/Trnava, July 17 (TASR) – The Small Carpathian Mountains provide a picturesque backdrop for Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, with 3,000-year-long winegrowing traditions flourishing on their southeastern slopes, mainly in the Bratislava borough of Raca, in the towns of Svaty Jur, Pezinok and Modra, and in other villages including Vinosady

Summer 2020: Bratislava Enchants You with History and Natural Beauty

Summer 2020: Bratislava Enchants You with History and Natural Beauty

Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) – A breath of history and natural landmarks can be found in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava. The Celts are known to have built a settlement here, while traces of Ancient Rome have been also discovered in the city. Between the second and fourth centuries a Roman fortification