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Fico: Slovakia to Receive €1 bn of €10-bn Package of EU Funds for Floods

Fico: Slovakia to Receive €1 bn of €10-bn Package of EU Funds for Floods

Slovakia will receive €1 billion of the €10-billion package from EU cohesion funds to deal with the consequences of the recent floods, Premier Robert Fico, who attended on Thursday a meeting of premiers and the European Commission on floods in Wroclaw, Poland, told a press conference on Friday.

Parliament Dismisses Simecka from House Vice-chair Post

Parliament Dismisses Simecka from House Vice-chair Post

Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka is no longer a House vice-chair, as Parliament dismissed him from the post in a secret ballot on Tuesday.

Sastin-Straze: National Pilgrimage Held in Limited Mode Due to Adverse Weather

Sastin-Straze: National Pilgrimage Held in Limited Mode Due to Adverse Weather

Due to the unfavourable weather, the national pilgrimage to mark the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the patroness of Slovakia, was held in Sastin-Straze in a limited mode this year, with a Holy Mass inside the Sastin Basilica being celebrated by Zilina Diocese Bishop Tomas Galis.

Mobile Flood Barrier Being Built between Slovak Town of Holic and Czech Town of Hodonin

Mobile Flood Barrier Being Built between Slovak Town of Holic and Czech Town of Hodonin

Members of the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) and volunteer firefighters from towns and villages in the Zahorie area in western Slovakia have been building a mobile flood barrier on the bridge over the Morava River between the Slovak town of Holic and the Czech town of Hodonin.

Taraba: Second-degree Flood Alert to Be Declared

Taraba: Second-degree Flood Alert to Be Declared

A second-degree flood alert will be declared in connection with the adverse weather situation, with the territories alongside the Morava River basin in the Zahorie area and some locations close to the Danube River being most at risk, announced Environment Minister Tomas Taraba on Thursday.

Premier: Anti-fascism Must be Basic Backbone of Educational Programme

Premier: Anti-fascism Must be Basic Backbone of Educational Programme

Anti-fascism and commemoration of Holocaust victims must be the basic backbone of the state educational programme, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who honoured the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and racial violence at the Holocaust Museum in Sered on Monday.

Police Searching St. Elizabeth's Cathedral in Kosice Due to Bomb Threat

Police Searching St. Elizabeth's Cathedral in Kosice Due to Bomb Threat

The police are currently searching St. Elizabeth's Cathedral in Kosice due to an alleged bomb threat.